Articoli di riviste: "Community development – Massachusetts – Somerville"

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Economos, Christina D., e Joseph A. Curtatone. "Shaping up Somerville: A community initiative in Massachusetts". Preventive Medicine 50 (gennaio 2010): S97—S98. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2009.10.017.

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Rossetti, Jaclyn, Stephanie Berkowitz e Amanda Maher. "Somerville, Massachusetts: A City's Comprehensive Approach to Youth Development". National Civic Review 105, n. 1 (marzo 2016): 3–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ncr.21262.

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Leach, Steve. "Peter Somerville, Understanding community; politics, policy and practice (second edition)". Local Government Studies 43, n. 1 (18 novembre 2016): 132–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03003930.2017.1257548.

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Balsas, Carlos J. L. "Fishing, food, and harbor community development in Massachusetts". Journal of Public Affairs 19, n. 3 (25 settembre 2018): e1865. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pa.1865.

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Scher, Clara, Emily Greenfield e Joseph Gaugler. "USING RESEARCH TO ADVANCE THE DEMENTIA-FRIENDLY COMMUNITY MOVEMENT AT THE LOCAL, NATIONAL, AND INTERNATIONAL LEVEL". Innovation in Aging 6, Supplement_1 (1 novembre 2022): 23–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igac059.087.

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Abstract It is estimated that more than 55 million people worldwide are living with dementia. To address the social and health needs of individuals living with dementia and their care partners, researchers, policymakers and advocates have championed dementia-friendly communities (DFCs) as a population-level response. DFCs promote the well-being of those living with dementia, empower all members of the community to celebrate the capabilities of persons with dementia, and encourage individuals living with dementia to engage in their communities. The objective of this symposium is to describe the ways in which research can help to advance the dementia-friendly movement at the local, national, and international levels. First, Scher & Greenfield will describe the dimensions of implementation of DFCs in Massachusetts with implications for program monitoring and process evaluation. Second, Epps & colleagues will discuss the process of developing a person-centered tool to evaluate the impact of dementia-friendly programs in faith-based communities. Third, Somerville & colleagues will present findings from a study of community and organizational factors related to dementia-friendly readiness in community-based senior centers. Finally, Sun & colleagues will discuss the barriers and facilitators to implementation of DFCs in the USA during the COVID-19 pandemic. Taken together, these studies demonstrate the utility of quantitative and qualitative research methodologies to elucidate how and to what extent DFCs are implemented. Findings have implications for examining the population health impact of DFC efforts, as well as for attending to issues of health disparities and aging equity in the uptake, implementation, and sustainability of DFC initiatives.

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Loh, Penn, e Boone Shear. "Solidarity economy and community development: emerging cases in three Massachusetts cities". Community Development 46, n. 3 (27 marzo 2015): 244–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15575330.2015.1021362.

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Black, Kathy. "RESEARCH TO STRENGTHEN, INNOVATE, AND TRANSFORM AGE-FRIENDLY COMMUNITY PRACTICE". Innovation in Aging 7, Supplement_1 (1 dicembre 2023): 458. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igad104.1506.

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Abstract There is much research being conducted to better understand and advance age-friendly community practice. This symposium presents research from leading age-friendly researchers and practitioners across the United States. Drs. Black and Oh provide an analysis of the nation’s sectoral efforts based on progress reported by the age-friendly communities. Drs. Hernandez and Coyle will describe the research and community engagement that led to the development of an aging equity conceptual framework and examples of how it is being operationalized in the City of Boston. Drs. Greenfield and doctoral student Pope will present on a scoping review of studies in the U.S. and Canada on the range of ways in which the public sector participates in age-friendly community efforts. Drs. Coyle and Oh and doctoral students Gleason and Somerville present on a study that explored factors inhibiting communities from officially joining the age-friendly network. Dr. Perry reports on efforts to elevate the voice of older adults on social justice issues pertaining to aging in place in the domain of housing. Individual abstracts provide further detail on each study’s methods and findings.

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Buchanan, David R. "Building Academic-Community Linkages for Health Promotion: A Case Study in Massachusetts". American Journal of Health Promotion 10, n. 4 (marzo 1996): 262–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.4278/0890-1171-10.4.262.

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Using select practice variables from Rothman's typology of models of community organization, this case study of the Massachusetts Community-Based Public Health Consortium analyses potential sources of conflict in collaborations between academic institutions and community coalitions. Based on different socialization experiences and organizational expectations, the goals, assumptions, basic change strategies, salient practitioner roles, conceptions of the client population, and client roles of the respective organizations were found to differ between these two partners and to be a source of chronic, unproductive tensions in consortium deliberations. The article concludes with recommendations for facilitating the development of more mutually trustworthy academic-community linkages to achieve public health promotion goals. These recommendations include (1) developing a greater awareness of the respective kinds of assumptions academic and community partners are likely to bring into new partnerships and (2) developing a more highly integrated model of community-based public health that capitalizes on the strengths of both the social planning and locality development approaches.

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Dunbar, Elizabeth L., Emily B. Wroe, Basimenye Nhlema, Chiyembekezo Kachimanga, Ravi Gupta, Celia Taylor, Annie Michaelis et al. "Evaluating the impact of a community health worker programme on non-communicable disease, malnutrition, tuberculosis, family planning and antenatal care in Neno, Malawi: protocol for a stepped-wedge, cluster randomised controlled trial". BMJ Open 8, n. 7 (luglio 2018): e019473. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-019473.

