Reports

Excessive Revocations in Wisconsin: The Health Impacts of Locking People Up without a New Conviction

A report on health impacts of current practice in Wisconsin to incarcerate people for breaking rules of parole, probation, or supervision but who have not been convicted of a new crime, and recommendations to change that practice.

December 20, 2016

Toolkits

Health Impact Assessment Training Materials

Sample Health Impact Assessment training materials, which HIP uses when conducting a two-day training.

September 1, 2016

The Health and Equity Impacts of Expanded Access to Preschool: Cincinnati’s Fork in the Road

A Health and Equity Impacts Assessment of expanding access to preschool in Cincinnati, OH.

August 10, 2016

Reports

California Public Health Departments and Criminal Justice System Reform

California public health departments' barriers and successes assessment of the barriers and successes that public health departments have experienced in participating in criminal justice system reform, with recommendations for action.

July 1, 2016

Reports

The Health and Safety Implications of Coal Transport through Oakland

Health Impact Assessment of the health and safety implications of transporting coal through Oakland, CA.

June 14, 2016

Reports

Evaluation of LACDPH HIAs of the Parks After Dark and Women’s Re-Entry Court Programs

A process and impact evaluation of The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health’s Parks After Dark and Women’s Re-Entry Court Health Impact Assessments.

June 1, 2016

Reports

Decreasing Barriers to Public Housing for People with Criminal Records

An HIA on health impacts of policies that exclude people with criminal records from public housing, with a case study in Oakland, CA.

May 15, 2016

Reports

Drowning in Debt: A Health Impact Assessment of How Payday Loan Reforms Improve the Health of Minnesota’s Most Vulnerable

A Health Impact Assessment of payday lending reforms in Minnesota.

March 1, 2016

Toolkits

Communicating about Equity in HIA: A Guide for Practitioners

A guide to aid Health Impact Assessment (HIA) practitioners on how to communicate around equity within HIA while purposefully advancing equity.

March 1, 2016

Reports

Planning for the Public Health Impacts of Climate Change in Northampton, Massachusetts

This report examines the health impacts of climate change in Northampton, Massachusetts. Unlike most research that focuses on state or regional levels, this report looks specifically at local impacts.

February 1, 2016

Reports

Community Participation in Health Impact Assessments: A National Evaluation

This report evaluates how community participation is incorporated into Health Impact Assessments (HIAs) in the US, showing that meaningful engagement improves decision-making, advances equity, and builds community power.

January 1, 2016

Reports

Healthy Chula Vista Action Plan

This report summarizes community-driven priorities for the Healthy Chula Vista Action Plan, identifying strategies to improve health, advance equity, and address local challenges like food access, housing, and public resources.

December 22, 2015

Reports

CV Link: Connecting the Coachella Valley, Health Impact Assessment

Health Impact Assessment of a proposed 50-mile multi-use path for pedestrians, bicycles, and low-speed electric vehicles in the Coachella Valley.

December 8, 2015

Reports

Stress on the Streets (SOS): Race, Policing, Health, and Increasing Trust Not Trauma

This report examines how policing practices in Ohio impact the health and well-being of communities, and offers strategies to build trust, improve public safety, and advance health equity.

December 1, 2015

Reports

Case Story: The Health Impacts of Wage Theft

How the Los Angeles Coalition Against Wage Theft and the California Fair Paycheck Coalition used HIP's research and advocacy to support a Los Angeles wage theft ordinance, and passage of California statewide bill SB 588.

October 11, 2015

Reports

Assessing Health and Equity Impacts of the Proposed Reef Development Project in South Central Los Angeles

A report on the health and equity implications of a proposed development in South Central Los Angeles.

October 1, 2015

Reports

Health Impact Assessment of the Townsend Street Gang Injunction in Santa Ana, California

Health Impact Assessment examining a gang injunction in Santa Ana, California.

September 22, 2015

Reports

Shining a Light on Health: How the Sunport Boulevard Extension Project will Affect Health and Well-Being

Health Impact Assessment of the health, equity, and environmental justice implications of a proposed road extension in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

September 21, 2015

Reports

Equitable Development & Risk of Displacement: Profiles of Four Santa Fe Neighborhoods

A report analyzing public resource allocation and risk of displacement in four neighborhoods in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

August 1, 2015

Reports

Case Story: Lobos Carbon Dioxide Pipeline Health Impact Assessment

Health Impact Assessment and case story of a proposed carbon dioxide pipeline project in Torrance County, New Mexico.

June 22, 2015

Reports

Turning on the Tap: How Returning Access to Tuition Assistance for Incarcerated People Improves the Health of New Yorkers

Health Impact Assessment of a bill to reinstate tuition assistance for people incarcerated in New York State.

May 22, 2015

Reports

Case Story: School Discipline and Restorative Justice

Health Impact Assessments on school discipline and restorative justice policies in Los Angeles, Oakland, Salinas and Merced, California.

September 24, 2014

Reports

Restorative Justice and Health in Merced Schools

Health Impact Assessment of school restorative justice policies and health in Merced, California.

September 23, 2014

Reports

Case Story: Rehabilitating Corrections in California and Prop 47

Health Impact Assessment of a statewide ballot initiative in California that reclassifies low-level non-violent crimes to misdemeanors and redirects funding to treatment and prevention.

September 23, 2014

Research & Resources

Excessive Revocations in Wisconsin: The Health Impacts of Locking People Up without a New Conviction

Health Impact Assessment Training Materials

The Health and Equity Impacts of Expanded Access to Preschool: Cincinnati’s Fork in the Road

California Public Health Departments and Criminal Justice System Reform

The Health and Safety Implications of Coal Transport through Oakland

Evaluation of LACDPH HIAs of the Parks After Dark and Women’s Re-Entry Court Programs

Decreasing Barriers to Public Housing for People with Criminal Records

Drowning in Debt: A Health Impact Assessment of How Payday Loan Reforms Improve the Health of Minnesota’s Most Vulnerable

Communicating about Equity in HIA: A Guide for Practitioners

Planning for the Public Health Impacts of Climate Change in Northampton, Massachusetts

Community Participation in Health Impact Assessments: A National Evaluation

Healthy Chula Vista Action Plan

CV Link: Connecting the Coachella Valley, Health Impact Assessment

Stress on the Streets (SOS): Race, Policing, Health, and Increasing Trust Not Trauma

Case Story: The Health Impacts of Wage Theft

Assessing Health and Equity Impacts of the Proposed Reef Development Project in South Central Los Angeles

Health Impact Assessment of the Townsend Street Gang Injunction in Santa Ana, California

Shining a Light on Health: How the Sunport Boulevard Extension Project will Affect Health and Well-Being

Equitable Development & Risk of Displacement: Profiles of Four Santa Fe Neighborhoods

Case Story: Lobos Carbon Dioxide Pipeline Health Impact Assessment

Turning on the Tap: How Returning Access to Tuition Assistance for Incarcerated People Improves the Health of New Yorkers

Case Story: School Discipline and Restorative Justice

Restorative Justice and Health in Merced Schools

Case Story: Rehabilitating Corrections in California and Prop 47

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