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来源

HOUSING POLICY DEBATE,Vol.29,Issue3SI,P.403-420

语言

英文

关键字

Public health; neighborhood revitalization; housing; community development; IMPACT ASSESSMENT; NEIGHBORHOOD; RISK; CRIME; CITY; HOME

作者单位

[Stacy, Christina Plerhoples; Schilling, Joseph; Gourevitch, Ruth; Meixell, Brady] Urban Inst, Metropolitan Housing & Commun Policy Ctr, Washington, DC 20037 USA. [Lowy, Jacob; Thornton, Rachel L. J.] Johns Hopkins Sch Med, Dept Pediat, Baltimore, MD USA. [Thornton, Rachel L. J.] Johns Hopkins Sch Publ Hlth, Dept Hlth Behav & Soc, Baltimore, MD USA. Stacy, CP (reprint author), Urban Inst, Metropolitan Housing & Commun Policy Ctr, Washington, DC 20037 USA. E-Mail: cstacy@urban.org

摘要

Governments and nonprofits routinely partner to launch place-based initiatives in distressed neighborhoods with the goal of stabilizing real estate markets, reclaiming vacant properties, abating public nuisances, and reducing crime. Public health impacts and outcomes are rarely the major policy drivers in the design and implementation of these neighborhood-scale initiatives. In this article, we examine recent health impact assessments in Baltimore, Maryland, and Memphis, Tennessee, to show how public health concepts, principles, and practices can be infused into existing and new programs and policies, and how public health programs can help to improve population health by addressing the upstream social determinants of health. We provide a portfolio of ideas and practices to bridge this classic divide of housing and health policy.