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June 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Using computerized medical record data, this case-control study seeks to better understand health status and health care utilization before foreclosure. Findings suggest health care utilization changes before foreclosures, although more research is needed to understand further health care utilization of those experiencing home foreclosure.
January 5, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
In the New Year I hope that our thinking about housing policy will more systematically incorporate the expanding evidence and relevance of housing conditions for population health and health care policy. Many aspects of internal housing conditions a ...
October 28, 2011 | Story
Depression, other health problems common in this population.
December 1, 2010 | Journal Article
A study of whether housing affordability is linked to health outcomes found associations between unaffordable housing, cost-related health outcomes and some chronic conditions.
October 1, 2009 | Journal Article
Foreclosure affects already-vulnerable populations. Public health practitioners may be able to leverage current efforts to connect homeowners with mortgage counseling agencies to improve health care access.
December 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Researchers evaluate associations between mortgage delinquency and changes in health and health-relevant resources over two years (between 2006 and 2008).
October 21, 2011 | Human Capital Blog Post
Craig Pollack , MD, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholar alumnus (2006-2009), has been looking at the ways the nation’s housing crisis is harming the health of those affected by foreclosures. In a series of studies conducted with fellow s ...
October 21, 2011 | Story
RWJF scholars find that mortgage-delinquent homeowners more likely to suffer from depression, lack sufficient food supply and skip prescription drugs.
September 28, 2011 | Story
Three innovative projects uncover ways to protect mental and physical health by changing the ways people live and interact with each other.
September 6, 2011 | Human Capital Blog Post
HCB: How do you plan to identify children and families for the program? Lopez: Any children who live in two specific zip codes in East Harlem are eligible. That takes in tens of thousands of apartment units. And, unfortunately, 15 to 25 percent of s ...