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IntroductionThis protocol concerns the implementation and evaluation of an intervention designed to realign the existing cadre of community health workers (CHWs) in Neno district, Malawi to better support the care needs of the clients they serve. The proposed intervention is a ‘Household Model’ where CHWs will be reassigned to households, rather than to specific patients with HIV and/or tuberculosis (TB).Methods and analysisUsing a stepped-wedge, cluster-randomised design, this study investigates whether high HIV retention rates can be replicated for non-communicable diseases (NCDs), and the model’s impact on TB and paediatric malnutrition case finding, as well as the uptake of family planning and antenatal care. Eleven sites (health centres and hospitals) were arranged into six clusters (average cluster population 21 800). Primary outcomes include retention in care for HIV and chronic NCDs, TB case finding, paediatric malnutrition case finding, and utilisation of early and complete antenatal care. Clinical outcomes are based on routinely collected data from the Ministry of Health’s District Health Information System 2 and an OpenMRS electronic medical record supported by Partners In Health. Additionally, semistructured qualitative interviews with various stakeholders will assess community perceptions and context of the Household Model.Ethics and disseminationEthics approval has been obtained from the Malawian National Health Science Research Committee (#16/11/1694) in Lilongwe, Malawi; Partners Healthcare Human Research Committee (#2017P000548/PHS) in Somerville, Massachusetts; and the Biomedical and Scientific Research Ethics Sub-Committee (REGO-2017–2060) at the University of Warwick in Coventry, UK. Dissemination will include manuscripts for peer-reviewed publication as well as a full report detailing the findings of the intervention for the Malawian Ministry of Health.Trial registration numberNCT03106727.Primary sponsorPartners In Health | Abwenzi Pa Za Umoyo P.O. Box 56, Neno, Malawi. Protocol Version 4, March 2018.

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Olendzenski, Michael. "Connect: Breaking Down Barriers in Public Higher Education". Teaching English in the Two-Year College 36, n. 2 (1 dicembre 2008): 186–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.58680/tetyc20086890.

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This article describes the development of collegiality and the positive results of professional synergy within a group of English professors from three community colleges, a state college, a university, and a maritime academy in southeastern Massachusetts.

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Craig, Gary. "Understanding community: Politics, policy and practice (2nd edition) By Peter Somerville. Bristol: Policy Press, 2017. ISBN: 97811447316084; £19.99 (pbk)." Social Policy & Administration 52, n. 7 (26 settembre 2018): 1457–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/spol.12452.

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Stone, S. L., D. G. Schwartz, M. Quirk, R. Sarkin e D. Qualters. "Faculty development for community-based physicians at the University of Massachusetts and SUNY-Buffalo". Academic Medicine 74, n. 1 (gennaio 1999): S75–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00001888-199901000-00036.

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Stone, S. L., D. G. Schwartz, M. Quirk, R. Sarkin e D. Qualters. "Faculty development for community-based physicians at the University of Massachusetts and SUNY-Buffalo". Academic Medicine 74, n. 1 (gennaio 1999): S75–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00001888-199901001-00036.

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Hennessy, Erin, Christina D. Economos, Ross A. Hammond, Linda Booth Sweeney, Lisa Brukilacchio, Virginia R. Chomitz, Jessica Collins et al. "Integrating Complex Systems Methods to Advance Obesity Prevention Intervention Research". Health Education & Behavior 47, n. 2 (24 febbraio 2020): 213–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1090198119898649.

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Background. Whole-of-community interventions have been recommended and show promise for preventing obesity; however, research to understand the mechanisms underlying their success or failure is lacking. Complex systems approaches may be useful to address this gap. Purpose. To describe the evolution and utilization of qualitative and quantitative complex systems methods to understand and model whole-of-community obesity prevention interventions. Approach. We illustrate the retrospective qualitative development of a systems map representing community change dynamic within the Shape Up Somerville (SUS) intervention. We then describe how this systems map, and complementary work of other successful obesity prevention interventions (Romp & Chomp intervention), informed the COMPACT (childhood obesity modeling for prevention and community transformation) study. COMPACT’s design aligns complex systems science principles and community-engaged research to better understand stakeholders’ leadership roles in whole-of-community interventions. We provide an overview of the complex systems tools used in COMPACT: agent-based modeling, group model building, and social network analysis and describe how whole-of-community intervention stakeholders (“agents”) use their social networks to diffuse knowledge about and engagement with childhood obesity prevention efforts, laying the groundwork for community readiness for sustainable change. Conclusion. Complex systems approaches appear feasible and useful to study whole-of-community obesity prevention interventions and provide novel insights that expand on those gained from traditional approaches. Use of multiple methods, both qualitative and quantitative, from the complex systems toolkit working together can be important to success.

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Ron, Sharon, Noelle Dimitri, Shir Lerman Ginzburg, Ellin Reisner, Pilar Botana Martinez, Wig Zamore, Ben Echevarria, Doug Brugge e Linda S. Sprague Martinez. "Health Lens Analysis: A Strategy to Engage Community in Environmental Health Research in Action". Sustainability 13, n. 4 (6 febbraio 2021): 1748. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13041748.

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Health Lens Analysis (HLA) is a tool to facilitate collaboration among diverse community stakeholders. We employed HLA as part of a community-based participatory research (CBPR) and action study to mitigate the negative health effects of traffic-related air pollution TRAP and ultrafine particles (UFPs) in Somerville, MA. HLA is a Health in All Policies tool with previously limited implementation in a North American context. As part of the HLA, community and academic partners engaged residents from across near-highway neighborhoods in a series of activities designed to identify health concerns and generate recommendations for policies and projects to improve health over an 18-month planning period. Noise barriers, which may reduce TRAP exposure among residents in addition to reducing traffic noise, were seen as an acceptable solution by community stakeholders. We found HLA to be an effective means to engage stakeholders from across sectors and diverse community residents in critical discourse about the health impacts of near-roadway exposures. The iterative process allowed the project team to fully explore the arguments for noise barriers and preferred health interventions, while building a stakeholder base interested in the mitigation of TRAP, thus creating a shared language and understanding of the issue.

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Ortiz, Victor, Rachael Cain, Scott W. Formica, Rebecca Bishop, Haner Hernández e Lorena Lama. "Our Voices Matter: Using Lived Experience to Promote Equity in Problem Gambling Prevention". Current Addiction Reports 8, n. 2 (28 maggio 2021): 255–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40429-021-00369-5.

