Urban Health Today: A Current-Awareness Tool

Hunger and Homelessness Survey: A Status Report on Hunger and Homelessness in America’s Cities

2012-01-03T08:33:00.000-08:00

The United States Conference on Mayors examine the status of the homeless and hungry in 29 U.S. cities (Asheville NC, Boston MA, Charleston SC, Charlotte NC, Chicago IL, Cleveland OH, Dallas TX, Denver CO, Des Moines IA, Detroit MI, Gastonia NC, Kansas City MO, Los Angeles CA, Louisville KY, Minneapolis MN, Nashville TN, Norfolk VA, Philadelphia PA, Phoenix AZ, Portland OR, Providence RI, Sacramento CA, Saint Paul MN, Salt Lake City UT, San Antonio TX, San Francisco CA, Seattle WA, Trenton NJ, Washington, DC)

Full report is available

Pediatric Medical Homes: Laying the Foundation of a Promising Model of Care

2011-12-06T12:36:00.000-08:00

National Center for Children in Poverty looks at the current status of the medical home concept, as applies to children. Statistical data on the number and characteristics of children served is also included.

Full report is available

New Health Department Subway Poster Campaign Illustrates Dangers of Excessive Drinking

2011-12-06T12:13:00.000-08:00

New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene has announced a new campaign alerting the public to the dangers of excessive drinking.

Press release

Promoting Health Literacy to Encourage Prevention and Wellness: Workshop Summary

2011-11-08T13:06:00.000-08:00

Children’s Exposure to Secondhand Smoke: Nearly One Million Affected in California

2011-11-08T08:55:00.000-08:00

UCLA Center for Health Policy Research looks at the 224,000 children who are exposed to secondhand smoke due to family members who smoke.

Policy Brief is available

Preventing Obesity Among Preschool Children: How Can Child-Care Settings Promote Healthy Eating and Physical Activity?

2011-11-08T08:34:00.000-08:00

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation presents a review of programs that attempt to combat obesity in preschools, Head Start programs, child-care centers and family child-care homes.

Full report is available

Who Are Low-Asset Low-Income Families?

2011-11-08T08:17:00.000-08:00

Urban Institute looks at the characteristics of families in the low-asset, low income population.

Fact sheet is available

Targeting Overweight Kids and Their Parents in Vineland, N.J.

2011-11-08T07:53:00.000-08:00

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation presents the results of a study, conducted in Cumberland County NJ, to involve children and their parents in a 12-week course that helps combat obesity.

Program Results Report is available

Study Shows Sugary-Drink Ban in Schools Doesn’t Cut Consumption

2011-11-08T07:34:00.000-08:00

The Wall Street Journal comments on a study which appears in the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, which analyzes the effects of soda bans in schools on student consumption.

Discussion from Wall Street Journal
Abstract for "Banning All Sugar-Sweetened Beverages in Middle Schools"

Why Employers Will Continue to Provide Health Insurance: The Impact of the Affordable Care Act

2011-11-07T12:12:00.000-08:00

Urban Institute discusses their research, which finds that the Affordable Care Act will have minimal impact on employer-provided health insurance.

Full report is available

Building Knowledge of Minority Populations to Address Disparities in Health and Health Care

2011-11-07T11:42:00.000-08:00

This Robert Wood Johnson Foundation funded study, based at the University of California, Los Angeles, examined health care among minority groups (primarily Latino and Native American populations) to determine the effects of disparities on care of chronic disease.

Program Results Report is available

Metropolitan Opportunity Series | Number 26 « Previous | Next » The Re-Emergence of Concentrated Poverty: Metropolitan Trends in the 2000s

2011-11-07T11:24:00.000-08:00

Brookings Institution uses the American Community Surveys and Census 2000 to outline the shifting patterns of urban povery.

Full report is available

Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance: Down, But Not Out

2011-11-07T11:00:00.000-08:00

Center for Studying Health System Change and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation look at the effects of the economic downturn and health reform on employer-sponsored health insurance.

Issue Brief is available

The Research SUPPLEMENTAL POVERTY MEASURE: 2010

2011-11-07T10:52:00.000-08:00

U.S. Census Bureau presents the new measurement tool being used to evaluate poverty levels.

Full report is available

Urban Institute looks at Immigration

2011-11-02T13:23:00.000-07:00

Urban Institute has released several reports that look at various aspects of immigration within the United States:

Children of Immigrants: Growing National and State Diversity

Children of Immigrants: The Changing Face of Metropolitan America

Children of Immigrants: Economic Well-Being

Immigration Trends in Metropolitan America, 1980-2007

London’s Poverty Profile 2011

2011-11-02T13:19:00.000-07:00

Trust for London/New Policy Institute presents their annual analysis of poverty rates in London.

Full report is available

Determinants of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Entry and Exit in the Mid-2000s

2011-11-02T13:10:00.000-07:00

U.S. Department of Agriculture looks at the length of time for which individuals participate in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, and how often they need to re-enter the program after ending their participation.

Full report is available

Living Near a Fast-Food Restaurant Not Linked to Weight Gain

2011-11-02T12:55:00.000-07:00

A study that appears in the American Journal of Epidemiology finds no link between weight gain and easy access to fast food restaurants.

Abstract: Proximity to Food Establishments and Body Mass Index in the Framingham Heart Study Offspring Cohort Over 30 Years in American Journal of Epidemiology
Discussion in The Wall Street Journal

Rising wages in India leads to expanding waistlines

2011-11-02T12:49:00.001-07:00

BBC News presents a video report on the growing number of obese individuals in India.

Link to video report

Improving Health in the United States: The Role of Health Impact Assessment

2011-11-02T11:38:00.001-07:00

The Health of Latinos in Baltimore City

2011-11-02T11:37:00.000-07:00

Baltimore Department of Health examines issues such as health care coverage, prenatal care and chronic disease risk factors among the Hispanic community in Baltimore, MD.

Full report is available
Discussion in The Baltimore Sun

Front-of-Package Nutrition Rating Systems and Symbols: Promoting Healthier Choices

2011-10-26T13:48:00.001-07:00

Meet Big Soda — as Bad as Big Tobacco

2011-10-26T13:47:00.000-07:00

Time reports on the attempts of the beverage industry to circumvent efforts to impose taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages.

Article is available

Americans' Access to Basic Necessities at Recession Level

2011-10-19T09:04:00.000-07:00

A Gallup poll demonstrates that more Americans are unable to access the basic necessities of life: healthcare, food and shelter.

Poll results
Discussion in Time

Trends in U.S. Public Awareness of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities (1999–2010)

2011-10-18T13:10:00.000-07:00

Office of Minority Health presents an examination of U.S. awareness health disparities among the general public.

Full report is available