A5020989355- Health disparities and outcomes
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Public Health Policies and Education
- Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
- Urban Transport and Accessibility
- Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies
- Community Development and Social Impact
- Noise Effects and Management
- Housing Market and Economics
- Air Quality and Health Impacts
- Community Health and Development
- Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
- Global Health Care Issues
Mathematica Policy Research
2024
Harvard University
2023-2024
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2018
The health implications of urban development, particularly in rapidly changing, low-income neighborhoods, are poorly understood. We describe the Healthy Neighborhoods Study (HNS), a Participatory Action Research study examining relationship between neighborhood change and population nine Massachusetts neighborhoods. Baseline data from HNS survey show that social factors, specifically income insecurity, food support, experiencing discrimination, expecting to move, connectedness neighborhood,...
London has outperformed smaller towns and rural areas in terms of life expectancy increase. Our aim was to investigate change at very-small-area level, its relationship with house prices their change. We performed a hyper-resolution spatiotemporal analysis from 2002 2019 for 4835 Lower-layer Super Output Areas (LSOAs). used population death counts Bayesian hierarchical model estimate age- sex-specific rates each LSOA, converted birth using table methods. data the Land Registry via real...
Opening up neighborhoods that offer greater opportunities for social mobility to low- and moderate-income households remains a challenge in the United States. Exclusionary zoning practices act as barrier current efforts by restricting supply of affordable housing. In this paper, we examine whether fair share policies seek bypass these restrictive one potential solution. Focusing on Massachusetts Chapter 40B, find clear evidence such build housing with strikingly than are otherwise available...
Introduction: As a result of increasing evidence that traffic-related ultrafine particles (UFP) present health risk there is need to develop protective measures. In the absence regulations, community-level responses are particularly important. Methods: We drew on broader literature as well findings from our own research zoning ordinance for City Somerville, MA, USA. Previous work included near-highway land use regression (LUR) modeling, individualized exposure assessment and demonstration...