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Abstract Purpose of Review The field of problem gambling has been historically disconnected from the community experience of gambling and people of color, leading to a lack of integration of those with lived experience into programming. The aim of this article is to describe community-centered efforts to prevent and mitigate harm from problem gambling in Massachusetts—including a pilot program, the Massachusetts Ambassador Project, which is grounded within public health and lived experience frameworks. Recent Findings To engage Massachusetts communities in problem gambling prevention, planning processes were conducted to develop culturally appropriate prevention strategies. One of the recurrent themes was the desire of men in the substance misuse recovery community to share their knowledge with others, specifically, men of color who experience racism and health disparities. This finding informed the development of the Ambassador Project, a novel, peer-based, community-centered, and culturally responsive approach for men of color who have a history of substance misuse to engage other men of color in problem gambling prevention. Two organizations pilot tested the project and reached 4388 individuals. The pilot led to several findings in the design and implementation of related projects. Lessons are shared in three categories: structure, support, and implementation. Summary This article demonstrates an innovative approach to connect the field of problem gambling prevention to the community experience, using a public health and social justice lens. Others in the field should acknowledge the disconnect between problem gambling and the lived experience of those disproportionately impacted by creating opportunities for community voice to be at the center of programming.

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Campbell, Emily B. "Contesting Deaths’ Despair: Local Public Religion, Radical Welcome and Community Health in the Overdose Crisis, Massachusetts, USA". Open Theology 8, n. 1 (1 gennaio 2022): 248–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/opth-2022-0206.

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Abstract In the United States, the first decades of the twenty-first century have been marked by a worsening fatal drug overdose epidemic leading life expectancy to decline for the first time in a century. Often termed deaths of despair, this development is attributed to declines in civic life, including lessening religious participation, wrought by long-term deindustrialization. Despite this, civil society has responded by contesting despair and the conditions hastening fatal overdose trends. This article examines faith-based community responses to the American overdose crisis through an extended case study of a church-led campaign in Massachusetts. In the summer of 2017, the state of Massachusetts released its fatal overdose numbers to the public: 2,069 people died of fatal overdose in 2016. In response, Trinity Church of Wrentham, Massachusetts, launched the #2069 campaign resulting in over 2,000 billboards and lawn signs emblazoned with #2069 displayed across the state. The memorial project fostered conversation, but also forged new community active in its work of social support, public health outreach and nonpartisan political engagement. The article considers the role of faith-based public health efforts and the potential for further interfaith and interracial collaboration on public health issues and the role of public religion in contesting conditions of despair.

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Lamarre, Ronald R., Chin Lin e Steven Strong. "Photovoltaics: Theory to Reality at the Bowdoin-Geneva Community Center in Dorchester, Massachusetts". Journal of Green Building 1, n. 3 (1 agosto 2006): 3–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.3992/jgb.1.3.3.

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Boyle, Mary-Ellen, Laurie Ross e Jennie C. Stephens. "Who has a stake? How stakeholder processes influence partnership sustainability". Gateways: International Journal of Community Research and Engagement 4 (23 novembre 2011): 100–118. http://dx.doi.org/10.5130/ijcre.v4i0.1778.

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As universities attempt to expand their relevance by engaging with local and regional societal challenges, various kinds of partnerships are emerging. A broad range of stakeholders, from both the university and the community, are typically engaged in and influence the development, implementation and perpetuation of these partnerships. This paper juxtaposes analysis of three community-university partnerships in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA, paying particular attention to the partnerships’ stakeholders, and to their relative importance. This research builds upon current understandings of critical factors in partnership sustainability, as these three partnerships have different goals, involve different university and community stakeholders, and are at different points in their organisational history. The fact that they share the same context – the same city – offers a unique opportunity for comparative case study analysis. The theory of stakeholder salience is used to explain findings about partnership sustainability and to make suggestions for strengthening existing partnerships. Specifically, we argue that stakeholder power and legitimacy, along with stakeholder urgency, are key factors in sustaining community-university partnerships. Keywords Community-university partnerships; economic development; community development; stakeholder salience

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Loo, Stephanie, Chris Grasso, Jessica Glushkina, Justin McReynolds, William Lober, Heidi Crane e Kenneth H. Mayer. "Capturing Relevant Patient Data in Clinical Encounters Through Integration of an Electronic Patient-Reported Outcome System Into Routine Primary Care in a Boston Community Health Center: Development and Implementation Study". Journal of Medical Internet Research 22, n. 8 (19 agosto 2020): e16778. http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/16778.

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Background Electronic patient-reported outcome (ePRO) systems can improve health outcomes by detecting health issues or risk behaviors that may be missed when relying on provider elicitation. Objective This study aimed to implement an ePRO system that administers key health questionnaires in an urban community health center in Boston, Massachusetts. Methods An ePRO system that administers key health questionnaires was implemented in an urban community health center in Boston, Massachusetts. The system was integrated with the electronic health record so that medical providers could review and adjudicate patient responses in real-time during the course of the patient visit. This implementation project was accomplished through careful examination of clinical workflows and a graduated rollout process that was mindful of patient and clinical staff time and burden. Patients responded to questionnaires using a tablet at the beginning of their visit. Results Our program demonstrates that implementation of an ePRO system in a primary care setting is feasible, allowing for facilitation of patient-provider communication and care. Other community health centers can learn from our model in terms of applying technological innovation to streamline clinical processes and improve patient care. Conclusions Our program demonstrates that implementation of an ePRO system in a primary care setting is feasible, allowing for facilitation of patient-provider communication and care. Other community health centers can learn from our model for application of technological innovation to streamline clinical processes and improve patient care.

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Lerman Ginzburg, Shir, Pilar Botana Martinez, Ellin Reisner, Shamira Chappell, Doug Brugge e Sabrina Kurtz-Rossi. "An Evaluation of an Environmental Health Infographic in Community Settings". INQUIRY: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing 58 (gennaio 2021): 004695802110592. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00469580211059290.

