C4BHI’s Jody Kamon and Lisa Natkin created a subgroup of SCENE along with Cindy Char, Jennifer Jewiss, and Qing Ren. Together they explored equity in data visualization by reading and discussing: 1. Unfair Comparisons: How Visualizing Social Inequality Can Make … Read More
Vermont’s Youth SBIRT has expanded to working with middle and high schools in Vermont. Here is an infographic from one high school that has found the process to be helpful in identifying strengths and needs among their students. Part of … Read More
C4BHI is evaluating the EQuITY program at Outreach Development Corporation in New York City. EQuITY is a SAMHSA-funded program designed to provide evidence-based services to Transition-Aged Youths (16-25-year-olds). C4BHI’s evaluation staff interviewed involved youth and their caregivers to better understand … Read More
C4BHI is the external evaluator on HRSA’s Pediatric Mental Health Care Access grant. In partnership with the State of Vermont Department of Mental Health, Vermont Department of Health, Community Health Centers, and Vermont Child Health Improvement Program, the grant started … Read More
C4BHI collaborated with several community partners in Central Vermont to conduct a pilot evaluation for the ROAD program – Refocus On Alcohol Dependence. The ROAD program is a community treatment pathway that can help people quit or reduce risky drinking. … Read More
Patrick Kinner shares notes from a session he attended at the recent American Evaluation Association conference in New Orleans: Evaluation is such a unique and diverse discipline, and most evaluation work is done in conjunction with people running programs rather … Read More
C4BHI Co-Owner, Dr. Jody Kamon, delivered a workshop on Motivational Interviewing for Vermont’s annual conference for Guardian ad Litems. There were close to 100 attendees! We feel so grateful to support groups like these who do such important work in our … Read More
We put together an infographic summarizing 4 years of screening for cannabis use in schools, community settings, and hospitals. We are excited to share what we have learned from the 14,000 screens included in this summary. Topics we describe include: … Read More
Conducting SBIRT on college campuses apart from the traditional student health setting is unchartered territory. This brief is a summary of what we observed and learned during a year of SBIRT in four Vermont colleges. Lessons learned include how to … Read More
The VT YSBIRT team worked with our 4 college implementation sites to collaborate on a presentation of findings from the past year. The presentation titled – Engaging Young Adults into Wellness Screening & Interventions: A New Era for SBIRT was accepted for the national SBIRT … Read More
C4BHI serves as the lead evaluator and one of the clinical implementation consultants on CATALIST, a new intervention program for at-risk youth and their caregivers. You can read more about it here.
This data brief includes all data from seven sites that have participated in VT YSBIRT from October 2020 to September 2021. These seven sites include Champlain College, Northwestern Medical Center, Southwestern Vermont Medical Center, Spectrum Youth and Family Services, Northeastern … Read More