Reports

Keeping Kids and Parents Together: A Healthier Approach to Sentencing in MA, TN, LA

We partnered with Free Hearts in Tennessee, Operation Restoration in Louisiana, and Families for Justice & Healing in Massachusetts to research the health and equity impacts of expanding the use of community-based alternatives to incarceration for convicted parents in each of those states. We produced state-specific reports and fact sheets to inform policy decision-making at the state level on this important issue.

April 5, 2019

Reports

When Poverty Makes You Sick: The Intersection of Health and Predatory Lending in Missouri

Research report in collaboration with Missouri Faith Voices on the health impacts of predatory lending and how the industry unfairly targets vulnerable communities in Missouri.

February 4, 2019

Reports

The Effects of Forced Family Separation in the Rio Grande Valley: A Family Unity, Family Health Research Update

This report showcases the effects on the health of children, parents, and families who live in the Rio Grande Valley when they live in fear of a parent or loved one being deported, or if they’ve already experienced forced family separation as a result of deportation.

October 17, 2018

Reports

Understanding Working & Caregiving: An Analysis of California Paid Family Leave

A report that reveals policy gaps and proposes solutions for how California Paid Family Leave (PFL) and additional workplace policies can serve all working family caregivers as they care for their loved ones in times of need.

October 9, 2018

Presentations

Health Equity Guide Webinar Series

HealthEquityGuide.org is a resource with inspiring examples of how health departments have concretely advanced health equity — both internally within their departments and externally with communities and other government agencies.

August 5, 2018

Toolkits

#HealthyHours: Fair Workweek Advocacy

Research and organizing tools on how unstable work hours affect the health and mental health of workers and families.

June 21, 2018

Toolkits

Developing a Transformational Criminal Justice Narrative: A Toolkit

The Narrative Development Toolkit is a resource intended to support community organizers and health equity advocates in developing, using, and adapting transformational narratives to advance equity in the criminal justice and juvenile justice systems. This resource was developed by a workgroup of the National Criminal Justice and Public Health Alliance.

March 13, 2018

Toolkits

Health Solutions Create Safety: A Menu of Policies and Programs

Health Solutions Create Safety is a robust list of 36 replicable programs or interventions and 25 policies that respond to social challenges with public health solutions rather than punitive criminal justice processes. This resource was developed by a workgroup of the National Criminal Justice and Public Health Alliance to help communities achieve shared safety.

February 10, 2018

Presentations

Advancing Health Equity in Local Health Departments: 4-Part Webinar Series

We co-sponsored a 4-part webinar series to discuss the strategic practices outlined in HIP’s Health Equity Guide with national experts and local health departments advancing health equity. We hosted this series in collaboration with the Government Alliance on Race and Equity, the National Collaborative for Health Equity, and the National Association of County and City Health Officers’ Health Equity and Social Justice Committee.

February 8, 2018

Reports

Raise the Age: Protecting Kids and Enhancing Public Safety in Michigan

We produced a report evaluating the health and equity impacts of charging 17-year-olds in juvenile court rather than adult court in Michigan. We also mobilized public health to join the campaign to pass Raise the Age legislation in Michigan.

November 9, 2017

Toolkits

Bail Reform California Campaign Support

In 2017, we mobilized public health support for the early California Money Bail Reform Act. In 2018 the Act changed significantly, and many of the original sponsors withdrew their support. The materials here reflect early versions of the Act.

September 1, 2017

Reports

Reducing Youth Arrests Keeps Kids Healthy and Successful: A Health Analysis of Youth Arrest in Michigan

A report on the health impacts of youth arrest in Michigan that highlights a set of promising alternatives to youth arrest including civil citations and trauma-informed approaches.

June 7, 2017

Reports

Healthy and Safe Riverside County: Investing in What Works

A report showcasing interventions both inside and outside of the justice system to improve health and well-being of Riverside County residents —also including a budget analysis of Riverside County “public protection” spending.

March 17, 2017

Reports

Juvenile InJustice: Charging Youth as Adults is Ineffective, Biased, and Harmful

A report on health impacts of charging youth as adults, with recommendations for increased community investment and restorative justice-oriented solutions.

February 12, 2017

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

Research & Resources

Keeping Kids and Parents Together: A Healthier Approach to Sentencing in MA, TN, LA

When Poverty Makes You Sick: The Intersection of Health and Predatory Lending in Missouri

The Effects of Forced Family Separation in the Rio Grande Valley: A Family Unity, Family Health Research Update

Understanding Working & Caregiving: An Analysis of California Paid Family Leave

Health Equity Guide Webinar Series

#HealthyHours: Fair Workweek Advocacy

Developing a Transformational Criminal Justice Narrative: A Toolkit

Health Solutions Create Safety: A Menu of Policies and Programs

Advancing Health Equity in Local Health Departments: 4-Part Webinar Series

Raise the Age: Protecting Kids and Enhancing Public Safety in Michigan

Bail Reform California Campaign Support

Reducing Youth Arrests Keeps Kids Healthy and Successful: A Health Analysis of Youth Arrest in Michigan

Healthy and Safe Riverside County: Investing in What Works

Juvenile InJustice: Charging Youth as Adults is Ineffective, Biased, and Harmful

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

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