Resources

We have collected here a range of resources, some for researchers and others for a broader audience.

Research Publications

Links to recent research publications from the PHH-PRC are provided below.  For most publications, we also provide two related items.  As a convenience, we offer a PowerPoint file summarizing the research article, which can be downloaded and used in presentations in a wide range of settings.  In addition, we provide a reader-friendly version of the article, written for a general audience, in order to include community members or members of the broader public, in our readership.

Reader Friendly Brief Powerpoint Presentation

Reader Friendly Brief Powerpoint Presentation

Reader Friendly Brief Powerpoint Presentation

Toolkits

We provide here toolkits to help others implement programs like ones that have been successfully developed and implemented in the PHH-PRC.  Each toolkit is a Word file consisting of materials developed for all phases of a program.  Those developing similar programs can tailor these materials, and add new materials, to suit their own situations.

This program trains public housing residents to serve as Resident Health Advocates—community health workers in the public housing setting. Toolkit for Resident Health Advocate Program.

Coming soon! A toolkit for the Knowledge is Power program, which teaches public housing residents how to develop a proposal for a program or other activity, in response to a Request for Proposals.

A Newsletter for BHA Residents

The PHH-PRC’s own Community Committee for Health Promotion (CCHP) publishes The Pulse, a newsletter for BHA residents, twice a year.  You can read or download issues of The Pulse on the CCHP’s page of this website.

General-Interest Resources

In addition to the reader-friendly versions of research articles (posted above), which are intended for a broad audience, we offer here a set of links to resources for healthy living.  These resources are useful to those in our partner community here in Boston, and more broadly to families everywhere.

How’s your weight?

This tool from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention calculates your BMI, or body mass index.  Your BMI tells you whether you are too heavy or too thin—or just right—for your height.

To find out what your BMI is, just type in your height, and then type in your weight.  The calculator will show your BMI.

The calculator will also tell you what your BMI means:  Is your weight in the normal range for your height?  Are you overweight or obese?  Are you underweight?

This tool from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention calculates your BMI, or body mass index.  Your BMI tells you whether you are too heavy or too thin—or just right—for your height.

Click here to use the calculator.  This BMI calculator is for adults (ages 20 and up).

CDC gives a lot of good information about how to keep your weight in the healthy range.  Just click here.

How’s the air quality today where you live?

Here’s a webpage from the US Environmental Protection Agency. It tells you how the air quality is in your local area.  Air quality is important for everybody, but especially for people who have breathing problems.

The webpage will show a map of your local area.  Just type your zip code in the “Zip Code” box and click the  Go  button.

The colors on the map tell you if the local air quality is good, or hazardous, or somewhere in between.  Move your pointer over the colored labels below the map to find out what “good” and “moderate” and the other labels actually mean.

Click on the tabs at the top of the map to choose the forecast or the current conditions, or to see how conditions have changed over the day.

Click here to use the air quality map.

Showing girls the way to a bright future

If you’re a girl who would like to be healthier—or if you know one—check out this link.  It’s called “My Bright Future:  Physical Activity and Healthy Eating,” and it gives information especially for adolescent girls and young women.

“My Bright Future” asks you questions and gives useful tips for eating healthier and getting more exercise.  It also helps you talk with your health care provider—for example, your doctor, or a nurse, or a community health worker.  And it helps you make a plan to be healthier.

To print the complete guide, click on the link at the left that says PDF Guide.  Or, to print a small reminder card, click on the link that says PDF Wallet Card.

Click here to find all these materials.

Taking care of your child’s smile

This information sheet offers tips to help parents give their kids a good start towards a lifetime of healthy teeth.

When should you start cleaning your child’s teeth?  When can the child take over?  Should your child use fluoride toothpaste?  If so, when and how much?  When should you talk with the child’s doctor or dentist?
Click here to find this factsheet.

About Prevention Research Centers Nationwide

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The Partners in Health and Housing Prevention Research Center is one of a nationwide network of such Centers designated by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.  All the Centers are partnerships in which academics, community members, and public health agencies work together to prevent disease and promote health.  To learn more about the national PRC program, click here.

News You Can Use

The National Campaign for Full Funding for Public Housing in the United States is petitioning members of Congress to include full funding in upcoming legislation. Go to this weblink to find the petition and add your signature: http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/
fullfundingforpublichousing/

Recent publications from PHH-PRC investigators:

Scammell et al., “Meeting People Where They Are: Engaging Public Housing Residents for Integrated Pest Management.” Progress in Community Health Partnerships 2011:5(2).

Rorie et al., “Use of a Resident Health Advocate Model to Improve Public Health Van Screening and Follow-Up Among Public Housing Residents” (Prev Chronic Dis 2011; 8(1)).

Douyon et al., “The GirlStars Program: Challenges to Recruitment and Retention in a Physical Activity and Health Education Program for Adolescent Girls Living in Public Housing” (Prev Chronic Dis 2010; 7(2))