Research has consistently demonstrated a strong link between housing and health, with factors generally falling into four categories: housing quality, affordability, location, and social and community attributes.
Housing issues have a direct impact on a range of the social determinants of health, including but not limited to transportation and jobs, educational acheivement, availability of nutritious foods, indoor environmental quality, access to parks and open space, and neighborhood and socio-economic segregation.
On Oct 14th Megal T. Sandel, M.D. will lead a discussion on health and housing strategies to improve short and long term health outcomes. She is the Associate Director of the GROW clinic at Boston Medical Center, a Principal Investigator with Children’s Health Watch and an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the Boston University Schools of Medicine and Public Health. Megan is a nationally recognized leader, researcher and advocate for children's health outcomes.
Join us as we seek opportunities to improve health outcomes in Greenville by aligning strageic approaches to housing solutions.