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Background: Infographics are an effective way of communicating complex information due to their reliance on concise language and clear, uncluttered visuals. Research indicates that traffic-related ultrafine particles (UFPs) in air pollutions adversely affect human health, including respiratory and cardiovascular diseases. In this study, we work with community-based adult literacy programs to develop an infographic about UFPs in air pollution with the goal of community-driven problem solving related to traffic-related UFPs within affected neighborhoods. Objective: In this paper, we discuss the development and evaluation of an infographic about the dangers of UFPs from traffic pollution, and actions that readers in affected communities can take to protect their health. We used the infographic format to conceptualize UFP pollution and its health effects visually for community members many of whom are new immigrants and do not speak English as their first language. Methods: We conducted 1 focus group and 4 interviews over Zoom, and collected 74 anonymous surveys among Boston Chinatown and Somerville, MA residents. Community partner organizations assisted us in recruiting participants by sending a recruitment flyer to their email contacts and identifying specific people who were interested in participating. Key Results: Data from the surveys, focus group, and interviews yielded 8 themes that guided the revision of the infographic. The majority of the participants responded positively to the infographic: 95.9% (n = 71) of respondents reported that the purpose of the infographic was clear, that the infographic contained a clear message, and that the infographic uses images to explain important points. Conclusions: Our experience developing and evaluating an infographic about near highway pollution in environmental justice communities suggests that infographics can be a viable communication tool in this context. Further research with infographics of a similar nature but in diverse communities is needed to strengthen our conclusion.

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Ross, Laurie. "Sustaining Youth Participation in a Long-term Tobacco Control Initiative: Consideration of a Social Justice Perspective". Youth & Society 43, n. 2 (7 maggio 2010): 681–704. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0044118x10366672.

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This article presents an in-depth case study of the Healthy Options for Prevention and Education Coalition’s Teens Tackle Tobacco initiative, a 3-year community-based participatory research (CBPR) project about the distribution of tobacco vendors and tobacco advertising in Worcester, Massachusetts. Using two theoretical frameworks, positive youth development (PYD) and social justice youth development (SJYD), the case reveals personal and community conditions that drove youth to get engaged in this project, how CBPR guided the group’s research and action strategy, and results of the work to date. Analysis of this case highlights factors that facilitate and pose barriers to active youth involvement in a long-term, tobacco-related community change initiative. Specifically, to affect oppressive community conditions, a blend of PYD’s focus on individual skill building, participation, and empowerment— joined with SJYD emphasis on community organizing and building youth’s self-awareness of how race, class, and other dimensions of power affect their lives on a daily basis—is needed.

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Dahlin, Constance, Joshua Nyambose, Gail Merriam e Cherline Gene. "Promoting palliative care access to persons with cancer: A model for mapping statewide services." Journal of Clinical Oncology 33, n. 29_suppl (10 ottobre 2015): 127. http://dx.doi.org/10.1200/jco.2015.33.29_suppl.127.

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127 Background: The CDC comprehensive cancer initiatives value comprehensive quality care within its mission and program development. Currently, over 75% of hospitals in the United States have palliative care services for cancer patients (CAPC 2011). In order to promote access to quality palliative care in the community outside the hospital, an evaluation is essential. The CDC model of comprehensive cancer care and prevention control structure is an appropriate mechanism to perform such an evaluation. From 2014-2015, the Massachusetts Comprehensive Cancer and Prevention Control Network Palliative Care Workgroup performed a survey to hospitals, home health agencies, hospices, long term care facilities, and community providers to determine palliative care services available to cancer patients across the state. Methods: Using the National Consensus Project for Quality Palliative Care Clinical Practice Guidelines, a robust palliative survey tool was created by the Massachusetts Comprehensive Cancer and Prevention Control Palliative Care Workgroup. It was individualized to each of the following settings - hospitals, home health organizations, hospices, skilled nursing facilities, and community health agencies. Follow-up telephonic key informant interviews regarding palliative care services were conducted within the various settings, service organizations, and insurers. Results: The results of qualitative and quantitative data will be concluded in August. Initial results reveal significant disparities in access to palliative care across by geography and setting of care. Hospices and hospitals had the most access to palliative care services. Long term care settings and community health settings had the least access. Conclusions: Data reveals disparities in palliative care access within Massachusetts by geography, race, and setting of cancer care. This data will serve as the basis of regional networks to promote better access to palliative care for cancer patients across all settings. It is hoped this evaluation process will serve as a model for other states to perform a similar evaluation.

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Turcotte, David A., Michael P. Johnson, Emily J. Chaves, Rachel Bogardus Drew e Felicia M. Sullivan. "Reconstructing neighborhoods: two case studies in foreclosed housing acquisition and redevelopment by community development corporations in Massachusetts". Housing and Society 42, n. 1 (2 febbraio 2015): 17–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08882746.2015.1020700.

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Orson, Richard A., e Brian L. Howes. "Salt Marsh development studies at Waquoit Bay, Massachusetts: Influence of geomorphology on long-term plant community structure". Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 35, n. 5 (novembre 1992): 453–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0272-7714(05)80025-3.

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MILLER, MARLA R., e ANNE DIGAN LANNING. "‘Common Parlors’: Women and the Recreation of Community Identity in Deerfield, Massachusetts, 1870-1920". Gender & History 6, n. 3 (novembre 1994): 435–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0424.1994.tb00213.x.

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Bruno, Barbara, Celia Cackowski, John Frederick, Robert Vincent, Andrew Bennett, Daniela Böttjer-Wilson, Jennifer Engels et al. "Applied Education Programming: Four Exemplars in Environmental Literacy and Teacher Professional Development". Oceanography 37, n. 1 (2024): 54–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2024.204.

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This paper shares four Sea Grant-funded projects from across the United States. The Hawai‘i project integrates Western science and Hawaiian culture in place- and community-based teaching. The Maryland program takes a project-based learning approach to aquaculture education in the formal education system. The Massachusetts (MIT) project focuses on state-of-the-art technology in engineering, robotics, and ocean science. The Virginia project emphasizes science communication and lesson plan design. What all four projects have in common is their focus on environmental literacy and teacher professional development in formal education. This approach aims to raise the quality of STEM instruction by expanding teachers’ knowledge, skills, and resources. Training teachers also efficiently utilizes resources by maximizing the number of students we ultimately reach, thereby creating sustainability.

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Vessey, Judith A. "Development of the Massachusetts School Nurse Research Network (MASNRN): A Practice-Based Research Network to Improve the Quality of School Nursing Practice". Journal of School Nursing 23, n. 2 (aprile 2007): 65–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10598405070230020201.

