CCPH Recognizes BUSSW Partnership Project
The CCT Partnership–Casa Esperanza, Inc., Boston University School of Social Work’s Center for Addictions Research and Services (CARS), and Tapestry Health Systems–has been recognized with an honorable mention in the 2007 Community-Campus Partnerships for Health Annual Awards.
CCT is a partnership between two Massachusetts community-based organizations and BUSSW that is based on the joint mission to reduce the rate of substance abuse and the spread of HIV in the Massachusetts’ Latino community. The partnership is founded on three principles: conducting community based participatory research, promoting program capacity building and promoting both asset and risk assessment. The partnership has spanned seven years; generated substantial resources for HIV prevention and substance abuse services and research; trained more than 25 mental health counselors, substance abuse and outreach workers; trained approximately 20 social work and public health students; and resulted in more than 1,800 Latina/os receiving HIV prevention, testing substance abuse treatment and housing services.
The Institute for Community & Collaborative Health (ICCH), Bronx, NY, is the recipient of the 6th Community-Campus Partnerships for Health (CCPH) Annual Award. The award, announced during the closing session of CCPH’s 10th Anniversary Conference in Toronto, highlights the power and potential of partnerships between communities and higher educational institutions as a strategy for improving health. The other honorable mentions are The Mantaro Lives Again Partnership for Environmental–a partnership of the St. Louis University School of Public Health and the Archdiocese of Huancayo and the Joining Hands Against Hunger network of community and faith-based organizations in Peru–and The Center for Nutrition and Activity Promotion in Chico, California, a collaborative of more than 40 university and community organizations working to promote healthy eating and physical activity patterns among northern Californians.
For more information on this partnership, please contact Professor Lena Lundgren at llundgre@bu.edu. For more information on the Community-Campus Partnership Health Awards, please visit http://www.ccph.info/