HCP Affiliated Sites
Hurricane Katrina Community Advisory GroupÂ
The Hurricane Katrina Community Advisory Group is a representative sample of the population affected by Hurricane Katrina who are reporting about their experiences. Through interviews over time, these individuals are helping to shape policy regarding disaster relief. HCP's Ronald Kessler, PhD, is the principal investigator for the group.
WHO Initiatives
The World Health Organization’s World Mental Health (WMH) Survey Initiative brings together collaborators from over 28 countries around the world to study the global burden of mental and addictive diseases. Through general population surveys in each country, the initiative can target interventions, study patterns of and barriers to service use, and validate estimates of disease burden worldwide. HCP's Ronald Kessler is cochair of the WMH, along with Bedirhan Ustun of WHO. A precursor to the WMH Survey Initiative, the goal of the International Consortium in Psychiatric Epidemiology (ICPE) was to facilitate cross-national comparative epidemiologic studies of psychiatric disorders.
The World Health Organization’s Composite International Diagnostic Interview (WHO CIDI) is a comprehensive, fully structured interview used by trained lay interviewers for assessment of mental disorders according to definitions by DSM and ICD. This interview was used in the WMH Survey Initiative.
Developed by Ronald Kessler, the World Health Organization Health and Work Performance Questionnaire (HPQ) serves to evaluate the quality of health services for employees in order to better inform employer health care purchasing. The instrument itself is being used widely in corporations around the United States to better determine the needs of employee health care.
Journal of Health Economics
HCP's Joseph P. Newhouse, PhD, is the founding editor of the Journal of Health Economics, which celebrated its 25th year in 2007.
Mass-DAC
Directed by HCP's Sharon-Lise Normand, PhD, Mass-DAC is a data-coordinating center that collects, analyzes, and monitors the quality of cardiac care delivered at all hospitals in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts that provide cardiac surgery or coronary interventions.
MIDMAC
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Successful Midlife Development (MIDMAC) is an interdisciplinary research group that consists of 13 scholars from a wide range of disciplines and backgrounds, including HCP's Ronald Kessler.
NCS
The National Comorbidity Survey (NCS), a nationally representative mental health survey, is a project of HCP's Ronald C. Kessler.