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When school nurses embrace evidence-based practice (EBP), higher-quality care is provided to students, their families, and the larger community. Despite this, school nursing has been slow to embrace EBP. Practice-Based Research Networks (PBRNs), which capitalize on the combined strengths of clinicians and researchers to study clinical questions, are one approach to overcoming barriers towards advancing evidence-based practice (EBP) in school nursing. This article will briefly review EBP and PBRNs. The development of Massachusetts School Nurse Research Network (MASNRN), a PBRN designed to investigate health issues common across schools and to validate school nursing practice, will then be described. Details regarding MASNRN’s mission, governance, communications systems, staffing, and network maintenance and funding will be explicated. MASNRN can serve as a model for PBRN development within the broader school nursing community.

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Barboza, Gia Elise. "A Spatiotemporal Analysis of Heroin-Related Calls for Emergency Medical Services and Community-Health Centers in Boston, Massachusetts". Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy 13, n. 2 (13 agosto 2019): 507–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12061-019-09315-5.

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Guarino-Ghezzi, Susan, e James M. Byrne. "Developing a Model of Structured Decision Making in Juvenile Corrections: The Massachusetts Experience". Crime & Delinquency 35, n. 2 (aprile 1989): 270–302. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0011128789035002006.

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Decision makers are now considering a variety of strategies for building a structured hierarchy of sanctions within the juvenile justice system. These efforts are linked to the perception that we need to increase both the level of control over juvenile offenders “at risk” in the community and the degree of accountability by decision makers for individual placement decisions. The recent development of objective classification systems represents one possible model for structured decision making. We identify three types of classification (i.e., classification for risk, treatment, and control) and analyze their potential utilization by juvenile justice decision makers. We then discuss the Massachusetts Department of Youth Services's decision model for classifying youths for placement in secure and nonsecure settings. Two unique characteristics of that system—the dominance of private sector service providers and DYS's unsurpassed discretionary authority in handling offenders—perpetuate an ongoing struggle for the state in making rational, consistent decisions. Recommendations for continued development of comprehensive classification systems are also offered.

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Field-Juma, Alison, e Nancy Roberts-Lawler. "Using Partnerships and Community Science to Protect Wild and Scenic Rivers in the Eastern United States". Sustainability 13, n. 4 (16 febbraio 2021): 2102. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13042102.

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The Musconetcong (New Jersey) and the Sudbury-Assabet-Concord (Massachusetts) are federally-designated Partnership Wild and Scenic Rivers, a model for river conservation under the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act. These two rivers are embedded in a patchwork of private and public land ownership. The Act has been used to facilitate partnerships among municipal, state, federal and local non-profit actors to implement river conservation plans. These partnerships have supported community science-based monitoring to make the case for dam removal and stricter water pollution controls. Two case studies examine using community science to provide actionable data to decision-makers. In New Jersey, a documented increase in macroinvertebrates post-dam removal supported additional dam removals, leading to the return of American shad to the river. Quality controls and training proved to be key components. In Massachusetts, stricter effluent discharge permits reduced instream Total Phosphorus from 0.8 mg/L in 1999 to the eutrophication threshold of 0.023–0.05 mg/L. Community engagement in river science and stewardship was an important co-benefit. As many US rivers evolve from generating hydropower and conveying waste into major recreational resources, local organizations are uniquely positioned to engage the public and generate quality-controlled data to use in advocating for major improvements in water and habitat quality. Useful policy and regulatory frameworks for broader applicability are suggested.

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Wilkinson, Nicholas. "Editorial". Open House International 35, n. 3 (1 settembre 2010): 5. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ohi-03-2010-b0001.

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Nabeel Hamdi's new book The Placemakers' Guide to Building Community (ISBN 978-1-84407-803-5) published by Earthscan is a very useful book which should be on the shelves of every person involved in building communities and the art of development practices. The outside back cover has a number of short statements which reveal that Nabeel has made a place for himself at the pinnacle of participatory planning and “.….has masterfully woven together notions of place making that have evolved since John Turmer's book, Housing by People, into a new paradigm for professional practice” says Bish Sanyal, Ford International Professor of Urban Development and Planning at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.”

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Grigg-Saito, Dorcas, Robin Toof, Linda Silka, Sidney Liang, Linda Sou, Lisa Najarian, Sonith Peou e Sheila Och. "Long-Term Development of a “Whole Community” Best Practice Model to Address Health Disparities in the Cambodian Refugee and Immigrant Community of Lowell, Massachusetts". American Journal of Public Health 100, n. 11 (novembre 2010): 2026–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.2105/ajph.2009.177030.

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Johnson, Lauri, e Yoon Pak. "Leadership for Democracy in Challenging Times: Historical Case Studies in the United States and Canada". Educational Administration Quarterly 54, n. 3 (20 febbraio 2018): 439–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0013161x18761345.

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Purpose: This article focuses on the role of school and district leadership in the development and implementation of reform aimed at increasing racial and religious tolerance. It chronicles the rise of intercultural and democratic citizenship curriculum in three North American sites—Springfield, Massachusetts, Kirkland Lake, Ontario, and San Diego, California—during the 1940s. Research Method: Parallel historical case studies were conducted using traditional historical research methods through the analysis of archival documents, school district memos, school board minutes, and contextualization through relevant secondary source literature. Findings: School and district leaders supported curriculum innovation aimed at prejudice reduction and propaganda analysis, networked and collaborated with community organizations, and used foundation funding to support curriculum and professional development for racial and religious inclusion. Implications: These cases highlight the critical role of leadership to support democracy in the development of partnerships between school and district personnel, community activists, and civic foundations; the establishment of advocacy networks across borders; and the “borrowing” of diversity policies from other school districts, which were adapted to their unique community contexts. This historical study has implications for how current school leaders might “lead for democracy” in challenging times.

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Smith, Clint. "Complex Sentences: Searching for the Purpose of Education Inside a Massachusetts State Prison". Harvard Educational Review 87, n. 1 (1 marzo 2017): 81–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.17763/1943-5045-87.1.81.

