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

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

Research & Resources

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

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

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