TEAM UP is Hiring – Clinical Training Specialist
APPLY>> Position: Clinical Training Specialist, Pediatrics Research Location: Boston, MA Schedule: 20 hours per week, Hybrid ABOUT BMC: At Boston Medical Center (BMC), our diverse staff works together for one goal — to provide...
Special Topic Forum – Multicultural Experiences and Working with Diverse Populations
Join us for the next Special Topic Forum with Adriano Cabral, Executive Director of Inclusion Family Counseling Center. Adriano will share his insights on “Multicultural Experiences and Working with Diverse Populations.” Jan. 16, 2024 10:00AM Zoom ...
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Press Release – TEAM UP Findings Published in the Journal of Ambulatory Care Management
PRESS RELEASE Pediatric Provider and Staff Burnout in Federally Qualified Community Health Centers Boston, MA (October 20, 2023)- A new study published in the Journal of Ambulatory Care Management (JACM) examines burnout among pediatric providers and staff...
BMC Press Release – TEAM UP Research Published in Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics
Boston, MA (Aug. 14, 2023)- New research led by Boston Medical Center and Boston University School of Public Health found that children who received integrated mental health care showed improvements in both mental health and school performance. These findings,...
BMC Press Release – TEAM UP Research Published in JAMA OPEN Network
New research led by Boston Medical Center and Boston University School of Public Health found that integrating mental health services into pediatric primary care at federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) can improve access to...
TEAM UP presents at the 2021 DREAM IPC Conference
Pediatric Provider and Staff Burnout in Community Health Centers (CHCs) Poster→ Background: Community Health Centers (CHCs) are integral in caring for individuals who are low income and come from structurally marginalized communities Provider burnout is characterized...
Why we need to support community health workers
Medical visits are rarely straightforward. Add factors such as poverty, chronic stress, complex medical issues, functional impairment, and barriers to material needs, and caring for one’s well-being becomes exponentially more layered and challenging. A community...
Boston Medical Center Tackling the Childhood and Adolescent Mental Health Crisis
As the COVID-19 pandemic wanes with a tangible end in sight, assessing its aftermath is only beginning. In its wake is a plethora of pressing matters, many of which have been amplified by COVID-19. “A big, bright light is now shining on all these inequities that...
Wait Lists For Children’s Mental Health Services Ballooned During COVID
Early last year, as the coronavirus threat spread, a 9-year-old named Miles turned into a raging boy his parents did not recognize. The family pediatrician referred Miles to a therapist. His mom, Emily Johnson, says her son needed help right away, but the earliest...
How COVID Isolation, Loss And Racism Deepened Crises For Children Of Color
The pandemic is waning, but the mental health crisis for children isn't. And for many children of color, the full impact of the last 15 months — against a backdrop of longstanding systemic racism and inequities — may just be coming into focus. Mahailya Effee, a...
TEAM UP Transformation Model Explained
This document details discrete activities in each domain of the TEAM UP Transformation Model. TEAM UP Model Explained 2021
Community Health Worker Film shared at APHA Public Health Film Festival
The 2020 American Public Health Association's Public Health Film Festival showcased TEAM UP's film, "Filling the Gaps: Community Health Workers Improve Healthcare Systems by Addressing the Social Determinants of Health," written, produced, and directed by Sonia...
Branch Report
BRANCH (Building Resilience And Nurturing CHildren) is a brief trauma-informed, extended screening and assessment intervention developed for integrated behavioral health clinicians (BHCs) who practice in primary care pediatric settings. The impetus for developing...
TEAM UP presents at the AcademyHealth 2020 Annual Research Meeting
Members of the TEAM UP team presented the following bodies of work, which include two poster presentations and the abstract of a pre-recorded presentation. Transforming and Expanding Access to Mental Health Care in Urban Pediatrics (TEAM UP): Co-creation and...
TEAM UP Transformation Model Explained: CHW Version
This document details discrete activities completed by Community Health Workers (CHWs) in each domain of the TEAM UP Transformation Model. TEAM UP Transformation Model (CHW Version)
TEAM UP Statement
In the last several weeks, we have witnessed the deaths of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Breonna Taylor in Louisville, and Ahmaud Arbery in Brunswick. These deaths are not isolated incidents, but rather a continuation of the racist violence perpetuated against Black...
TEAM UP: Adapting Integrated Behavioral Health in the Time of Coronavirus
In the face of COVID-19 restrictions, safety-net organizations such as community health centers (CHCs) must find new ways to care for their most vulnerable patients and families. Having previously oriented their care toward in-person appointments, providers and staff...