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While policy makers and scholars often measure the success of prison education programs by quantitative outcomes such as recidivism and post-release employment, there is a gap in the literature with regard to how these programs facilitate community building, identity development, and agency. For the 159,000 people serving life sentences in the United States, and perhaps for all of those who are incarcerated, we need a new way of conceptualizing the purpose of education in prison. In this essay, Clint Smith reflects on his experience teaching creative writing in a Massachusetts state prison and questions how we might be able to create more holistic and humane educational infrastructures in incarcerated spaces, programs that move beyond instrumentalism and vocational preparation and instead toward cognitive liberation and a reclamation of human dignity.

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Donnelly, Colm, Eileen Murphy, Dave McKean e Lynne McKerr. "Migration and Memorials: Irish Cultural Identity in Early Nineteenth-Century Lowell, Massachusetts". International Journal of Historical Archaeology 24, n. 2 (18 dicembre 2019): 318–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10761-019-00521-y.

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AbstractLowell is considered as the birthplace of the industrial revolution in the early nineteenth-century United States. Originating in 1822, the new textile factories harnessed the waters of the Merrimack River using a system of canals, dug and maintained by laborers. While this work employed many local Yankees, it also attracted groups of emigrant Irish workers. Grave memorials are a valuable source of information concerning religious and ethnic identity and an analysis of the slate headstones contained within Yard One of St Patrick’s Cemetery, opened in 1832, provides insight into the mindset of this migrant community. The headstones evolved from contemporary Yankee memorials but incorporated Roman Catholic imagery, while the inclusion of shamrocks and details of place of origin on certain memorials attests to a strong sense of Irish identity. The blatant display of such features at a time of ethnic and religious sectarian tensions in Massachusetts demonstrates the confidence that the Irish had of their place in the new industrial town.

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Swenson, Sue. "Honor the Past. Then Get Over It." Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities 53, n. 6 (1 dicembre 2015): 409–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1352/1934-9556-53.6.409.

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Abstract This speech was presented at a conference, the National Goals in Research, Policy, and Practice, held in Washington, DC, on August 6-7, 2015. The conference was a working meeting to summarize the current state of knowledge and identify a platform of national goals in research, practice, and policy in intellectual and developmental disabilities. The meeting was jointly organized by the Research and Training Center on Community Living, Institute on Community Integration, University of Minnesota; Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Developmental Disabilities and Health, Institute on Disability and Human Development, University of Illinois Chicago; Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Advancing Employment for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Institute for Community Inclusion, University of Massachusetts Boston; The Arc of the United States; Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD); and American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD), with the support of National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR).

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Bloniarz, David, e H. Dennis Ryan. "The Use of Volunteer Initiatives in Conducting Urban Forest Resource Inventories". Arboriculture & Urban Forestry 22, n. 2 (1 marzo 1996): 75–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.48044/jauf.1996.010.

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The accuracy and validity of urban forest resource data collected by trained volunteers were established, using an actual case study in Brookline, Massachusetts. Results indicate that the data collected by trained volunteers are valid, and the accuracy compares favorably with levels found among a control group of certified arborists. Indirect benefits associated with this type of volunteer effort include the development of a more informed urban forest constituency, increased environmental awareness, an increased political voice, and an improved quality of life for urban residents. The cost of utilizing community volunteers to conduct urban forest inventories is competitive with similar programs conducted by professional arborists.

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Sanchez, Matheson, e Shytierra Gaston. "Out with “Fine Time,” in with Financial Waivers: Recent Developments in Massachusetts Probation Fines and Fees Policies". Social Sciences 10, n. 10 (14 ottobre 2021): 391. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/socsci10100391.

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The criminal justice system routinely imposes financial sanctions on probation clients. These fines, fees, and restitution debts often amount to more than what many clients can reasonably afford to pay. Until recently, Massachusetts courts have incarcerated clients solely for their inability to pay these debts in a practice known as “fine time”. In 2018, the state passed a landmark criminal justice reform bill that restricted the types of cases in which fine time can be ordered. Clients that can establish that payment would lead to financial hardship can now petition the court for a financial waiver accompanied by community service. The current study seeks to explore the implications of the recent reform efforts on probation services by analyzing surveys gathered from a sample of 121 Massachusetts probation officers in 2020. Descriptive findings of officers’ attitudes toward fines and fees, responses to nonpayment by clients, and the use of financial waivers are presented. Officers’ perceptions and practices align with the recent reform efforts, suggesting support among probation personnel for policies that limit punitive responses to nonpayment of legal debts by their supervisees. Possible directions for future research and policy development are discussed.

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España, Carla, Leticia Hernández-Linares, Luz Yadira Herrera, Mike Leyba e Robert Liu-Trujillo. "Together in the Struggle". Ethnic Studies Review 45, n. 1 (2022): 33–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/esr.2022.45.1.33.

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The authors, illustrator, and translator discuss their efforts at creating a bilingual children’s picture book, Alejandria Fights Back! / ¡La Lucha de Alejandria! (The Feminist Press 2021) which deals with community displacement and gentrification, and youth agency. The panelists share the origins of and hopes for the book, which was a community-based partnership project with the Rise-Home Stories Project based in Boston, Massachusetts. The speakers share how elementary and middle schools can use the book for teaching strategies, teacher education, effectively engaging with communities, and developing tools for supporting multilingualism. This presentation was offered by the Educator Collaborative on April 10, 2021. The Educator Collaborative provides K–12 literacy professional development to schools across the United States and around the world. They provide expert support in areas such as writing workshops, reading workshops, balanced literacy, anti-bias education, multilingual pedagogy, digital literacy, and standards integration.

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Saulnier, Christopher R., Benjamin Ahn, Aikaterini Bagiati e John G. Brisson. "Leadership Development through Design Based Wilderness Education". International Journal of Engineering Pedagogy (iJEP) 5, n. 1 (11 febbraio 2015): 47. http://dx.doi.org/10.3991/ijep.v5i1.4386.

