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January 4, 2011 | Report
Knowledge Asset: The South LA Health Equity Scorecard examines the health of South Los Angeles residents in the context of the social and economic policies that contribute to inequitable resource levels.
August 1, 2002 | Issue Brief
Progress in Meeting Healthy People Goals for the Nation's 100 Largest Cities & Their Suburbs.
March 1, 2004 | Program Result
In an effort to create stronger social linkages in a poor urban community, the Urban Tree Connection engaged residents of the Haddington area of Philadelphia to clean up and beautify three neighborhood blocks and turn one into an urban park.
May 15, 2008 | Program Result
East Baltimore Development Inc. held a workshop to generate recommendations regarding healthy design elements that could be incorporated in the master planning and development activities for the revitalization of their community.
November 1, 2011 | Journal Article
This article examines the accuracy and usability of commercial databases as sources of information about food stores and restaurants. Since commercial databases are usually designed for non-health uses such as business and marketing, they require adaptation for use as public health tools.
May 3, 2013 | Journal Article
Philadelphia's Lead Court shows compliance for lead hazard remediation improvement.
October 28, 2012 | Journal Article
The Pioneer Portfolio is the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s innovation arm, committed to harnessing a pipeline of ideas to serve the social good.
September 1, 2006 | Program Result
Rodrick Wallace, PhD, and Deborah Wallace, PhD, conducted research and published a book addressing the social, economic and political decay that underlies the rise of AIDS, tuberculosis, drug abuse and violent crime.
July 31, 2008 | Program Result
Steven Whitman, PhD, of Mount Sinai Hospital Medical Center of Chicago, conducted a health assessment survey to establish an evidence base from which health improvement strategies can be developed and targeted most effectively.
November 26, 2012 | Program Result
The Health Impact Project is advancing the use of health impact assessments (HIAs), used to determine the potential health effects of a proposed policy or project. Interest in HIAs is growing at the local, state, tribal and federal levels.