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Housing Prescriptions as Health Care
WEBOverview of Project. Housing Prescriptions as Health Care was an innovative project led by Children’s HealthWatch at Boston Medical Center from 2016-2020 in response to the Boston Foundation’s Health Starts at Home Initiative. The overall goal of this program was to design and stock a “housing pharmacy” of new therapies and combinations
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Stable Homes Make Healthy Families
WEBUnstable housing among families with children will cost the United States an estimated $111 billion in health and education expenditures over the next ten years, according to new Children’s HealthWatch research. This estimate is calculated based on the health-related costs of mothers and children who have either experienced homelessness
The Housing Opportunity Gap
WEBPublished in September 2021, Children’s HealthWatch and Opportunity Starts at Home ‘s new policy publications highlight research on the importance of housing for child and family health and bipartisan bills currently under debate in Congress that could promote access to stable, affordable homes and prevent evictions. Learn more below.
The Hunger Vital Sign: A New Standard of Care for Preventive Health
WEBDrs. Erin Hager and Anna Quigg and the Children’s HealthWatch team developed the Hunger Vital Sign, a 2-question screening tool based on the US Household Food Security Scale to identify young children in households at risk of food insecurity. The Hunger Vital Sign measures families’ concerns about and access to food, much the way …
The Hidden Health Crisis of Eviction
WEBEviction often leads to residential instability, moving into poor quality housing, overcrowding, and homelessness, all of which associated with negative health among adults and children. Eviction is not just a health issue; it is a health equity issue. Matthew Desmond, in his book Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City, documents
Meeting Housing Needs Improves Health Outcomes for At-Risk …
WEBThe program is led by Children’s HealthWatch at Boston Medical Center. Between the years 2016 and 2019, the HPHC pilot program enrolled 78 families to determine whether the coordination of services that address housing, financial, legal, social, and health needs may improve health outcomes when compared with current …
Access to High-Quality, Affordable Child Care: Strategies to …
WEBFeatured. Access to High-Quality, Affordable Child Care: Strategies to Improve Health. High-quality, nurturing, and affordable child care is essential to support children and their parents. A large body of evidence demonstrates the importance of high-quality early environments as critical determinants of school readiness, cognitive and …
Podcast: Housing and Child Health with Megan Sandel, MD
WEBIn this episode we were privileged to sit down with Megan Sandel, MD, at the 2019 American Academy of Pediatrics NCE in New Orleans to discuss the impact of housing on child health. Dr. Sandel is an associate professor of pediatrics at the Boston University School of Medicine as well as an associate professor of environmental health …
Housing as a Health Care Investment: Affordable Housing …
WEBAffordable and stable housing plays a critical role in supporting the health and well-being of children. Research from Children’s HealthWatch shows public investment in housing—including housing for homeless families and rental assistance for food-insecure families—improves the health outcomes of vulnerable infants and young children and …
Ana Poblacion, PhD, MS
WEBEmail: [email protected]. Ana Poblacion is a Research Associate at Children’s HealthWatch. Her research focuses on pediatric nutrition and ending food insecurity in households with children through the increase in access to healthy foods. Dr. Poblacion’s research is motivated by the goal to improve the distribution of goods and services
To improve health, hospitals partner to provide housing
WEBFor Megan Sandel, MD, a pediatrician at Boston Medical Center (BMC) and principal investigator at Children’s HealthWatch, a nonpartisan network of children’s health researchers and policy experts, the benefits of stable housing go far beyond dollars saved. In a 2017 JAMA paper, she notes: “The return on investment involved in expanding
Food Insecurity and Hunger in the U.S.: New Research
WEBChildren’s HealthWatch and the Food Research and Action Center (FRAC) published a tri-annual newsletter from 2014-2016 about new research on nutrition and food insecurity in the United States. It summarized important food insecurity and hunger research from academia, government agencies, think tanks and health and policy organizations to
Safety Net Hospitals: Why BIPOC Wealth Creation is Needed to …
WEBSafety net academic hospitals, which are often neglected in US healthcare policy, are natural backbone organizations to work alongside grassroots groups and community development finance institutions to support financial stability and wealth creation in BIPOC communities and, in so doing, to foster good health for all.
Housing Instability: A New Screen for Adverse Health Issues for
WEBScreening for adverse childhood experiences that can influence future trajectories of child health has become a priority for child healthcare professionals. Most of us are familiar with the two-question food […]
Megan Sandel, MD, MPH
WEBCo-Lead Principal Investigator, Boston Medical Center. Email: megan.sandel (at)bmc.org. Tel: (617) 414-5946. She serves as Professor at the Boston University (BU) Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine and a Professor at the BU School of Public Health. She’s also the co-director of the Grow Clinic for Children at Boston Medical …
'Imminent Danger': Millions set to lose Medicaid, food benefits …
WEBOriginally published in Common Dreams. In less than three months, millions of people across the U.S. could be kicked off Medicaid and see their food benefits slashed if the Biden administration declines to further extend the federal public health emergency that was first declared at the start of the coronavirus pandemic.. Last week, Health and …
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SNAP Is Medicine for Food Insecurity
WEBResearch demonstrates that SNAP protects children’s health by reducing FI and improving families’ ability to meet their other basic needs. SNAP can improve overall child health, help children have a healthy weight for age, and support cognitive and emotional development and academic performance. The initial response from Congress …
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