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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has been collaborating since 2010 with the Singapore Ministry of Education to help develop the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD). One element of this collaboration, the Global Leadership Program (GLP), aims to provide SUTD students with the opportunity to interact with the MIT community and experience MIT’s academic culture. During GLP students participate in a program designed to develop leadership ability while also increasing their understanding of engineering science and design thinking. This paper introduces a curriculum combining the pedagogies of design-based learning and wilderness education that was implemented in the summer of 2014 to holistically address the development of these three competencies. Through design-based learning activities, both for and in a natural environment, students were encouraged to develop competencies in engineering science and engineering design while exploring the diverse attributes essential for success as an engineer. This paper examines the results of a retrospective post-then-pre survey administered to the participants upon completion of the program to explore the effects of the program on the development of professional engineering competencies. We find a statistically significant increase in items associated with Individual Leadership Skill, Group Leadership Skill and the role of Society and the Economy. These results are triangulated with student exit interviews and instructor observations.

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Stephens, Kat J. "Just a Unicorn". JCSCORE 6, n. 1 (15 luglio 2020): 211–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.15763/issn.2642-2387.2020.6.1.211-216.

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Kat J. Stephens is a higher education Ph.D. student at University of Massachusetts Amherst. She’s earned a Master of Education from Teachers College, Columbia University, in Higher & Postsecondary Education. Her larger research interests are social justice & identity development. As an Afro-Guyanese immigrant, her research interests reflects: Caribbean students, Afro-Caribbean racial identity formation, transnationalism, Black women students with ADHD & Autism, & gifted community college & transfer students. Her work here is inspired by her life and those of other Black women & girls in educational spaces. This poem serves to highlight her frustrations, while encouraging Black women to take space in disability centered environments, and universities to adequately support such individuals.

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Andrle, Michal. "Život a dílo A. N. Whiteheada". Teorie vědy / Theory of Science 32, n. 1 (22 agosto 2010): 187–225. http://dx.doi.org/10.46938/tv.2010.53.

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The present paper is essentially a case study in the history of philosophy. Its main task is to describe the life and work of theorist whose lifetime work was rather largely omitted in Czech-Slovakian learned community: Anglo-American mathematician, physicist and philosopher Alfred North Whitehead. His life-story is sometimes abbreviated as a „story of three cities“: Cambridge (England), London and Cambridge (Massachusetts). The paper is focusing on some important moments in philosopher’s life (his education and maturation, his religious development) and tries to emphasize them as a key issues to understand his lifetime project. At the very end some remarks concerning the reception of Whiteheads thoughts in Czech-Slovakian milieu are added.

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Poudel-Tandukar, Kalpana, Cynthia S. Jacelon, Genevieve E. Chandler, Bhuwan Gautam e Paula H. Palmer. "Sociocultural Perceptions and Enablers to Seeking Mental Health Support Among Bhutanese Refugees in Western Massachusetts". International Quarterly of Community Health Education 39, n. 3 (13 febbraio 2019): 135–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0272684x18819962.

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This qualitative study aimed to identify cultural influences on seeking mental health support among Bhutanese refugees resettled in Western Massachusetts. Bhutanese refugees aged 18 years or older were recruited for eight focus group discussions, organized by age and gender ( N = 67, 49.3% female, mean age = 38, SD = 15.9). The PEN-3 cultural model was used as the theoretical framework to examine the roles of cultural perceptions that influence mental health-seeking behaviors. Focus group discussions were audio taped to facilitate the thematic-analysis. Younger participants (<35 years) reported experiencing stressors relating to economic hardships and difficulties in developing academic and social skills as they juggle breadwinner and care-giving responsibilities for their families. Older participants reported frustration with the difficulties in learning English and increased dependence on their children. Family members provided the initial frontline support to persons with mental health problems. If family support did not work, they consulted with their relatives and trustworthy community members for further assistance. Psychological factors such as fears of emotions, social norms, beliefs, and self-esteem associated with cultural norms and values influenced seeking mental health support. All participants expressed the need to have a culturally tailored intervention to develop acquired skills to improve their self-esteem and self-efficacy in order to integrate into their new social and cultural environment. Because family members make important decisions about seeking mental health support, involving family members in developing and delivering culturally appropriate skill development interventions could be a potential strategy to reduce their stress and increase resilience in this refugee community.

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Mehus, Christopher J., Ryan J. Watson, Marla E. Eisenberg, Heather L. Corliss e Carolyn M. Porta. "Living as an LGBTQ Adolescent and a Parent’s Child: Overlapping or Separate Experiences". Journal of Family Nursing 23, n. 2 (23 marzo 2017): 175–200. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1074840717696924.

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It is well known that parental and community-based support are each related to healthy development in lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning (LGBTQ) youth, but little research has explored the ways these contexts interact and overlap. Through go-along interviews (a method in which participants guide the interviewer around the community) with 66 youth in British Columbia, Massachusetts, and Minnesota, adolescents (aged 14-19 years) reported varying extent of overlap between their LGBTQ experiences and their parent–youth experiences; parents and youth each contributed to the extent of overlap. Youth who reported high overlap reported little need for resources outside their families but found resources easy to access if wanted. Youth who reported little overlap found it difficult to access resources. Findings suggest that in both research and practice, considering the extent to which youth feel they can express their authentic identity in multiple contexts may be more useful than simply evaluating parental acceptance or access to resources.

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Egan, Justine, Nazmim Bhuiya, Lissette Gil-Sanchez, Stephanie Campbell e Jill Clark. "Engaging Expectant and Parenting Adolescents: Lessons from the Massachusetts Pregnant and Parenting Teen Initiative". Maternal and Child Health Journal 24, S2 (24 gennaio 2020): 191–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10995-020-02880-z.

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Abstract Introduction Programs supporting adolescent parents have been shown to increase socio-economic opportunities and promote healthy child development for young families, but retaining young parents is challenging. The Massachusetts Pregnant and Parenting Teen Initiative (MPPTI) offers case management and linkages to community and clinical services to young families. We examine engagement strategies identified by MPPTI participants and staff members in relation to participant retention by program site to identify potential strategies for increasing program engagement. Methods We employed a mixed-methods approach incorporating quantitative data on program participant characteristics and program retention by site with qualitative data from staff and participant interviews and focus groups. Results Key program engagement strategies identified by both MPPTI staff and youth participants were social-emotional supports, staffing model, and concrete supports. We found significant differences in program retention by site; the two sites with the highest levels of program retention offered all engagement strategies identified. Discussion Quantitative data on program retention coupled with qualitative data from staff and youth interviews suggests that in our program, there may be an association between the engagement strategies identified and levels of program retention.

