Brandywine Health and Wellness Foundation
ED Injury Study
Contact: Kristin Minot
Email: kristin@phmc.org
With funding from the Brandywine Health and Wellness Foundation, PHMC
is studying the reasons for emergency department admissions (ED) to
two Chester County hospitals for injuries related to falls, automobile
and bicycle accidents, overexertion and sports-related injuries. The
study will involve review of selected de-identified ED data from the
participating hospitals, key informant interviews with ED personnel
and an anonymous mail survey of former ED patients. The results of
the study will provide the basis for injury prevention strategies to
reduce injuries and the need for ED treatment for these types of injuries.
Student Health Provision and Promotion at the University of Pennsylvania
Contact: Michelle Henry
Email: mhenry@phmc.org
The University of Pennsylvania's Office of Health Education (OHE),
Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) and the Student Health
Services (SHS) are jointly sponsoring a qualitative research project
to better understand unmet student health and wellness needs. PHMC
is conducting focus groups with University undergraduate, graduate,
and professional students, as well as key informant interviews with
student affairs administrators to assess priority health promotion
needs of the student population; further understand the issue of stress
as connected to students' academic work; examine the role of the institution
in responding or contributing to stress; look at perceptions of quality
of care and access to care provided by SHS; find out how often administrators
deal with students with emotional, psychological or personal issues;
examine referral patterns to CAPS; and to assess perceptions of unmet
needs.
Community Asthma Prevention Project Collaborative Evaluation
Contact: Kathleen Coughey
Email: kathleen@phmc.org
Through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, The Community
Asthma Prevention Project Collaborative was awarded a grant to implement
the CAPP program in North Philadelphia. CAPP is an asthma prevention
program that includes community-based asthma education classes, a home
visiting program, asthma education to primary care providers, and a
school component. PHMC is involved in the process and outcome evaluation
of this program. R&E are using a street survey to measure community
awareness about asthma and are overseeing the entire evaluation process.
Nutrition Education Program/ Food for Life Evaluation
Contact: Lisa Kleiner
Email: lisa@phmc.org
PHMC provides technical assistance to the Health Promotion Council's
Food for Life Nutrition Education Project. PHMC collects and analyzes
data from adults who participated in the Project’s nutrition
workshops at City of Philadelphia District Health Centers, Community
Mental Health Centers, and senior centers on changes in knowledge,
behavior and attitudes. This information is used in a state wide evaluation
conducted by the project’s funders.
Philadelphia Allies Against Asthma Evaluation
Contact: Kathleen Coughey, Ph.D.
Email: kathleen@phmc.org
The Philadelphia Allies Against Asthma (PAAA) Coalition, funded by
the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, is a service integration model
intervention designed to reduce pediatric asthma-related morbidity
in West and North Philadelphia. PHMC is evaluating the operations of
the coalition and the impact of the intervention. PHMC collects and
analyzes data gathered from schools in the School District of Philadelphia,
and Medicaid Managed Care Organizations. PHMC also monitors and analyzes
the Link Line data. Key informant interviews and focus groups are conducted
with Coalition members and service providers connected with the Child
Asthma Link Line called CALL.
Steps To A Healthier Philadelphia Evaluation
Contact: Kathleen Coughey, Ph.D.
Email: kathleen@phmc.org
Steps to a Healthier Philadelphia (STEPS), a program of the Philadelphia
Department of Public Health, was funded by the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC) to reduce morbidity related to asthma,
diabetes and obesity. PHMC is conducting the STEPS process evaluation
and assisting with the outcome evaluation. PHMC’s evaluation
activities include: meeting observations and documentation of Consortium,
Leadership, Pillar, Sustainability, Neighborhood and Faith-based Coalition
meetings, annual surveys of the membership, key informant interviews
and focus groups.
HIV/AIDS
Black Men’s Health Survey
Contact: Jennifer Lauby, Ph.D.
