We work to help our clients achieve results that improve health systems, services, and, ultimately, people’s lives.
To better respond to the health needs of youth and families in the city of Cambridge, Cambridge Public Schools, in collaboration with the Cambridge Health Alliance and Cambridge Public Health Department, conducts a biennial youth risk behavior survey (YRBS). The YRBS assesses health behaviors and risks for middle and high school students. As part of this…
During the summer and fall of 2020, JSI partnered with East Boston Neighborhood Health Center to co-create a vaping prevention campaign designed by East Boston youth for their peers. JSI facilitated three two-hour co-design workshops with East Boston youth to review the core components of advertising campaigns, responsible digital citizenship, and creative approaches to public…
In 2019, we evaluated the Binge-Free 603: What’s Your Reason? campaign for re-launch. Additional creative was produced after the second round of market research was conducted. The campaign launched in 2019 on digital and social (https://bingefree603.org/). A campaign variation was added for adults 18-24 and 25-64 "Sober Curious". Evaluation of both campaigns will be conducted…
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health's Gun Violence Prevention Program (GVP) provides individual- and community-level interventions to 17–24-year-olds who live in communities that are most affected by gun violence. GVP applies eight core principles centered on racial equity and trauma-informed care to deliver comprehensive street outreach, mental and behavioral health, mentoring, and workforce support services, and to address the root…
JSI is the program evaluator of the Hampton University Men’s Violence Prevention Project (The Promise Program), a strength-based, culturally- and family-centered violence prevention program for African American males, ages 12-25. The overall goal of this program is to help African American males to: achieve their greatest potential as healthy, self-sufficient, and productive members of their…
JSI conducted formative research, developed and executed a youth-segmented, social marketing campaign to prevent the use of electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS; e.g., e-cigarettes, JUUL, vape) among youth in NH. BACKGROUND JSI was contracted by the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services, Tobacco Prevention & Cessation Program (TPCP) to conduct formative research to inform…
The Wisconsin Department of Children and Families (DCF) chose JSI to create a Human Trafficking Awareness and Prevention Campaign. The Campaign's goal was to inform the public that sex trafficking of Wisconsin youth under the age of 18 is an issue in urban, suburban, and rural communities throughout Wisconsin (WI). The campaign aimed to achieve…
Over the past year, New Hampshire has seen unprecedented substance misuse related problems and unprecedented support for solutions which has created an environment for resources and action never before experienced in our state. The growth in the resources, systems development and state and community action relative to alcohol and other drug use, focused on the…
Youth ages 13- 24 account for an estimated 26 percent of all new HIV infections in 2010 with 60 percent of youths with HIV/AIDS unaware of their infection. Black youth account for an estimated 57 percent of all new HIV infections among youth in the U.S., followed by Hispanic/Latino and white youth. Nearly 75 percent…
In an effort to promote collaboration and better respond to the health needs of youth and families in the region, the Middlesex League in Massachusetts decided to conduct a collaborative Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS), with support from Lahey Health. The YRBS assesses health behaviors and risks for middle and high school students. As part…
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