At HRiA, we believe that good health is a right, not a privilege. Health equity is where policy, research, prevention, and health promotion come together. To this end, we strive to take an
equity lens to all of our work, whether we are engaging diverse stakeholders in community health improvement efforts, building youth capacity, promoting worksite wellness, or supporting biomedical research.
In our diversity capacity building projects, this commitment to equity becomes more than a lens - it is the most central component of the work.
In 2015-2016, HRiA worked with the Massachusetts College of Art and Design (MassArt) to guide them through a co
mprehensive
campus-wide assessment and planning process, including:
- Inclusive data gathering via a survey and focus groups customized to MassArt's needs to learn more about resident and commuter student experiences and perceptions of student and academic life
- Engaged planning process that created excitement and encouraged participation among stakeholders (students, faculty, and staff), using web-based participation tools with student incentives, and student-driven social media engagement
HRiA also offers customized training on cultural competency and anti-racism to support implementation of assessment and planning themes.
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MassArt Administrators with Student Participation Prize Winner
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As researchers and planners with deep social justice roots, we are able to engage all stakeholders, from students to faculty to support staff, to ensure all voices are heard. This deep participation, combined with our
rigorous research, assessment, planning, and
training approach, can inspire transformation in an organization's culture.
"The organizations HRiA works with know that diversity of all measures enriches the impact of the work on staff and community alike. With this in mind, we are humbled to help them realize and actualize their diversity vision."
- Mo Barbosa, HRiA's Associate Director of Training and Capacity Building
>>For more information on this work, contact Mo Barbosa
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The mission of HRiA is to help people live healthier lives and create healthy communities through prevention, health promotion, policy, and research. We contribute actively toward creating a world where social conditions and equitable resources foster healthy people in healthy environments.
Our extensive knowledge of public health practice and biomedical research enables us to bring resources to bear where they matter most-solutions that contribute to a healthier world. Visit us at
www.hria.org.
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HRiA's Asthma Regional Council Receives National Leadership Award from EPA
Working On Wellness Expert Webinar Series
This webinar series will introduce participants to the many aspects of worksite wellness and safety. Each hour-long webinar, hosted by experts from the worksite wellness, occupational safety and/or public health fields, will delve into strategies that your workplace can utilize to enhance wellness at work. The Expert Series will offer information to participants that will help maximize the impact of wellness initiatives.
HRiA Begins Work on Youth-Focused Projects To Address Opioid Crisis
HRiA is working with young people to effectively respond to the opioid crisis. HRiA will train youth from the Justice Resources Institute's group homes and recovery facilities in the Peer Leadership Preventing Substance Abuse curricula so they can share information with peers in their program. HRiA is also supporting development of a Young Adult Recovery Community Advisory Board
to provide guidance to MA Department of Public Health substance abuse and prevention initiatives.
>>Learn More
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