Dive deep into our retrospective blog post, where we highlight themes and P4A research that shaped our year. Our year of research included studies on affordable housing, energy insecurity, and reparative economic and health policy recommendations. We learned a great deal! Of course, we’re looking at the year ahead, which is brimming with new research projects, insights, and policy ideas.
Black History Month has become a time for reflection and deeper discussion about what the past can teach us to shape a better future. This blog post highlights several initiatives that shed light on historical events and systems that have created inequity, with an eye toward reconciliation and repair.
Though many studies show the link between housing quality and health, it’s difficult to identify buildings in poor repair. To address this, P4A researchers at New York University developed a housing health index using machine learning that could be used by local governments to target building inspections with a focus on improving health.
Access to affordable housing programs, such as housing choice voucher programs, requires the engagement and involvement of private landlords, who can derail the success of these programs. Using data from a unique survey of Pittsburgh landlords, P4A researchers found that asset-framing narratives highlighting the health impacts of housing affordability can increase both landlords’ participation in housing voucher programs and their overall support of housing policies.
P4A hub leader and New School professor Darrick Hamilton's report on direct cash payments to ease recessions was featured on NPR.
Community corner
A new funding opportunity from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Healthy Eating Research program is focused on supportive family policies and programs that have strong potential to affect equitable access to nutritious food in communities, nutrition security, diet quality, and improved nutrition and health outcomes.
Apply by April 3, 2024.
Join the Ways of Knowing Symposia’s free hybrid kickoff event. Hosted by Evidence for Action and Partners for Advancing Health Equity, Ways of Knowing is a series of five events focused on cultivating a more holistic appreciation of the different ways people understand the world and fostering a more inclusive and equitable standard for rigor in health research. March 7, 2024, 1:00–4:00 p.m. (CT), in person at Tulane University in New Orleans or virtually. Register now.
Mariana Arcaya, a P4A research hub leader published an article in the Health Affairs special issue on housing and health providing a critical review of the relationship between neighborhoods and health.
Join us in congratulating P4A research hub leader, Wendy Ellis, on her promotion to director of the George Washington University Equity Institute.
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