Ending Health Disparities Means Building the Capacity to Change Communities
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Ending health disparities means addressing its social determinants or attacking the problem at its roots where people live, work, and play. This means changing the conditions in communities of color that affect their health. This approach also requires changing the systems that impact these conditions. Read More
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SPOTLIGHT ON: Evaluating Federal Support of Communities Combating Health Disparities
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Minority Health (OMH) contracted with Community Science to conduct a multi-year process and outcome evaluation of the National Partnership for Action to End Health Disparities (NPA). The NPA is a strategy designed to mobilize a nationwide, comprehensive, community-driven approach to combating racial and ethnic health disparities. Read More
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Join Us for an Upcoming Webinar! |
"Assessing the Effectiveness of ACA Outreach and Education Efforts: Reflections from the First Open Enrollment Season"
Date: April 29, 2015 Time: 2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. EDT
Speakers:
Kien Lee, Ph.D.
Principal Associate & Vice President Community Science
Oscar Espinosa, M.A.
Senior Associate
This webinar will provide organizations that are funding, planning, or conducting ACA outreach and education to vulnerable populations with insights into methods for assessing the reach and effectiveness of those activities.
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Community Matters: A Series About Building and Strengthening Community
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Community Science is proud to announce the publication, Emerging Principles for Designing and Planning Community Change. This is the first report in the series called Community Matters: Action Principles, Frameworks, and Strategies, which is intended to share what decades of research and practice have taught us about building and strengthening community.
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Staff Profile: Ellen McCann, Ph.D., Joins Community Science |
Ellen McCann, Ph.D., joined Community Science as a Managing Associate on March 16, 2015. At Community Science, Dr. McCann manages the day-to-day implementation of the evaluation of the National Partnership for Action to End Health Disparities as well as the evaluation of regional efforts to reach out to and educate racial and ethnic minorities about the Affordable Care Act, both funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Minority Health.
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