The Weitzman Center for Innovation
In 2005, CHC, Inc. launched the Weitzman Center as its Research and Development arm. The Weitzman Center serves as the organizational home of its research and innovation projects, and sponsors an annual symposium that brings together thought and innovation leaders in health care around the country.
Click here to view Weitzman Symposium materialsClick on the links below to read the full abstracts for recent research projects and community initiatives led by CHC staff in a variety of areas.
- Healthy Tomorrows for New Britain Teens - Narrative Report 2007-2012
- Association Between Breastfeeding Promotion, Psychosocial Risk Factors and Breastfeeding Initiation and Duration Within a Low Income Population
- Blood Pressure Goal Attainment Among Adults with CKD and T2DM: A Provider Focused Quality Improvement Project Using EHR
- Bridging the Equity Gap
- Cervical Cancer Screening Among HIV-positive Women at CHC, Inc.
- Collaborative Hypertension Management in a Community Health Center; an APhA-ASP Project CHANCE Award
- Community Health Center Norwalk HIV Oral Health Project: High Levels of Severe Periodontitis Identified in an HIV+ CHC Population
- Encouraging Youth Activism with Photovoice
- From New Nurse Practitioner to Primary Care Provider: A Multiple Case Study of New Nurse Practitioners Who Completed A Formal Post-Graduate Residency Training Program
- Glycemic Control and Preventative Care Measures Of Indigent Diabetes Patients Within a Pharmacist - Managed Insulin Titration Program vs. Standard Care.
- Haiti Earthquake Relief Effort
- Health Disparities in the Hispanic Population
- Identification and Treatment of Depression in a Low Income Population
- Improving Diabetic Retinopathy Screening Through a Statewide Telemedicine Program
- Integrating Buprenorphine Treatment at Community Health Center, Inc.
- Introducing Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to Clinic Based and School Based CHC Sites
- Managing the Space Between Visits: A Randomized Trial of Disease Management for Diabetes in a Community Health Center
- Neighborhood Safety and Children’s Physical Activity
- Osteoporosis Guidelines for the Primary Care Provider
- Planning and Implementing a Standardized Developmental Screening Program in a Multi-Site Community Health Center
- Recess Rocks®: A National Community Health Center, Inc Campaign to Prevent and Reverse Childhood Obesity
- School-Based Health Centers: A Model for Interdisciplinary Collaboration
