|
Community Research
The New England Eye
Institute (NEEI) has begun a series of health services research studies focused
on assessing the eye care needs of the Greater Boston area. The results of
these studies will guide the growth strategy for the New England Eye Institute.
Knowledge about local health disparities and how best to target a NEEI
community response can also provide evidence of the need for new public and
private external funding to support the service mission of the Institute. Such
studies may also identify public policy initiatives that could help eliminate
health disparities in vision function and eye health.
For more information on
research topics and working documents link on topics listed below.
-
Children's vision, special needs and disabilities
-
Community research and community-oriented primary care
-
Geriatrics and housing based care of frail elderly
-
Homeless population care
-
Planning demographics and location analysis
-
Quality improvement and best practices
Healthy People 2010 and related heath
disparities elimination activities of the Health Resources Administration and
the Centers for Disease Control are being used to set the overall scope and
research approach of NEEI’s Community Research Group. Early research
studies will first evaluate available data on health disparities relating to
vision impairment and selected health status measures in eastern Massachusetts
communities. For a given area of health disparity, a specific follow up
research study will identify barriers to access of eye care and locate
under-served populations. Related community geo-studies will depict patterns of
service access and health disparities across the study region. Additional
analysis of community needs and resources will than be used in the final step
of developing NEEI responses to meet community need. This response strategy
will consider expansion of service at current NEEI sites and the development of
new service locations. The resulting growth strategy will consider
organizational partners for service joint ventures and determine the
availability of funding sources.
New England Eye Institute
Receives Healthy People 2010 Awards from the National Eye
Institute
|