Open AccessCommunity Health Worker Intervention in Subsidized Housing: New York City, 2016–2017
Author(s) -
Amy Freeman,
Tianying Li,
Sue A. Kaplan,
Ingrid Gould Ellen,
Marc N. Gourevitch,
Ashley Young,
Kelly M. Doran
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2019.305544
Subject(s) - subsidized housing , intervention (counseling) , environmental health , public housing , subsidy , health care , public health , community health , gerontology , business , medicine , economic growth , nursing , political science , economics , law
From April 2016 to June 2017, the Health + Housing Project employed four community health workers who engaged residents of two subsidized housing buildings in New York City to address individuals' broadly defined health needs, including social and economic risk factors. Following the intervention, we observed significant improvements in residents' food security, ability to pay rent, and connection to primary care. No immediate change was seen in acute health care use or more narrowly defined health outcomes.