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December 1, 2003 | Program Result
The Child Welfare League of America worked with public housing authorities and tenant organizations to improve and add health and social services to public housing to better assist residents.
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.
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.
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.
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 ...
May 1, 2011 | Issue Brief
This issue brief examines the ways in which housing can influence health and discusses promising strategies to improve America's health by ensuring that all Americans have healthy homes.
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 ...
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).
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 ...
June 5, 2012 | News Release
New program pairs supportive housing and social services to strengthen fragile families and avert foster care placements.