Join the Institute for Public Health Practice at the University of Iowa, College of Public Health, in partnership with the Midwestern Public Health Training Center, for the fourteenth installment of the Building Health Equity webinar series, After Effects: Natural Disasters and Equity on Wednesday, October… Read More »Building Health Equity Webinar Series: Natural Disasters and Equity
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Office of Health Equity has released the Health Equity Report 2019-2020: Special Feature on Housing and Health Inequalities. The report presents a comprehensive analysis of HRSA’s program efforts in reducing health… Read More »HRSA Health Equity Report: Special Feature on Housing and Health Inequalities
This article by Amaya Taylor from the Urban Institute’s Housing Matters initiative explains how housing plays a role in health and health equity. Housing is an important determinant of health, but not everyone has equal access to high quality, accessible, and affordable housing. Structural racism… Read More »The Connection Between Housing, Health, and Racial Equity
The thirteenth episode of the Building Health Equity webinar series has been converted into a podcast for easier listening on the go! We’ve partnered with the Share Public Health podcast series to bring you this episode. This podcast is formatted from the Housing as a Human Right webinar,… Read More »Building Health Equity Podcast | Housing as a Human Right
View the thirteenth installment of the Building Health Equity webinar series, Housing as a Human Right. We featured Christine Hayes, Development Director for Shelter House-Iowa City, and Lisa Houser, Executive Director of Habitat for Humanity of Iowa. This was a live session on May 10,… Read More »Recorded Webinar | Building Health Equity Webinar Series: Housing as a Human Right
Other segregated housing studies have focused primarily on the largest metropolitan areas of the United States. This study of Des Moines, instead, addresses a smaller city to determine whether it has experienced similar segregated housing issues. This study also is designed to educate and engage… Read More »The Legacy of Redlining and Segregation on Des Moines, Iowa
In this Iowa Public Radio episode, learn how redlining- the racially discriminatory housing loan practice implemented after the Great Depression- unfolded in the state of Iowa. The ways in which these practices continue to affect Iowa communities to this day are discussed as well. Access… Read More »Iowa’s Redlined History
In this article by KCCI, reporters dive into the legacy of redlined Des Moines, Iowa communities from the 1930’s and 1940’s. They explore how these policies still negatively impact the largely racial and ethnic minorities who still reside in these areas today, as well as… Read More »History of Redlining Puts Iowa Communities of Color at Risk
This resource provided by the APHA dives into housing inequities, their causes, and their effects on health through topics like “Structural Racism Led to Housing Inequity,” “Racial Inequity in Housing,” “Implications for Health and Health Disparities,” and more. Additionally, solutions for improving health equity through… Read More »Creating the Healthiest Nation: Health and Housing Equity