Research Archive: Health, 1996-2013
Posted on January 1, 2014
The APA Task Force on Childhood Poverty: A Strategic Road-Map Child Poverty, Unintentional Injuries and Foodborne Illness
Consumer Federation of America, June 2013
The APA Task Force on Childhood Poverty: A Strategic Road-Map
American Pediatric Association, May 2013
2013 County Health Rankings
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute, March 2013
The Effects of State EITC Expansion on Children’s Health
Reagan A. Baughman, Carsey Institute, May 2012
Health Care’s Blind Side: The Overlooked Connection between Social Needs and Good Health
Harris Interactive and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, December 2011
Overcrowding and Frequent Moves Undermine Children’s Health
Kathryn Bailey, Stephanie Ettinger de Cuba, Diana Becker Cutts, John T. Cook, Sharon Coleman, Deborah A. Frank, Children’s HealthWatch, November 2011
The Real Cost of a Healthy Diet: 2011
Children’s HealthWatch and the Center for Hunger-Free Communities, November 2011
Boost to SNAP Benefits Protected Young Children’s Health
Elizabeth L. March, Stephanie Ettinger de Cuba, Kathryn Bailey, John Cook, Sharon Coleman, Ashley Schiffmiller and Deborah A. Frank, Children’s HealthWatch, October 2011
Is Poverty a Death Sentence? The Human Cost of Socioeconomic Disparities
Chairman Bernie Sanders, Subcommittee on Primary Health and Aging, U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions, September 2011
US Housing Insecurity and the Health of Very Young Children
Diana Becker Cutts; Alan F. Meyers; Maureen M. Black; Patrick H. Casey; Mariana Chilton; T. Cook; Joni Geppert; Stephanie Ettinger de Cuba; Timothy Heeren; Sharon Coleman; Ruth Rose-Jacobs and Deborah A. Frank, American Journal of Public Health,
Medicaid Works: A Review of How Public Insurance Protects the Health and Finances of Children and Other Vulnerable Populations
Leighton Ku and Christine Ferguson, First Focus, June 2011
Federal Programs that Protect Young Children’s Health
Children’s HealthWatch, June 2011
Towards Transformative Change in Health Care: High Impact Strategies for Philanthropy
Terri Langston, National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy, April 2011
Too Many Hurdles: Barriers to Receiving SNAP Put Children’s Health at Risk
Children’s HealthWatch, March 2011
LIHEAP Stabilizes Family Housing and Protects Children’s Health
Children’s HealthWatch, February 2011
Behind Closed Doors: The Hidden Health Impacts of Being Behind on Rent,
Elizabeth March; Stephanie Ettinger de Cuba; John T. Cook; Kathryn Bailey; Diana Becker Cutts; Alan F. Meyers; and Deborah A. Frank, Children’s HealthWatch, January 2011
Who Are America’s Poor Children? Examining Health Disparities Among Children in the United States
David Seith and Elizabeth Isakson, National Center for Children in Poverty, January 2011
Easing the Burden: Using Health Care Reform to Address Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care for the Chronically Ill
Lesley Russell, Center for American Progress, December 2010
The Unequal Distribution of Health in the Twin Cities
Amherst H. Wilder Foundation and the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota Foundation, August 2010
California’s Uninsured by County
Shana Alex Lavarreda, Y. Jenny Chia, Livier Cabezas, and Dylan H. Roby, UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, August 2010
Infants of Depressed Mothers Living in Poverty: Opportunities to Identify and Serve
Tracy Vericker, Jennifer Ehrle Macomber, Olivia Golden, Urban Institute, August 2010
The Importance of Community Health Centers—Engines of Economic Activity and Job Creation
Ellen-Marie Whelan, Center for American Progress, August 2010
Healthy Families in Hard Times: Solutions for Multiple Family Hardships
Elizabeth March, John T. Cook, Stephanie Ettinger de Cuba, Annie Gayman, Deborah A. Frank, Children’s HealthWatch , June 2010
Healthy Communities Matter: The Importance of Place to the Health of Boys of Color
Contributions from: Drexel School of Public Health, Drexel Department of Emergency Medicine, Houston Institute, PolicyLink, RAND Corporation, June 2010
Affordable Home Energy and Health: Making the Connections
Lynne Page Snyder – National Energy Assistance Directors’ Association, Christopher A. Baker – AARP Public Policy Institute , AARP Public Policy Institute, June 2010
Select Articles from the Community Development Investment Review
