{"id":42,"date":"2021-08-16T17:04:39","date_gmt":"2021-08-16T21:04:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/chagas\/?page_id=42"},"modified":"2023-12-15T15:28:51","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T20:28:51","slug":"about-insect","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/chagas\/about-insect\/","title":{"rendered":"About INSECT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since the beginning of 2017, our team has been involved with the <a href=\"https:\/\/strongheartsma.wixsite.com\/chagas\/about-strong-hearts-1\">Strong Hearts program<\/a>, which was implemented at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ebnhc.org\/\">East Boston Neighborhood Health Center<\/a> as a screening and referral program for Chagas disease. Using this model, we intend to support the roll out of similar screening programs in other communities in the United States with high-risk populations.<\/p>\n<h4>Our Mission<\/h4>\n<p>The goal of the INSECT study is to improve awareness and knowledge of Chagas disease among healthcare providers throughout the United States. As part of a 5-year cooperative agreement funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/parasites\/chagas\/index.html\">CDC<\/a>), PI \u00a0David Hamer, MD and co-investigator Daniel Bourque, MD aim to bolster Chagas knowledge in the medical community and roll out screening programs for high-risk populations. One particular population of interest is women of childbearing age.<\/p>\n<h4>Our Process<\/h4>\n<p>In order to implement an effective screening program for Chagas, the study team is conducting a series of in-depth interviews and focus group discussions with healthcare providers to understand any barriers to implementation and to gain insights on effective educational activities within a clinical space. In addition, the team is working to create materials that can be shared with other healthcare providers to implement screening throughout the U.S. If you&#8217;re interested in any of these materials, please look at our <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/chagas\/resources\/\">Resources<\/a> page for more information.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since the beginning of 2017, our team has been involved with the Strong Hearts program, which was implemented at East Boston Neighborhood Health Center as a screening and referral program for Chagas disease. Using this model, we intend to support the roll out of similar screening programs in other communities in the United States with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19593,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/chagas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/chagas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/chagas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/chagas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19593"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/chagas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/chagas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":433,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/chagas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42\/revisions\/433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/chagas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}