Adverse Childhood Experiences
May 10, 2013 | Feature/Infographic
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is working to increase awareness and understanding of the impact of ACEs and the need to develop effective innovative interventions.
Housing/Public Housing
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Philadelphia Lead Court ‘Gets the Lead Out’ of Older Homes
May 6, 2013 | New Public Health Post
Carla Campbell is the author of a new study on a lead court established in Philadelphia in 2003. The lead court is designed to speed the cleanup of lead hazards in apartments and rented homes.
Coming Home: Affordable Assisted Living
February 25, 2013 | Program Result Report
Coming Home: Affordable Assisted Living is a national program to develop affordable models of assisted living, with a focus on smaller and rural communities and low-income seniors.
Federal Agencies Launch Action Plan to Make Homes Safer and Healthier
February 13, 2013 | New Public Health Post/Infographic
Several federal agencies have teamed up for a joint initiative, Advancing Healthy Housing: A Strategy for Action, to reduce home-based injury and illness.
Poor Housing Increases Burn Risks for Kids
November 27, 2012 | New Public Health Post
Substandard housing has been linked to a variety of health problems including higher blood lead levels in children and an increased asthma risk. Now a new study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research and Policy finds kids liv ...
Moving Toward Health in all Policies at HUD
August 23, 2012 | New Public Health Post
How does housing impact health? A new commentary in the journal Health Affairs tracks the history of health and housing in the United States and says that while a connection between housing conditions and public health has been known since the 1800s ...
Human Capital News Roundup: Depression among nurses, health effects of foreclosures, heat waves, and more.
June 28, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
Ryan Greysen, MD, MHS, an alumnus of the RWJF Clinical Scholars program, spoke to the San Francisco Chronicle about the risks and benefits of social media in health care. Greysen and colleagues recently surveyed 68 executive directors of medical and ...
The Returning Home Initiative: Ending the Cycle of Homelessness and Criminal Justice Involvement Through Supportive Housing
June 20, 2012 | Program Result Report
This initiative provides access to permanent supportive housing for people who have been incarcerated and have a history of mental illness, substance abuse, or both, and have cycled repeatedly through jails, shelters, hospitals, and detox centers.
National Prevention Strategy Series: Estelle Richman, Department of Housing and Urban Development
June 13, 2012 | New Public Health Post
The National Prevention and Health Promotion Strategy offers a comprehensive plan to increase the number of Americans who are healthy at every stage of life. A cornerstone of the Strategy is that it recognizes that good health comes not just from qu ...
From Disaster to Housing
June 12, 2012 | Program Result Report
The Technical Assistance Collaborative provided capacity building, technical assistance, and policy support to social service organizations serving people with disabilities in need of permanent supportive housing following 2005's Hurricanes Rita and Katrina.