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Both these policies/metrics identified Huntington Park for increased attention, assistance, and investment. Increasing trust —the active ingredient in public health — can only happen if we continue to make such equity+evidence-based policy beyond this temporary COVID emergency

While the impacts of wildfire smoke are widespread, not all communities share in them equally. This blog explores the hidden economic impacts of wildfire smoke, with new @sffed data on how it hits low-income communities hardest. #EarthMonth fedcommunities.org/unveiling-effe…

The 5-year annual average of heavy-density wildfire smoke person-days increased by 350%, from 307 million person-days during 2011 to 2015 to 1.381 billion person-days during 2017 to 2021. buff.ly/3WZCK7t @_vargo @conlon_kathryn

This newly-released study on wildfire smoke is particularly relevant today. It finds that from 2011–2021 there were increases in the number of days of heavy smoke in communities with racial or ethnic minority status, lower educational attainment, and crowded housing conditions

@bgerhardstein 😱

The horror.

According to North Berkeley bike lane NIMBYs, Berkeley’s status quo, unsafe streets are “charming, treasured jewels” that they must lawyer up to protect from turning into… Milvia! 😱😱😱 berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2022-12-…

Completey flattered to be featured in this profile. Plus my family now think I’m one step closer to being an astronaut 👨‍🚀. Thanks @NASAEarth

An updated reminder that urbanism is an important strategy for addressing climate change #metrosapiens youtu.be/7B9hSUXmTP8

This #dataviz on CA #wildfires and the budding scientist who produced it are some of my personal favorites. Read the story here appliedsciences.nasa.gov/our-impact/peo…

#WildFires, which are increasing in frequency and severity, are associated with increased clinic visits for #eczema and #itch in adults >65 years old. #OAResearch #OAWeek @r_fadadu ja.ma/3sIxhnk

@EloraRaymond The indices are also often good proxies for other data you might wish you had at a small scale. With COVID we found an index to be a good proxy for preexisting conditions, occupations without paid leave, delayed school reopenings, and hard to count populations, to name a few.

@EloraRaymond I think this can be more important than sweating over the inclusion or exclusion of a single indicator, again depending on the purpose. Most indices are capturing patterns about systemic oppression/privilege, but may be less useful for specific interventions or benchmarks.

I need a tract or bg level index for neighborhood amenities/opportunity/housing. Am evaluating a few but could use recs. Any thoughts?

Join @CMAdocs Fri 10/21 @2-4p for ‘Understanding the Climate Health Crisis & How Ca physicians Can Make an Impact’ feat. Greenlining's @realdebigore @DrRohanRad @_vargo @caclimatehealth @LisaPatelMD @_mazzetti_ @LuzRivas @CMAdocs @CFeenz Register HERE: cmadocs.org/climate

Get the top takeaways from SF Fed researcher @_vargo's recent report on #residentialinstability in the SF #BayArea during the first year of #COVID19: sffed.us/3C6kEqb | #communitydevelopment

Building partnerships across the public, private, and philanthropic sectors that support thriving economies was a key theme at our 2022 #NICRC. Learn more from our speakers about what investments in community infrastructure could look like: sffed.us/3DDBiAb

PSA: Box fans with filters attached really help reduce indoor air pollution during smoke events. The air quality in our home was worsening--you can see from our sensors exactly when we started running fans.

@bgerhardstein My 11 year old just now, “someone has to die before we make it safer?”

Don’t sleep folks.

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Climate change won't impact everyone in the world equally. Unfortunately, in the US, Indigenous communities are disproportionately affected by wildfires. Read more in this article 🔽 bit.ly/3e4OkM4 #ClimateCrisis

Fixed it.

🧵A deep shortage of adequate #housing options in the SF #BayArea has worsened the impacts of the economic fallout from the #COVID19 pandemic. Researchers from @StanfordSoc & the @sffed #CommunityDevelopment team examined residential instability in the region during the pandemic: