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Housing instability is a public health problem that both causes and exacerbates health problems, erodes communities, and drives health inequities. Eviction specifically imposes damaging health consequences that can last lifetimes, or even g
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Community health programs aimed at addressing the social determinants of health often face challenges demonstrating their impact through traditional economic evaluation methods of return-on-investment analysis, cost-effectiveness analysis,
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Housing is considered a core social determinant of health (SDH) through mechanisms such as the quality, affordability, and location of the home. However, few nationally representative studies examine these mechanisms simultaneously with chi
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Food insecurity is a prominent issue in the United States, and it is well established that food insecurity is linked to health and chronic illnesses. Studies show that screening for food insecurity is not yet part of standardized practice am
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This report sheds light on why many immigrant families are forgoing vital assistance from federal nutrition and food programs and lifts up recommendations aimed at ensuring that all families and individuals, regardless of immigration status, a
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In March 2010, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) released a policy statement supporting the development of fully integrated transportation networks. The policy is to “incorporate safe and convenient walking and bicycle faciliti
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Many advocates hope that addressing the quality of housing, or similar social needs, can help us escape from the quagmire of ever-increasing US health care costs combined with stagnating health outcomes. Their logic is simple: low-income pop
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This report is provided in accordance with section 1017 of the Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for Patients and Communities Act (Pub. L. No. 115-271), enacted on October 24, 2018, herei
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A federal judge just dealt a stinging rebuke to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), striking down a federal rule limiting states’ ability to provide benefits under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). In District of
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In the Council of Economic Advisors (CEA) The State of Homelessness in America report, CEA pointed out that overall homelessness has increased in America; and in many communities, homelessness has reached a crisis level.
In just fi
Read more…This report communicates direct and indirect health-related expenditures attributable to food insecurity and hunger in the state of Massachusetts in 2016. It also includes special educational costs associated with food insecurity. In this report we u
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Rideshare giant Lyft has officially rolled out Lyft for Epic, a medical rideshare integration with Epic Systems EHR that will ease patient access to care and address transportation as a social determinant of health, the companies announ
This report is a snapshot of the data related to homelessness in the seven-county Denver metro region. This includes the counties of Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas, and Jefferson. The report summarizes data on individuals, fami
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