Greg Kaufmann – The Nation. January 06, 2012 In the weekly blog, This Week In Poverty, the author listed recent Children’s HealthWatch research about the effect of housing insecurity on children’s health as one of the five things learned about poverty in 2011. Children’s HealthWatch policy brief is quoted: “Investments in affordable and subsidized housing would not only reduce housing […]
Children’s HealthWatch analyzed nearly 5,000 surveys from Baltimore families with children under age four collected between 2002-2011. In this sample, just 49% of families were stably housed.
Stephanie Ettinger de Cuba, Research and Policy Director, was interviewed about the child health and development implications of hunger and food security on public radio.
Dr. Megan Sandel, Children’s HealthWatch Co-Principal Investigator, spoke about the harmful of effects of family homelessness on children’s health in an interview on Boston Neighborhood Network News.
Governmental action and community investment in expanding the supply of affordable housing,
Dr. Deborah Frank was intervied by the Boston Globe about the role of the food pantry in health and treatment at Boston Medical Center.
Dr. Maureen Black, Children’s HealthWatch Principal Investigator, and Margaret M., Witness to Hunger, spoke about the effects of hunger and poverty on families and children.
Dr. Maureen Black, Children’s HealthWatch Principal Investigator, and Margaret M., Witness to Hunger, spoke about the effects of hunger and poverty on families and children.
A new study has shown that children whose families move frequently or live in overcrowded conditions are more likely to suffer from hunger and poor health than those in stable housing. The study was carried out by the Children’s Sentinel Nutrition Assessment Program (C-SNAP), which has the largest clinical data base on poor children under age three in America.
A new study has shown that children whose families move frequently or live in overcrowded conditions are more likely to suffer from hunger and poor health than those in stable housing. The study was carried out by the Children’s Sentinel Nutrition Assessment Program (C-SNAP), which has the largest clinical data base on poor children under age three in America.