Email: jennifer@phmc.org
PHMC is participating in a multi-site research project funded by the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to study factors related
to HIV risk among African American men who have sex with men. The four-year
study will collect qualitative and quantitative information from African
American men who have sex with men in order to assess cultural, community
and psychological factors related to HIV risk behaviors. PHMC is collaborating
with BEBASHI (Blacks Educating Blacks about Sexual Health Issues) to
develop culturally appropriate measures, to locate and recruit participants,
and to conduct interviews and HIV counseling and testing with all participants.
To help inform the design of the study, the Philadelphia project has
formed a Community Advisory Board (CAB) consisting of service providers
and members of the target population. The CAB has monthly meetings
to help identify topics and questions to be included in the study,
as well as to design appropriate data collection procedures. This is
the first large-scale survey of African American MSM in Philadelphia
and will yield important insights into prevention of HIV infection
in this very high-risk population.
CDC Barriers to HIV Testing Project
Contact: Jennifer Lauby, Ph.D.
Email: jennifer@phmc.org
The Barriers to HIV Testing Project is a study funded by the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention to examine factors that may deter
persons who are at risk for HIV from ever getting tested or from getting
repeated tests. PHMC staff examines demographic and socio-economic
factors, attitudes and beliefs about HIV testing, and community-level
factors such as the availability of testing sites and exposure to HIV
prevention messages. PHMC has interviewed 1643 men and women in the
8 ZIP codes in Philadelphia with the highest number of AIDS cases.
Study results will be used to identify segments of the target population
who are not getting tested and to determine attitudinal and structural
barriers that could be addressed to increase testing.
Factors Associated With Counseling And Testing Study
Contact: Jennifer Lauby, Ph.D.
Email: jennifer@phmc.org
The FACT study examines factors related to taking an HIV test including
their HIV testing history, their risk behaviors, and individual/community
factors related to testing. This project was a three-year grant from
the National Institute of Mental Health. Building on results from PHMC’s
CDC-funded Barriers to Testing Study, project staff interviewed a broad
range of persons at heightened risk for HIV throughout the city, including
interviews with over 450 men who have sex with men (MSM) and over 1200
heterosexual men and women. The information collected in these interviews
will be used in planning HIV testing services and prevention interventions
in Philadelphia and other urban areas.
New Pathways Project
Contact: Lisa Bond, Ph.D.
Email: LisaB@PHMC.org
The New Pathways Project is an HIV prevention project funded by the
Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT). The project is a collaborative
effort between PHMC and Blacks Educating Blacks About Sexual Health
Issues (BEBASHI). The primary goal of the project is to assist substance
abusing African American and Latino adult men and women to increase
their readiness for, and access to, substance abuse treatment services
as a primary means of helping them to reduce their risk of becoming
infected with HIV and/or of transmitting the disease to others. A secondary
and related goal of the project is to assist those men and women who
are not ready to enter treatment to reduce their risk of infection/transmission
by providing them with culturally-tailored behavioral risk reduction
counseling, and access to health care, mental health and supportive
social services. The New Pathways intervention is best described as
a brief pre-treatment counseling model. Clients, most who are first
identified through street outreach, participate in four consecutive
counseling sessions. The evaluation of the New Pathways Project involves
a longitudinal assessment of client outcomes based on data collected
at three points in time: intake or baseline, 6 months post-baseline,
and 12 months post-baseline. All data are collected through personal
interviews. In addition to the client-centered intervention, a peer-based
network called Pathfinders, comprised of former project clients and
community residents, is instrumental in diffusing prevention messages
to the broader community.
PALMS Evaluation: An Innovative Theater-Based Intervention For Minority
Adolescents
Contact: Jennifer Lauby, Ph.D.
Email: jennifer@phmc.org
PHMC was awarded a two-year grant from the CDC to evaluate an on-going
theater related HIV prevention program at PHMC called PALMS (Preventing
AIDS Through Live Movement and Sound). PALMS provides a three-session,
theater-based, group-level intervention to predominantly African American
and Latino incarcerated/adjudicated and drug treatment-based adolescents
in Philadelphia. The aims of the intervention are to increase knowledge
about HIV/AIDS, increase HIV testing, and reduce risky sexual behavior
through increasing self-efficacy to practice safer sex behaviors. The
evaluation will use a repeated measures comparison group design to
assess short-term and long-term effects on sexual risk behavior and
HIV testing, as well as on HIV knowledge, attitudes, peer norms and
self-efficacy.
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Contact: Lisa Bond, Ph.D.
Email: lisab@phmc.org
The Pennsylvania Department of Health has awarded PHMC a one-year
grant to conduct secondary analysis aimed at identifying the predictors
of high-risk sexual practices in a multi-ethnic sample of men who have
sex with me (MSM) in the Philadelphia region. This research grant will
utilize existing data that was originally gathered from 451 MSM as
part of a large study of the barriers to HIV testing. PHMC will conduct
the secondary data analysis.
Infants, Children and Adolescents
Evaluation of the CHOP Center for Pediatric Traumatic Stress
Contact: Jennifer Lauby, Ph.D.
Email: jennifer@phmc.org
PHMC is conducting an evaluation of the Center for Pediatric Traumatic
Stress at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). The
center, funded by a three-year grant from SAMHSA’s Center for
Mental Health Services, is developing interventions for preventing
and treating traumatic stress related to pediatric illness and injury,
and is establishing a resource center for training and dissemination
of state-of-the-art information on pediatric traumatic stress. PHMC
is assessing the implementation of the pilot prevention and intervention
projects and evaluating how the Center is disseminating information
to providers and families to inform appropriate healthcare delivery.
Child Welfare Early Childhood Initiative Evaluation, Children’s
Hospital of Philadelphia
Contact: Jennifer Lauby, Ph.D.
Email: jennifer@phmc.org
PHMC is conducting the evaluation of a newly funded initiative at
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia called the Child Welfare
Early Childhood Initiative Evaluation. This program is focused on providing
developmental evaluations to all children in foster care to ensure
that problems are detected early and that they receive appropriate
services to address developmental delays. The initiative will focus
on training case managers who work with foster families, as well as
making lawyers and judges in the family court system aware of the services
that are available. PHMC's evaluation will provide baseline measurements,
document the provision of services and training, and document the effects
of the project on clients and service providers.
CHOP/Early Head Start Needs Assessment
Contact: Lisa Kleiner
Email: lisa@phmc.org
The Early Head Start program provides home visiting and child care
to pregnant women and children ages 0-3 living in poverty in certain
West Philadelphia zip codes. PHMC is conducting an assessment of the
needs of families who are eligible for Early Head Start in West and
Southwest Philadelphia. The needs assessment includes an analysis of
quantitative data on the characteristics of eligible families, a resource
inventory, two focus groups of Early Head Start parents, and informational
interviews with individuals in the community who are knowledgeable
about the needs of families in poverty.
Crozer Keystone Pediatric Residency Community Medicine Evaluation
Contact: Michelle Henry
Email: mhenry@phmc.org
PHMC is conducting an evaluation of the HRSA-funded Pediatric Residency
Community Medicine Program of the Crozer Keystone Health System. The
evaluation consists of a mail survey to graduates of the residency
program from the Classes of 2001 to 2005 to assess their post-graduate
participation in community pediatrics; an exit survey to current pediatric
residents to be administered just prior to graduation to address the
residents’ evaluation of the Community Medicine curriculum, faculty
and community experiences; and an analysis of resident essays regarding
their experiences with the Community Medicine Program. The results
of the surveys and analyses will be used to inform changes in the program.
Children's Hospital Of Philadelphia Residency Training Initiative
Contact: Kristin Minot
Email: kristin@phmc.org
The Community Pediatrics and Advocacy Program (CPAP) at Children’s
Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) is one of the 10 pediatric residency
training programs nationwide to receive funding from the Dyson Foundation
to enhance the child advocacy skills and commitment of its’ pediatric
residents. PHMC is conducting the evaluation of this project through
administering surveys to new interns focusing on knowledge and attitudes
toward child advocacy in pediatrics. A second survey is administered
to all graduating residents and is focused on the residents’ evaluation
of CPAP curriculum, faculty and community experiences. Finally, graduates
of the residency program complete a mail survey approximately 18 months
after they complete their residency at CHOP. This survey focuses on
their advocacy experiences since residency and their perceptions of
how well the residency program prepared them to be child advocates
in their pediatric practice. The results of past surveys have informed
changes in the program.
