About the Authors

Shoba Ramanadhan

shoba_ramanadhan@dfci.harvard.edu

Affiliation Center for Community-Based Research, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Carmel Salhi

Affiliation Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Erline Achille

Affiliation New England Center of Excellence in the Elimination of Disparities, Boston Public Health Commission, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Nashira Baril

Affiliation New England Center of Excellence in the Elimination of Disparities, Boston Public Health Commission, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Kerrie D'Entremont

Current address: Massachusetts Tobacco Cessation and Prevention Program, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Affiliation Mayor's Health Task Force, City of Lawrence, Lawrence, Massachusetts, United States of America

Milagro Grullon

Current address: Lawrence Community Connections, Lawrence, Massachusetts, United States of America

Affiliation Mayor's Health Task Force, City of Lawrence, Lawrence, Massachusetts, United States of America

Christine Judge

Current address: Massachusetts Medical Society, Waltham, Massachusetts, United States of America

Affiliation Division of Public Health Practice, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Sarah Oppenheimer

Current address: Center for Community-Based Research, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Affiliation Division of Public Health Practice, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Chrasandra Reeves

Affiliation Boston Alliance for Community Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Clara Savage

Affiliation Common Pathways, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Kasisomayajula Viswanath

Affiliations Center for Community-Based Research, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Society, Human Development, and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal's policy and would like to report the following conflict: one of the co-authors, Milagro Grullon, is employed by a commercial company, Lawrence Community Connections, Inc. However, this does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SR C. Salhi EA NB KD MG CJ SO CR C. Savage KV. Performed the experiments: SR C. Salhi SO KV. Analyzed the data: SR C. Salhi SO KV. Wrote the paper: SR C. Salhi EA NB KD MG CJ SO CR C. Savage KV.