The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco , February 2010
The Importance of Community Development for Health and Well-Being
S. Leonard Syme and Miranda L. Ritterman, School of public Health, University of California, Berkeley, February 2010
Perscription for Healthy Communities: Community Development Finance
Lisa Richter, GPS Capital Partners, LLC, February 2010
Coming Out as a Human Capitalist
Nancy O. Andrews with Christopher Kramer, Low Income Investment Fund, February 2010
Community Health Centers: A Vital Strategy for Community Development
Scott Sporte and Annie Donovan, NCB Capital Impact, February 2010
Building Healthy Communities Through Equitable Food Access
Judith Bell, PolicyLink and Marion Standish, The California Endowment, February 2010
The Disability Housing Market: Opportunity for Community Development Finance as the Americans with Disabilities Act Turns 20
Charles D. Hammerman, The Disability Opportunity Fund and Samantha Bennett, Center for Wealth Preservation, February 2010
County Health Rankings
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute, February 2010
Food Environment Atlas
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, February 2010
Poverty, Near-Poverty, and Hardship Around the Time of Pregnancy
Paula Braveman, Kristen Marchi, Susan Egerter, Soowon Kim, Marilyn Metzler, Tonya Stancil and Moreen Libet, Maternal and Child Health Journal, January 2010
Hunger in the Community: Ways Hospitals Can Help
Project Bread and UMass Memorial Health Care, November 2009
Funding Shortfall for Housing Vouchers Could Have Serious Health Consequences for Children
Annie Gayman, Stephanie Ettinger de Cuba, Elizabeth L. March, John T. Cook, Diana Becker Cutts Children’s HealthWatch, September 2009
The Poor Pay More — Poverty’s High Cost to Health
George Kaplan, Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, September 2009
Half in Ten: Why Taking Disability into Account is Essential to Reducing Income Poverty and Expanding Economic Inclusion
Shawn Fremstad , Center for Economic and Policy Research, September 2009
The Effects of the Economic Recession on Communities of Color
Julia Berndt and Cara James, Kaiser Family Foundation, July 2009
The Landscape of Opportunity: Cultivating Health Equity in California
Christina Lombardi and Christine Schweidler, California Pan-Ethnic Health Network, July 2009
Disparities in Early Learning and Development: Lessons from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study—Birth Cohort
Tamara Halle, Nicole Forry, Elizabeth Hair, Kate Perper, Laura Wandner, Julia Wessel and Jessica Vick, Child Trends, July 2009
Affordable Health Care Keeps Children and Families Healthy
Karen Jeng, Stephanie Ettinger de Cuba, Elizabeth L. March, Alan Meyers and John T. Cook, Children’s HealthWatch, July 2009
Health Disparities: A Case for Closing the Gap
Michael Halle, Caya B. Lewis and Meena Seshamani, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, June 2009
A Time of Opportunity: Local Solutions to Reduce Inequities in Health and Safety
Larry Cohen, Anthony Iton, Rachel Davis and Sharon Rodriguez, Prevention Institute, May 2009
Even Very Low Levels of Food Insecurity Found to Harm Children’s Health
John T. Cook, Elizabeth L. March and Stephanie Ettinger de Cuba, Children’s HealthWatch, May 2009
Trends in Child Health 1997-2006: Assessing Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Asthma
Wilhelmina A. Leigh and Anna L. Wheatley, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, April 2009
Trends in Child Health 1997-2006: Assessing Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Low Birthweight
Wilhelmina A. Leigh and Anna L. Wheatley, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, April 2009
Race and Socioeconomic Factors Affect Opportunities for Better Health
Paula Braveman, Susan Egerter, Jane An and David Williams, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Commission to Build a Healthier America, April 2009
Beyond Health Care: New Directions to a Healthier America
Commission to Build a Healthier America, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, April 2009
Childhood Poverty, Chronic Stress, and Adult Working Memory
Gary W. Evans and Michelle A. Schamberg, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, March 2009
How Effectively Does the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Help Laid-Off Workers and States Cope with Health Care Costs?
Stan Dorn, The Urban Institute, March 2009
Trends in Child Health 1997-2006: Assessing Hispanic-White Disparities
Wilhelmina A. Leigh and Anna L. Wheatley, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, February 2009
Snapshots from the Kitchen Table: Family Budgets and Health Care
Michael Perry and Julia Cummings, Lake Research Partners and Julia Paradise and Tanya Schwartz, Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, Kaiser Family Foundation, February 2009
Trends in Child Health 1997-2006: Assessing Black-White Disparities
Wilhelmina A. Leigh and Anna L. Wheatley, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, January 2009
Reducing Inequities in Health and Safety through Prevention (pdf)
Prevention Institute and the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, January 2009
Moving Upstream: How Interventions That Address the Social Determinants of Health Can Improve Health and Reduce Disparities (pdf)
David R. Williams, Manuela V. Costa, Adebola O. Odunlami and Selina A. Mohammed, Journal of Public Health Management Practice, November 2008
Closing the Gap in a Generation: Health Equity through Action on the Social Determinants of Health
Commission on the Social Determinants of Health, World Health Organization, September 2008
Promoting Health Equity: A Resource to Help Communities Address Social Determinants of Health (pdf)
Laura K. Brennan, Elizabeth A. Baker, Marilyn Metzler, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, August 2008
Prevention for a Healthier America: Investments in Disease Prevention Yield Significant Savings, Stronger Communities
Jeffrey Levi, Laura Segal and Chrissie Juliano, Trust for America’s Health, July 2008
Overcoming Obstacles to Health: Report from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to the Commission to Build a Healthier America
Paula Braveman and Susan Egerter, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, February 2008
The Transformation in Who is Expected to Work in the United States and Howit Changed the Lives of Single Mothers and People with Disabilities
Richard Burkhauser, Mary C. Daly, Joyce Kwok and Jeff Larrimore, American Enterprise Institute, October 2008
America’s Health Starts with Healthy Children: How Do States Compare?
Susan Egerter, Paula Braveman, Elsie Pamuk, Catherine Cubbin, Mercedes Dekker, Veronica Pedregon, Tabashir Sadegh-Nobari, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Commission to Build a Healthier America, October 2008
Chart: Social Factors Have Effects Beyond Health (PDF)
Peter Muennig, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, February 2008
Issue Brief: Early Childhood Experiences:Laying the Foundation for Health across a Lifetime
Paula Braveman, Tabashir Sadegh-Nobari, and Susan Egerter, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Commission to Build a Healthier America, June 2008
Issue Brief: Where We Live Matters for Our Health: The Links Between Housing and Health (PDF)
Craig Pollack, Susan Egerter, Tabashir Sadegh-Nobari, Mercedes Dekker and Paula Braveman, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Commission to Build a Healthier America, September 2008
Issue Brief: Where We Live Matters for Our Health: Neighborhoods and Health (PDF)
Catherine Cubbin, Veronica Pedregon, Susan Egerter and Paula Braveman, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Commission to Build a Healthier America, September 2008
Do We Have Real Poverty in the United States of America? (PDF)
Paula Braveman, Center for Disease Control, October 2008
Neglected Infections of Poverty in the United States of America
Peter J. Hotez, The George Washington University, June 2008
Life and Death from Unnatural Causes: Health and Social Inequity in Alameda County
Tony Iton, Alameda County Public Health Department, May 2008
Restructuring Government to Address Social Determinants of Health (PDF)
Healthier America California Convening, Prevention Institute, May 2008
Unnatural Causes: Health Equity Quiz (PDF)
Documentary, Unnatural Causes, April 2008
Unequal Health Outcomes in the United States (PDF)
Working Group on Health and Environmental Health, Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, January 2008
Parents Work, Depressive Symptoms, Children, and Family Economic Mobility: What Can Ethnography Tell Us?
Roberta R. Iversen, and Annie Laurie Armstrong, University of Pennsylvania, July 2007
Reaching for a Healthier Life: Facts on Socioeconomic Status and Health in the U.S. (PDF)
Nancy E. Adler and Judith Stewart, MacArthur Foundation Network on Socioeconomic Status and Health
Social Determinants of Health: What, How, Why, and Now
Marilyn Metzler, Center for Disease Control, October 2007
Povertyin America: Economic Research Shows Adverse Impacts on Health Statusand Other Social Conditions as well as the Economic Growth Rate (PDF)
Government Accountability Office, January 2007
Socioeconomic Disparities in Health: Pathways and Policies
Nancy E. Adler and Katherine Newman, Health Affairs, March/April 2002
Survey of Low-Wage Workers
The Washington Post, the Kaiser Family Foundation and Harvard University, August 2008
Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2006 (PDF)
Carmen DeNavas-Walt, Bernadette D. Proctor, Jessica Smith, U.S. Census Bureau, August 2007
A Platform for Progress: Building a Better Future for Women and Their Families – Improving Women’s Health
National Women’s Law Center, August 2008
Closing the Gap: Solutions to Race-Based Health Disparities
Applied Research Center and Northwest Federation of Community Organizations, Summer 2005
Inequality in Income and Mortality in the United States: Analysis of Mortality and Potential Pathways
George A. Kaplan, Elise R. Pamuk, John W. Lynch, Richard D. Cohen and Jennifer L. Balfour, Human Population Laboratory, California Department of Health Services, April, 1996
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