Treatment, Not Prison: Reforming Sentences for Low-Level Crimes Will Boost...
[Originally posted at The Pump Handle] Reforming California’s sentences for low-level crimes would alleviate prison and jail overcrowding, make communities safer, strengthen families, and shift...
View ArticleTransit Policy Gets Moving in Columbia, Missouri with Help from HIA
By Jason Wilcox “Believe it or not, when I started working on transit, I had hair.” Mayor Bob McDavid of Columbia, Missouri, joked about the stressful discussions surrounding the city’s public transit...
View ArticleThe Complexity of Considering Both Mental and Physical Health in an HIA
Earlier this year the World Health Organization (WHO) released The Social Determinants of Mental Health, which outlines the connections between social factors and mental disorders, and describes how...
View ArticleHIA Research: When is Qualitative Research Warranted?
[As research director at Human Impact Partners, Holly Avey spends a lot of time not just looking at our findings but thinking about how we conduct and use research. This is one in a series of blogs...
View Article‘New age trade’ could mean rollbacks on public health – what we found from...
Today’s guest blog is by Katie Hirono from the Centre for Health Equity Training, Research and Evaluation at UNSW Australia. She is one of the co-authors of an HIA on the Trans Pacific Partnership...
View ArticleBuilding Hope with Community: The Right to Affordable Housing in South...
This week’s blog is a repost from Esperanza Community Housing. The post discusses the right to affordable housing in South Central Los Angeles and preliminary findings from HIP’s HIA on a development...
View ArticleWe Thought it was Good, but not THIS Good: Community Participation in HIA
When we started this evaluation of how the field of HIA is doing at encouraging community participation in HIA, we have to admit, we had low expectations. But the results are in, and they are much more...
View ArticleHow Payday Loan Reforms can Improve Health for the Most Vulnerable Minnesotans
“Every two weeks I was just paying interest. And I think I got frustrated with it because knowing that the interest you’re paying really isn’t even close to what you took, and by the time you know it,...
View ArticleThe Long Road Home: Decreasing Barriers to Public Housing for People with...
For individuals with a criminal history, finding affordable and stable housing becomes extremely difficult in a place like the Bay Area, with high cost and limited supply. People with a criminal...
View ArticleExpanding Access to Preschool Could Improve Health and Equity in Cincinnati,...
One of my favorite things about doing HIAs and other projects at Human Impact Partners is the unexpected “Aha!” moments that occur, when we find something in the research that surprises us. Today,...
View ArticleHIA Research: When is Qualitative Research Warranted?
| By Holly Avey | [As research director at Human Impact Partners, Holly Avey spends a lot of time not just looking at our findings but thinking about how we conduct and use research. This is one in a...
View Article‘New age trade’ could mean rollbacks on public health – what we found from...
| By Katie Hirono | Today’s guest blog is by Katie Hirono from the Centre for Health Equity Training, Research and Evaluation at UNSW Australia. She is one of the co-authors of an HIA on the Trans...
View ArticleBuilding Hope with Community: The Right to Affordable Housing in South...
This week’s blog is a repost from Esperanza Community Housing. The post discusses the right to affordable housing in South Central Los Angeles and preliminary findings from HIP’s HIA on a development...
View ArticleWe Thought it was Good, but not THIS Good: Community Participation in HIA
| By Kim Gilhuly & Holly Avey | When we started this evaluation of how the field of HIA is doing at encouraging community participation in HIA, we have to admit, we had low expectations. But the...
View ArticleHow Payday Loan Reforms can Improve Health for the Most Vulnerable Minnesotans
| By Fabiola Santiago | “Every two weeks I was just paying interest. And I think I got frustrated with it because knowing that the interest you’re paying really isn’t even close to what you took, and...
View ArticleThe Long Road Home: Decreasing Barriers to Public Housing for People with...
| By Afomeia Tesfai | For individuals with a criminal history, finding affordable and stable housing becomes extremely difficult in a place like the Bay Area, with high cost and limited supply. People...
View ArticleExpanding Access to Preschool Could Improve Health and Equity in Cincinnati,...
| By Holly Avey | One of my favorite things about doing HIAs and other projects at Human Impact Partners is the unexpected “Aha!” moments that occur, when we find something in the research that...
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