Center for Critical Public Health

An Exploration of Rural Housing Insecurity As A Public Health Problem in California’s Rural Northern Counties ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…

"In the recovery process, access to safe and stable housing is a key determinant to how successful folks will be."

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"The tensions between what our owners and publishers were looking for, and what we saw as our intellectual project as a journal... we just saw those things as being in fundamental conflict."

Stable and affordable housing makes rural communities more sustainable over time. criticalpublichealth.org/norcal-is-home…

Stable and affordable housing supports individual health and well-being. criticalpublichealth.org/norcal-is-home…

Sierra Health Foundation @SHFCalifornia brings back their responsive grants program for 2024 sierrahealth.org/programs/respo…

Young people in California's North State described a need for more stable and affordable housing in their communities. criticalpublichealth.org/norcal-is.../n…

Suppose you want to quit smoking. But also, other issues are putting your life and the lives of people you love at more immediate risk. If you prioritize dealing with those other issues over quitting smoking, maybe you're not "hard to reach" but just making a rational choice.

Some local organizations participating in #GiveOUTDay: Oakland LGBTQ+ Community Center -> giveoutday.org/organization/o… @OfficialBLMP -> giveoutday.org/organization/B… NorCal OUTreach -> giveoutday.org/story/Qxog5g @tgijp -> giveoutday.org/story/Ugsrxe

And en français: blackpublichealth.ca/wp-content/upl…

In a review of grad-level public health programs, @blkpublichealth found "a mere two courses, offered at one university, were dedicated to the health of Black people in Canada or anti-Black racism as a public health issue." Read the report at blackpublichealth.ca/wp-content/upl… (Eng)

Study participants tell us that the future of small towns in California's North State depends on affordable housing. criticalpublichealth.org/norcal-is-home/

criticalpublichealth.org/norcal-is-home… #AffordableHousingMonth

#affordablehousingmonth 2/2 jchs.harvard.edu/blog/rural-are…

From jchs.harvard.edu/blog/rural-are… @Harvard_JCHS

Home prices rose at an unprecedented pace in the pandemic, but the rapid growth wasn't uniform geographically: a new paper authored by @Hail_Hail and Peyton Whitney finds that home price growth was especially rapid in rural, lower-density county types. jchs.harvard.edu/blog/rural-are…

+ Tips on getting involved in #affordablehousingmonth from @NPHANC affordablehousingmonth.org/get-involved

Housing is a rural issue, too criticalpublichealth.org/norcal-is-home/ #norcal_is_home #affordablehousingmonth

The Menthol Cigarette Ban Saga: Biden Administration Delays Long-Anticipated Ban Indefinitely dlvr.it/T6r6Q3