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Implementation Learning Community
The Implementation Learning Community (ILC) meetings, held quarterly, bring together health center staff across the state of Massachusetts to network and collaborate among partner sites and participate in expert panels, presentations, small-group discussions, case studies, and more. Held virtually, these community meetings focus on topics which are developed based on feedback from health center partners. Priority areas include implementation science, health equity, and cancer prevention. We hope to bring the community together in-person soon.
You can view the latest recordings from previous ILC meetings below or at the Implementation Science Center for Cancer Control Equity (ISCCCE) – ISCCCE Vimeo page. If you have any questions about the ILC, please contact Maddie Davies.
2024 ILC Recordings
Description: Three ISCCCE partnership pilot results and next steps were presented by lead investigators. Presentations were followed by a panel and moderated discussion featuring the community health center (CHC) staff. The presentations included Social Risk Screening Data Missingness, Improving the Usability of a Partnered and Equity Data-Driven Implementation (PEDDI) Process for Cancer Screening, and Community Advisory Boards as Implementation Strategies to Center Partner and Patient Voice in CHCs.
Presenters: Cristina Huebner Torres, PhD, MA, Caring Health Center | Sebastien Haneuse, PhD, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health | Kelly Aschbrenner, PhD, ISCCCE Methods Unit | Rebekka Lee, ScD, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Description: This meeting focused on the critical role of community health workers (CHWs) in community health centers and featured a presentation and panel discussion with clinician and CHW perspectives.
Presenters: Heidi Behforouz, MD, LA County of Department of Health Services
2023 ILC Recordings
Description: This meeting featured a presentation on language barriers, disparities, and assistance followed by breakout groups where participants discussed a case study and shared successes and challenges at their health centers.
Presenter: Alicia Fernandez, MD, University of California, San Francisco
Description: This meeting consisted of a presentation on sustaining and expanding community advisory boards and a discussion on how health center community advisory boards/groups can support the implementation of evidence-based practices.
Presenters: Rebekka Lee, ScD, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health | Vetta Thompson, PhD, Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis
Description: The Partner and Equity Data-Driven Implementation (PEDDI) model was presented, and participants had the opportunity to give input to improve the usefulness of the model with the goal of getting it ready to be used in community health centers to improve health equity in cancer screening and other initiatives.
Presenter: Kelly Aschbrenner, PhD, ISCCCE Methods Unit
Description: This meeting focused on data in health equity and featured a presentation on sharing public health data and building trust with communities. Following the keynote presentation, Azara Healthcare provided a demonstration of their new health equity dashboards that community health centers can build.
Presenter: Margarita Alegria, PhD, Massachusetts General Hospital
2022 ILC Recordings
Description: This meeting featured a presentation on primary care and the community health center workforce based off of results from an ongoing national survey of providers.
Presenter: Rebecca S. Etz, PhD, Virginia Commonwealth University
Description: This meeting featured a presentation on what the Harvard ISCCCE team learned from interviews exploring community health center professionals’ perspectives on defining, measuring, and addressing health equity in cancer prevention and control.
Presenter: Kelly Aschbrenner, PhD, ISCCCE Methods Unit
Description: This meeting focused on shared decision-making among providers and patients in cancer screening and other pressing health topics.
Presenters: Karen Sepucha, PhD, MGH Health Decision Sciences Center | Leigh Simmons, MD, MGH Health Decision Sciences Center
2021 ILC Recordings
Description: This meeting focused on the intersections between quality improvement (QI) and implementation science (IS), and healthcare delivery science. The presentation was followed by a moderated panel discussion to dive deeper into QI vs IS.
Presenter: Meghan Lane-Fall, MD, MSHP, FCCM, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Description: This meeting focused on promoting equitable delivery of care in diverse populations, community engagement, and overcoming barriers to preventive care such as lung cancer screening.
Presenters: Dr. Efrén Flores, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital | Dr. Elyse Park, PhD, Massachusetts General Hospital
Description: This meeting featured a panel presentation by each of the four community health centers currently implementing the dual screening colorectal cancer and social needs pilot.
Presenters: Marjanna Barber-Dubois, Manet Community Health Center | Annette Thomas, Brockton Neighborhood Health Center | Ashley Prettyman, Harbor Health Services, Inc. | Angela Miller and Lindsey Roberts, Lowell Community Health Center