Children’s Crisis Treatment Center Evaluation
Contact: Kathleen Coughey, Ph.D.
Email: kathleen@phmc.org
The goal of this program is to implement a community model treatment
intervention with services focused on Philadelphia’s West African
Community children. PHMC provides consultation services to the program
regarding data collection, data management and data analysis. PHMC
has assisted with the development of survey instruments and developed
data entry packages for all the process and outcome data. PHMC also
gathers qualitative data through key informant interviews and focus
groups with program participants and school personnel.
Crozer-Keystone Healthy Start Evaluation
Contact: Kristin Minot
Email: kristin@phmc.org
PHMC is responsible for the local evaluation of the Crozer-Keystone
Healthy Start program (formerly Chester Healthy Start) since its inception
in 1997. PHMC staff work closely with Healthy Start staff to design
performance measures and data collection procedures that provide an
accurate assessment of program effectiveness without compromising service
delivery. PHMC staff also assisted in the design of a project database
that provides information for program management and evaluation.
Evaluation of the Girls Scouts of Southeastern Pennsylvania’s
WINGS To The
Future program
Contact: Mary Harkins-Schwarz
Email: maryh@phmc.org
The Girl Scouts of Southeastern Pennsylvania’s WINGS To The
Future program an in-school and after-school program for Philadelphia
girls held at selected Philadelphia middle schools, high schools and
recreation centers. The WINGS to the Future program teaches girls about
decision making, responding to peer pressure, conflict resolution,
life skills, goal setting, and encourages future aspirations. PHMC
is conducting the evaluation of this program by assessing changes in
knowledge, behavior and attitude among participants.
HOPE worldwide, ltd. Evaluation
Contact: Mary Harkins-Schwarz
Email: maryh@phmc.org
HOPE worldwide, ltd. (HWW) Saturday Community School Programs (SCSP),
which operates in seven cities across the United States, provides academic
support and cultural enrichment activities for children living in high-risk
communities. PHMC is conducting the evaluation which consists of developing
the evaluation instruments, conducting key informant interviews, and
overseeing the collection of data from parents and staff.
The Philadelphia Interdisciplinary Youth Fatality Review Team
Contact: Mary Harkins-Schwarz
Email: maryh@phmc.org
Philadelphia Interdisciplinary Youth Fatality Review Team (PIYFRT)
is an interdisciplinary team whose mission is to reduce the number
of preventable child deaths and related violence by review of individual
deaths, analysis of aggregate data, and subsequent initiation of corrective
actions. The Team consists of representatives from the criminal justice,
health and social service systems. PHMC serves as the project manager,
provides information management and data analysis support, tracks team
participation and progress, and serves as the liaison to team member
agencies. The team holds monthly homicide and non-homicide case review
meetings and quarterly policy meetings. PHMC produces annual demographic
reports describing findings from the Team, presents findings to local
organizations, and shares aggregate data with local organizations to
assist with program planning.
Southeast PA EC-FAST Family Strengthening Program Evaluation
Contact: Robert D. Ketterlinus, Ph.D.
Email: robertk@phmc.org
The purpose of ECFAST is to increase parenting skills and social support
among families with children in Head Start and other preschool programs.
The goal of the project is to change behaviors of young children and
their families in order to prevent or decrease school failure, criminal
activity and substance abuse. The project, funded by SAMHSA, Center
for Substance Abuse Prevention, is part of a national initiative of
approximately 30 family strengthening and mentoring research projects.
PHMC is evaluating the EC-FAST program in Philadelphia and 4 suburban
Philadelphia counties and will prepare a replication manual.
