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Tackling the Health Problems That Poverty Causes

WEBThe Challenge is a partnership between the Aetna Foundation, the American Public Health Association and the National Association of Counties, and aims …

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When Green Spaces Displace Residents, Our Cities’ Health Suffers

WEBIt’s an undeniable fact: Green spaces are crucial to our health and wellbeing. Again and again, researchers have found that access to urban green spaces – from …

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Turning Brownfields Into Hospitals Can Improve Public Health. It …

WEBIn this excerpt from “Health Colonialism,” geographer Shiloh Krupar examines the role of urban brownfields in health disparities and medical apartheid.. In …

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NYC Neighborhood Health Action Centers Confront Risk at the …

WEBThe neighborhood health services model was effective and represented a nationwide trend; centers opened in Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia, …

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It Just Got a Lot Easier to Connect Health Data to Other Data

WEBLaunched by the Department of Population Health at NYU School of Medicine last week, the database presents an easy-to-navigate alternative to the U.S. …

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Reconnecting Urban Planning and Public Health

WEBA 2010 APA survey across planning agencies showed that 31 percent of responding jurisdictions were addressing public health topics in their comprehensive …

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COVID-19 Homelessness Response Must Include Hygiene …

WEBManaging the current public health crisis among unsheltered homeless populations requires a critical rethinking of how to provide public hygiene and sanitation …

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When Urban Planning Plays Doctor

WEBM. Sophia Newman is a freelance writer and an editor with a substantial background in global health and health research. She wrote Next City's Health …

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Our Cities’ Local Health Inequities Demand Local Solutions

WEBOur Cities’ Local Health Inequities Demand Local Solutions. Op-ed: Across U.S. cities, from neighborhood to neighborhood, urban policy decisions have driven …

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Leveraging the Health Benefits of Parks

WEBHalf of U.S. adults have chronic health conditions, a third of our children are overweight, mental illness affects another 43 million adults, and parks are being called …

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City Tree Biodiversity Helps Protect Urban Forests

WEBSpecies clustering and reliance on introduced species may leave urban forests more vulnerable to species-specific pests or disease, such as the Emerald Ash …

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Welcome to Your Friendly Neighborhood Mental Health Center

WEBEach patient is assigned to a psychiatrist, mental health therapist and licensed case manager. Everyone also receives a variety of “expressive therapies” such …

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New ‘Health Professions Hub’ Will Welcome the Buffalo Community

WEBThe result is the Health Professions Hub, what the college calls a “first-of-its-kind center” that will train a new workforce for healthcare jobs. There’s also an on-site …

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At These Health Centers, a Physical Comes With Housing Resources

WEBThe barriers that low-income individuals, people from underrepresented groups, and those without health insurance face when it comes to accessing healthcare …

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This Revenue Stream is Working Wonders for Community Health, …

WEBIf the New York State legislature doesn’t repeal or delay changes passed in last year’s state budget — intended to help close an $8 billion budget gap — Callen …

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Can Guaranteed Income Improve the Health of Pregnant People …

WEBIn 2022, California became the first state to fund guaranteed income pilots. The seven programs will serve almost 2,000 pregnant people and former foster youth …

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Defining the ‘New Normal’ and Creating an Equitable Recovery …

WEBHealth and economic hardship in America is not a shared crisis. But with every national disaster comes an opportunity to look to the future with new urgency and …

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Waste Mismanagement Puts Low-Income Communities’ Health at …

WEBOutpatient facilities – clinics – have been dubbed the “backbone” of mental health care services in low-income communities. Still, less than 20% of low-income …

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A City Where Mental Health Isn’t for Policing

WEBIn Toronto, a suite of programs are embracing a non-coercive, person-centered approach to mental health. Amanda and Akin, Mobile Crisis Team workers, …

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Online Story Map Connects History and Cleveland’s Health

WEBThe tool, the result of a collaboration between the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity and the Cuyahoga County, Ohio Place Matters initiative, …

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Charlotte Opens Peer-Run Respite for People in Mental Health …

WEBThe peer-run respite facility is free to participants and is designed to be a completely voluntary alternative for people who would otherwise seek mental health …

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How a Non-Carceral Response to Mental Health Crises Is Possible …

WEBMental health calls are diverted away from police dispatch to mental health intervention and support. A Gerstein Crisis Centre Mobile Team pays a visit to an …

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