Healthy Neighborhoods Healthy Families Archives - Pediatrics Nationwide

When the Neighborhood Improves, Does Pediatric Health Care Utilization Decrease?

A new study finds decreased rates of high-cost care after a community development initiative, which may exceed decreases in similar neighborhoods.

July 7, 2020 | Written by Jeb Phillips

A Decade of Healthy Homes

Dr. Kelleher and Rev. John Edgar, executive director and pastor emeritus, Church and Community for All People, discuss the first decade of a collaboration aimed to take on housing issues in the South Side of Columbus as a way to improve health outcomes and answer the question: What’s on the horizon?

March 5, 2020 | Written by Kelly Kelleher, MD, MPH

Health Policy and Management, Healthy Neighborhoods Healthy Families

Housing for Health: An Early Look at What Can Happen When a Pediatric Health System Begins to Treat a Neighborhood as a Patient

In a recent publication in the journal Pediatrics, researchers from Nationwide Children’s Hospital present a case study for treating a neighborhood as a patient.

August 6, 2018 | Written by Abbie Roth

Community Health, Healthy Neighborhoods Healthy Families

There’s No Place Like Home (Depending on Which State You Live In…..)

Researchers find wide variation in how federal entitlement and benefit programs are implemented from state to state.

February 7, 2017 | Written by Kelly Kelleher, MD, MPH

Health Equity, Healthy Neighborhoods Healthy Families