Youth Violence Interventions in Emergency Departments-Manuscript (National
Institutes of Health, Library of Medicine)
Contact: Robert D. Ketterlinus, Ph.D.
Email: robertk@phmc.org
This manuscript entitled: “Youth Violence: Interventions in
Emergency Departments”, is designed to fill a gap in the literature
on youth violence prevention, specifically a description of emergency
department (ED)-based interventions. The publication will contain the
information for building a strong foundation for an ED-initiated youth
violence prevention intervention, based on programs developed as part
of the Healthcare Collaborative: Youth Violence Prevention funded by
the William Penn Foundation, as well as programs in other cities.
Substance Abuse and Tobacco
Statewide Evaluation of Pennsylvania’s Tobacco Control
Program
Contact: Kristin Minot
Email: Kristin@phmc.org
The Philadelphia Health Management Corporation (PHMC) is the lead
organization for the comprehensive evaluation of Pennsylvania’s
Tobacco Control Program working in concert with Branch Associates,
Inc. (BAI). The Pennsylvania Department of Health administers the program,
which receives a portion of the funds from the Master Settlement Agreement
and a grant from CDC. This program supports over 50 local (generally
county-level) programs and several statewide initiatives. The retrospective
evaluation (in progress) assesses the strengths and weaknesses of local
evaluation, performance measurement activities and outcomes during
the first three years of the Program (2002-2005). Findings from the
retrospective evaluation will inform the prospective evaluation and
the creation of a standardized data collection and reporting system
for all programs. The overall evaluation methodology incorporates qualitative
and quantitative analysis of data from primary and secondary sources
to assess the impact of statewide tobacco control programming. The
evaluation is assisted by a technical working group of experts in many
aspects of tobacco control and will also address potential influencing
factors outside the scope of the program by comparing data to other
states.
Evaluation findings will be analyzed at regional and statewide levels
and disseminated to local programs for use in planning and evaluation.
The evaluation team will participate in the Pennsylvania Tobacco Control
Program’s strategic planning process and will provide recommendations
for strengthening program activities, services and performance measurement.
Delaware Division of Human Services, Division of Substance
Abuse and Mental Health - Consumer/Client Satisfaction Survey
Contact: Lisa Kleiner
Email: lisa@phmc.org
On this project, PHMC assists in designing and analyzing information
collected from a sample of 2,200 consumers and clients served by Delaware
DSAMH. PHMC advised DSAMH on the selection of the sample and trained
the interviewers.
Evaluation And Related Technical Assistance To Tobacco Control Programs
In Bucks, Chester And Montgomery Counties
Contact: Kristin Minot
Email: kristin@phmc.org
The Comprehensive Tobacco Control Programs is part of a statewide
tobacco control initiative with funds from the Tobacco Master Settlement
Agreement. PHMC assists the primary contractors and service providers
at each site to: develop outcome measurement strategies, analyze program
data and use the results for program improvement and demonstrate program
accomplishments. PHMC also works with the primary contractors in each
county to design and implement special studies including surveys and
key informant interviews.
Violence
Coordination and Evaluation of the Violence Prevention Initiative
Contact: Robert D. Ketterlinus, Ph.D.
Email: robertk@phmc.org
Since 1997, PHMC has managed, coordinated and guided the Youth Violence
Prevention Initiative, funded by the William Penn Foundation. The initiative
included 24 collaborations in Philadelphia, PA and Camden, NJ implementing
community-based interventions for youth violence. PHMC is conducting
an analysis of the data collected by concerning youth violence interventions
in 4 university-based hospital emergency departments. PHMC will prepare
a report summarizing the results.
Youth Violence Interventions in Emergency Departments-Manuscript (National
Institutes of Health, Library of Medicine)
Contact: Robert D. Ketterlinus, Ph.D.
