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I-710 Corridor Project HIA

An HIA of a proposed freeway expansion project in Los Angeles, CA.

Los Angeles I-710 Corridor Project HIA Report

The Rental Assistance Demonstration Project

An HIA of proposed federal regulations related to public housing management

Paid Sick Days HIAs (Case Story)

A series of HIAs examining paid sick days legislation at local, state and federal levels.

Rental Assistance Demonstration Project HIA Report

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.

Evictions in the COVID-19 Era: A threat to family and community health in Santa Fe

We developed a series of research briefs in partnership with Chainbreaker Collective to examine the scale and public health impacts of the COVID-19 era eviction crisis on renter households in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

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.

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

Home is Where Our Health Is: Policies to Improve the Health of Renters in Milwaukee and Beyond

We partnered with Community Advocates Public Policy Institute in Milwaukee to research how the affordability, quality, and stability of housing affect the health of renters, and developed policy recommendations that will improve housing, health, and equity for renters in Milwaukee and across Wisconsin.

Drowning in Debt: A Health Impact Assessment of How Payday Loan Reforms Improve the Health of Minnesota’s Most Vulnerable

An HIA of payday lending reforms in Minnesota.

Wisconsin Excessive Revocation without a New Conviction HIA Report

Rehabilitating Corrections in California: The Health Impacts of Prop 47 (Case Story)

An HIA of a statewide ballot initiative in California that reclassifies low-level non-violent crimes to misdemeanors and redirects funding to treatment and prevention.

A Health Impact Assessment Toolkit: A Handbook to Conducting HIA

HIP developed this toolkit to introduce and define HIA, describe each step of the HIA process, and discuss other aspects of HIA such as collaboration and when to use HIA.

Dignified & Just Policing: Health Impact Assessment of the Townsend Street Gang Injunction in Santa Ana, California

An HIA examining gang injunction in Santa Ana, CA.

Advancing Racial Equity in Youth Diversion: An Evaluation Framework Informed by Los Angeles County

In partnership with the Los Angeles County Office of Youth Diversion and Development, we created an evaluation framework for assessing racial equity in youth diversion.

Improving Health in the United States – The Role of Health Impact Assessment (Book)

Improving Health in the United States: The Role of Health Impact Assessment

The National Research Council of the National Academies of Science published this book in 2011 to provide a definition, framework, and criteria for HIA, as well as to discuss issues in and challenges to the development and practice of HIA.

Turning on the TAP: How Returning Access to Tuition Assistance for Incarcerated People Improves the Health of New Yorkers

An HIA on a bill to reinstate tuition assistance for people in prison in New York State.

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.

Home Is Where Our Health Is: Policies to Improve the Health of Renters in Milwaukee and Beyond

Achieving Equity in Lead Poisoning Prevention Policy Making

A report synthesizing deliberations from a national meeting to improve the consideration of equity in lead poisoning prevention policy making.

Advancing Racial Equity in Youth Diversion: An Evaluation Framework Informed by Los Angeles County

Evictions in the COVID-19 Era- A Threat to Family and Community Health in Santa Fe 12.2020

Eviction in the COVID-19 Era- A Threat to Family and Community Health in Santa Fe 12.2020.HIP

California Prop 47 HIA Report

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

Lobos CO2 Pipeline Health Impact Assessment (Case Story)

An HIA of a proposed carbon dioxide (CO2) pipeline project in Torrance County, New Mexico.

Strategic Questions to Ask To Explicitly Address Racism and Power in Your Public Health Practice

| By Jonathan Heller | A few months ago, I wrote about the need for public health practitioners who want to advance equity to explicitly address race and power in their work. I received positive feedback, but also found that people are interested in how to actually do this. I […]

Planning for the Public Health Impacts of Climate Change in Northampton, Massachusetts

A report looking at the health impacts of climate change in Northampton, Massachusetts. This report is unique in that it looks at climate change in a very local context, whereas most reports about climate change and health are on a state- or region-wide basis.