Public Health
Informatics and Data Science for Health (IDASH) Fellowship
Multidisciplinary and international teams of epidemiologists and IT specialists learned practical skills in data science, data governance, human-centered design, interoperability, and project management that helped their organizations make better, data-driven decisions.
Electronic Public Health Surveillance and Syndromic Surveillance in Ukraine
Modernizing Ukraine's disease-tracking system by replacing manual reporting with a new nationwide digital system to enable doctors to report health issues faster, public health officials to spot outbreaks sooner, and support new types of public health data.
Computer-Mediated Peer Support Needs of Home Care Workers: Emotional Labor & the Politics of Professionalism
Home care workers (HCWs) provide in-home care services but feel underappreciated and isolated. Leveraging the support of peers is one way to empower HCWs, but there are barriers to doing so due to the distributed nature of home care work. In this study, we explore how HCWs value and conceptualize …
Experiences of Home Health Care Workers in New York City During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic
We describe the experiences of home health care workers (HCWs) caring for older adults and for patients with chronic illnesses during the COVID-19 pandemic. In this qualitative study of 33 HCWs employed by 24 unique home care agencies across New York City, participants reported that they were at …