Email: robertk@phmc.org
This manuscript entitled: “Youth Violence: Interventions in
Emergency Departments”, is designed to fill a gap in the literature
on youth violence prevention, specifically a description of emergency
department (ED)-based interventions. The publication will contain the
information for building a strong foundation for an ED-initiated youth
violence prevention intervention, based on programs developed as part
of the Healthcare Collaborative: Youth Violence Prevention funded by
the William Penn Foundation, as well as programs in other cities.
Women
The Philadelphia Women’s Death Review Team
Contact: Jennifer Dickson Keith
Email: jkeith@phmc
The Philadelphia Women’s Death Review Team (PWDRT) is the first
multi-agency and multi-disciplinary effort in Philadelphia County designed
to prevent future violence-related deaths to Philadelphia women between
the ages of 15 and 60. The goals of the team are to track the incidence
and prevalence of violence in the lives of women who die, document
the system’s response, and track the number of children affected
by these deaths. The PWDRT uses the data and the experience of its
members to formulate key policy and practice recommendations with the
long-term goal of improving the systems that serve and protect women
and their children. PWDRT’s subcommittee, Philadelphia Sex Worker
Health and Safety Task force, also hosts roundtable discussions on
transgender individuals and sex work. PHMC is responsible for overall
project management, as well as all data collection, analysis and reporting
activities of the Team.
Community Assessment, Technical Assistance, and Special Projects
Camden, NJ Asset Building Coalition Evaluation
Contact: Lisa Kleiner
Email: lisa@phmc.org
The NJ Asset Building Coalition Evaluation is a program that provides
technical assistance to Family Self-Sufficiency activities that are
being funded through the Annie E. Casey Foundation in Camden, NJ. PHMC
evaluates the program by analyzing data from tax returns prepared by
volunteers and compiling a report on the impact of the free tax preparation
program for the Foundation. The report provides information on the
amount refunds returned to Camden taxpayers as a result of the project
as well as other information on the characteristics of taxpayers who
used the free tax preparation sites.
Joseph J. Peters Institute Outcomes Project
Contact: Robert D. Ketterlinus, Ph.D
Email: Robertk@phmc.org
Phone:
215-885-4094
Staff are addressing the need for a systematic approach for ongoing
identification, collection, compilation and reporting of JJPI program
performance and individual outcome data (existing and to be developed)
and identification of a long-term research program. The project involves
four major tasks: Creation of logic models for all JJPI clinical programs;
a comprehensive data inventory/audit; identification of gaps in JJPI
program and client data; and the development of a process for ongoing
data collection and reporting through integration with PHMC’s Automated
Client Registry System.
Partners for Sacred Places Evaluation of New Dollars /New Partners
Training Initiative
Contact: Kristin Minot
Email: kristin@phmc.org
PHMC conducts an evaluation of a training program developed by Partners
for Sacred Places with funding from the William Penn Foundation. The
purpose of the training is to provide representatives from congregations
in Northwest and West Philadelphia with information and support to
help them identify new sources of funding to expand their services
and maintain and repair their buildings. The evaluation focuses on
measuring specific outcomes and assessing participant experiences with
the training and technical assistance provided by Partners’ staff.
Philadelphia Corporation for Aging
Contact: Lisa R. Kleiner
Email: lisa@phmc.org
The Philadelphia Corporation for Aging contracted with PHMC to conduct
twelve focus discussion groups of Philadelphia adults aged 50 and over.
The purpose of the focus groups was to provide in-depth information
on this population's need for aging and related services now and in
the near future. The information will be included in PCA's report on
the future of the elderly in Philadelphia in the next ten years.
Regional Community Health Information System (RCHIS) Evaluation/College
of Physicians
Contact: Lisa Kleiner
Email: lisa@phmc.org
The Regional Community Health Info System is a pilot study of a Community
Health Information portal on the Internet established by the Philadelphia
College of Physicians with funding from the Langeloth Foundation. PHMC
is evaluating the project by examining the success of the implementation
of the Regional Community Health Information System. This evaluation
involves a follow-up survey of users of the Internet portal site to
determine satisfaction levels and use patterns, process interviews
with project staff, a focus group of volunteers and informational interviews
with individuals involved in project administration.
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