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CLPHA Data Sharing Template for PHAs and Health Organizations

Disclaimer: This template is provided for informational purposes only and not for the purpose of providing legal advice. You should contact your attorney to obtain advice with respect to any particular issue or question. Use of this template, including its exhibits and attachments, does not create a relationship or any responsibilities between CLPHA and the user.

Research

Aug 5, 2019

CLPHA developed a general data sharing template that public housing authorities (PHAs) and their health partners can customize to suit their data sharing and collaboration needs. Please feel free to comment to share any uses/modifications your organization made to implement into a partnership.

CLPHA Data Sharing Template for PHAs and Health Organizations

Research

Aug 5, 2019

CLPHA developed a general data sharing template that public housing authorities (PHAs) and their health partners can customize to suit their data sharing and collaboration needs. Please feel free to comment to share any uses/modifications your organization made to implement into a partnership.

UCLA-Tulane study finds improved WIC food packages reduced children's risk for obesity

Research

Apr 23, 2019

UCLA Fielding School of Public Health

Sweeping changes designed to make the food more nutritious in a federal assistance program for low-income families reduced the risk for obesity for 4-year-olds who had been on the program since birth, according to new research.

Bringing Multi-Sector Partners Together to Tackle Obesity in Hunterdon County, NJ

Podcast

All In: Data for Community Health

This podcast episode features the work of the Hunterdon County Partnership for Health, a multi-sector coalition that includes over 60 community agencies that share a common interest in improving health in Hunterdon County, NJ. Kim Blanda is a Project Director at Hunterdon Healthcare, Dr.

6 Pieces of Tech to Help with Mobility

Publication

Jane Sandwood and Movement Advisor

All too often technology is blamed for the obesity crisis which is currently affecting 1.9 billion adults and 31.5 million children across the globe. However, for individuals with mobility issues caused by their weight, technology is far from a hindrance.

The latest threat to national security? Salty school lunches

News Article

Feb 25, 2019

Dan Glickman for Roll Call

Increasing numbers of young Americans are unfit for military service. So why is the Trump administration rolling back nutrition standards?

Housing as a Social Determinant of Health: A Q&A with Epidemiologist Earl Chambers

Publication

Jan 30, 2019

Lisette Vegas and Maya Brennan for How Housing Matters

To understand more about housing from an epidemiologist’s perspective, we spoke with Earle Chambers, an associate professor in the Department of Family and Social Medicine at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.

Guns, Obesity, and Opioids: A Population Health Science Perspective on 3 Contemporary Epidemics

Publication

Sep 1, 2018

Sandro Galea for Milbank Memorial Fund

The firearm, obesity, and opioid epidemics are among the most important public health crises of our time. Each epidemic has a complex etiology that challenges efforts at mitigation.

Health Interventions in Public Housing May Reduce Residents' Obesity

Research

Nov 28, 2018

BMC Public Health

Public housing residents are more likely than urban residents not living in public housing to have high rates of obesity and smoking and low rates of physical activity.