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Somerville, Lisa, Annette Davis, Sarah Milne, Desiree Terrill e Kathleen Philip. "Exploration of an allied health workforce redesign model: quantifying the work of allied health assistants in a community workforce". Australian Health Review 42, n. 4 (2018): 469. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/ah16266.

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The Victorian Assistant Workforce Model (VAWM) enables a systematic approach for the identification and quantification of work that can be delegated from allied health professionals (AHPs) to allied health assistants (AHAs). The aim of the present study was to explore the effect of implementation of VAWM in the community and ambulatory health care setting. Data captured using mixed methods from allied health professionals working across the participating health services enabled the measurement of opportunity for workforce redesign in the community and ambulatory allied health workforce. A total of 1112 AHPs and 135 AHAs from the 27 participating organisations took part in the present study. AHPs identified that 24% of their time was spent undertaking tasks that could safely be delegated to an appropriately qualified and supervised AHA. This equates to 6837 h that could be redirected to advanced and expanded AHP practice roles or expanded patient-centred service models. The VAWM demonstrates potential for more efficient implementation of assistant workforce roles across allied health. Data outputs from implementation of the VAWM are vital in informing strategic planning and sustainability of workforce change. A more efficient and effective workforce promotes service delivery by the right person, in the right place, at the right time. What is known about this topic? There are currently workforce shortages that are predicted to grow across the allied health workforce. Ensuring that skill mix is optimal is one way to address these shortages. Matching the right task to right worker will also enable improved job satisfaction for both allied health assistants and allied health professionals. Workforce redesign efforts are more effective when there is strong data to support the redesign. What does this paper add? This paper builds on a previous paper by Somerville et al. with a case study applying the workforce redesign model to a community and ambulatory health care setting. It provides evidence that this workforce redesign model enables data to be collected to identify the opportunity for redesign in the allied health workforce in this clinical setting. What are the implications for practitioners? There are career pathways and opportunity for growth in the allied health assistant workforce in the community and ambulatory health care setting. These opportunities will need to be coupled with the development of supervision and delegation skills in the allied health professional workforce to ensure that an integrated workforce is built to provide optimal clinical care in the community and ambulatory setting.

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Ellis, B. Heidi. "Building the Airplane While Flying It: The Story of Ongoing Efforts to Establish and Evaluate a Multidisciplinary Team Response to VE in Massachusetts US". Proceedings 77, n. 1 (26 aprile 2021): 10. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2021077010.

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Research on mental health and violence among marginalized communities has identified the importance of engaging communities, diminishing stigma, addressing multiple outcomes including strengths, and building social connections. Within the United States, Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) policies and programs have been criticized for failing in these areas. Recent efforts have sought to build multidisciplinary teams for the prevention of targeted violence and terrorism that explicitly seek to address these critiques and work to build the capacity of multidisciplinary providers to work with youth at risk for targeted violence and terrorism. Community Connect was a Boston, US-based community-based program that worked with youth at risk of violence, including ideologically-based violence. This program achieved broad community buy-in and successfully linked referred youth to a broad range of services in their communities. To bring the program to scale, an adaptation of Community Connect was developed that accepted referrals from a regional federally-convened threat assessment team, the Massachusetts Bay Threat Assessment Team (MassBayTAT). This multidisciplinary services team (MDST) maintains several essential functions from Community Connect, such as providing a thorough psychosocial assessment and maintaining regular contact and coordination between diverse providers, as well as making key changes to accommodate a regional scope. Given the nascent state of the field, both formative as well as summative evaluations play important roles in shaping and evaluating multidisciplinary violence prevention teams, as is evident in the iterative adaptation of the above-described multidisciplinary approaches. Evaluation of a multidisciplinary team for VE should assess both team development as well as case outcomes. Building trust within a community of diverse providers and disciplines and achieving a ‘whole of society’ approach to violence prevention is in and of itself an outcome that should be sought, as well as a reduction in violence at the individual level. Mixed-methods evaluations are needed to capture both the process and outcomes that are central to an effective multidisciplinary team for the prevention of terrorism and targeted violence.

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Abbott, Carl. "Community by Design: The Olmsted Form and the Development of Brookline, Massachusetts by Keith N. Morgan, Elizabeth Hope Cushing, and Roger G. Reed". Technology and Culture 56, n. 2 (2015): 544–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/tech.2015.0058.

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Fay, Christopher, Shauna Rice, Steven Krueger e Jessica St John. "Community outreach in vulnerable populations: Skin cancer screening for firefighters." Journal of Clinical Oncology 41, n. 16_suppl (1 giugno 2023): e21587-e21587. http://dx.doi.org/10.1200/jco.2023.41.16_suppl.e21587.

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e21587 Background: Firefighters have both an increased risk (21%) and 20-year younger median age (42) at diagnosis of melanoma compared to the general population. The World Health Organization classifies firefighters’ occupational exposures as "carcinogenic to humans," but there is limited knowledge regarding sun protection habits, skin cancer history, and community outreach in this at-risk population. Methods: Free, full-body skin examinations conducted by board-certified dermatologists using the American Academy of Dermatology’s SPOT Skin CancerTM screening form were offered to firefighters from 26 cities and towns in Massachusetts on two separate days in August 2021 and October 2022. Data from the screening form and subsequent skin biopsy results were obtained and reported. Results: Of 195 firefighters screened, 30 (15.4%) were referred for biopsy. All were white males, mean age was 44.7 years, 26.7% had prior tanning bed exposure, 80% had prior blistering sunburns, 20% used sunscreen regularly, 86.7% did not have a regular dermatologist, and 6.7% had a history of keratinocyte-based skin cancer. Nineteen (63.3%) had biopsies, most frequently on the back or face, which resulted in three nodular basal cell carcinomas and 11 dysplastic nevi (seven moderate-to-severe). Conclusions: Firefighters are an underrecognized vulnerable population for the development of skin cancer. Community outreach in the form of free skin cancer screenings is a successful model for increasing awareness and early diagnosis of skin cancer among this population. In addition to providing access to care, community screenings offer tailored educational opportunities that promote skin cancer prevention in this high-risk group.

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