The GHPC, in collaboration with the GSU Department of Sociology and the University of Texas Medical Branch Center to Eliminate Health Disparities, is currently engaged in an HIA funded by the Health Impact Project, a collaboration of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and The Pew Charitable Trusts, with additional funding from the Kresge Foundation. The GHPC is conducting a Health Impact Assessment of the Galveston Housing Authority’s plan for addressing replacement of nearly one-third of the 569 public housing units that were lost to Hurricane Ike in Galveston, Texas. Location of housing units can impact health through exposure to crime, access to amenities such as green space, and access to goods and services important to health, such as grocery stores and health care facilities. Recommendations will be offered to the Galveston Housing Authority Board of Commissioners.
Contact: Jimmy Dills