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Accountability, capacity building and collaboration key to …

WEBIn order to address the short-term­ stressors and long-term health risks facing Settegast, the Urban Land Institute’s Houston branch was selected in August 2021 as a grantee for the ULI National’s District …

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Houston public health could benefit from a more …

WEBRecently, the Kinder Institute and the Hobby School of Public Affairs at the University of Houston took a fresh look at the question of whether these two agencies …

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With community action plan, Settegast takes next step …

WEBFollowing a three-phase, 18-month project, Harris County Public Health has released a community action plan for Settegast, a historically Black neighborhood in …

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WEBThis report examines the possible service overlaps between the Harris County Department of Public Health and the City of Houston Department of Health and Human …

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A Tale of Two Departments: Public Health in Harris …

WEBWith the rise in extreme events affecting public health—mostly recently Hurricane Harvey in 2017 and the COVID-19 crisis in 2020—the question of how public …

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Who's Really Getting the Benefit

WEBImproved housing stock, revamped parks and new bike lanes and grocery stores are some of the promised benefits of gentrification. But many of the same …

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Urban gardening has taken root, and it’s time for cities to …

WEBThe past few months have been terrifying, but also cathartic. The pandemic has shaken most of us from a false sense of security about our individual health, the …

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What Accounts For Health Disparities

WEBThis report seeks to identify the forces that account for health disparities in the Houston region. It makes use of questions asked in the past 13 years of the annual …

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Living in walkable neighborhoods makes children richer …

WEBLiving in walkable neighborhoods has shown to improve health, social wellbeing and general happiness, and now, a new study shows children growing up in …

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From battling pandemics to serving the uninsured, why Houston’s …

WEBBoom will receive the 2024 Stephen L. Klineberg Award for outstanding leadership in health care at the 2024 Kinder Institute Luncheon on May 20. Ticket sales …

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How Proximity to Clinics Affects Teen Birth Rates

WEBThough the teenage birth rate has been declining nationally in recent years, Texas has the fourth-highest rate of teen motherhood in the country, tied with New …

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Could parks be a panacea for what ails Houston

WEBThe Trust for Public Land (TPL), a national environmental nonprofit that advocates for parks and greenspace, ranked Houston 71st out of 100 major U.S. cities …

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Research shows benefits of guaranteed income as launch of Harris …

WEBUplift Harris plans to send $500 a month to over 1,900 households in an 18-month span. Applicants, who will learn if they were selected in March, were required to …

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Settegast: A case study in endemic racism within Houston’s …

WEBThere are also findings in Settegast that are at odds with the State of Housing report’s major findings and county-wide trends. These neighborhood findings suggest …

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Fine-particle air pollution has decreased across the US, but poor …

WEBAir pollution contributes to as many as 9 million premature deaths worldwide each year – twice as many as war, other violence, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria …

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Q&A with Rose Gowen: How Brownsville is fighting public obesity …

WEBRose Gowen is a city commissioner and OB-GYN in Brownsville, a city of 180,000 that sits just north of the Texas-Mexico border. The greater Brownsville area …

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Houston ISD centralizing wraparound support services for …

WEBThe Houston Independent School District has bolstered its wraparound services with the opening of seven new Sunrise Centers since September. These …

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In Houston, the new normal should include more efforts to reduce …

WEBBut not much changed, he found. Through April 8, Schade saw no overall reduction in smog-forming nitrogen oxide.In fact, fine particulate matter, a widespread air …

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