Research and Analyses
2018
HNS survey (version 2)
Captured 900 residents’ experiences
2018
Longitudinal cohort launches
Enrolled 180 residents
2020
HNS survey (version 3)
Captured 1,200 residents’ experiences
2020
Ownership of Change analysis
Link to Findings Set (Link TBA)
2021
Financial security analysis
Link to Findings Set (Link TBA)
2021
Gentrification and health analysis
Link to Findings Set (Link TBA)
1/1/2019
Housing costs and Covid19 analysis
Link to Findings Set (Link TBA)
2021
HNS PAN Partners Program launches
Link to PAN Partners (Link TBA)
Consortium Partners
2015
HNS Consortium launches
2016
Initial community and data partners join
GreenRoots, Chelsea
Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative, Roxbury
The ROC Block Club, Mattapan
Everett Community Health Improvement Partnership, Everett
City Life, Vida Urbana, Brockton
YMCA Southcoast, New Bedford and Fall River
Massachusetts Area Planning Council, Data Partner
Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Data Partner
Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies, Data Partner
Conservation Law Foundation, Convening and Advocacy Partner
MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning, Research and Data Partner
2015 – Present
80+ Resident Researchers
Trained and participating over the years
Research in Action
2015
HNS Consortium launches
Study Phases
2015
Planning Phase
Focus – what are the most important considerations for how to invest in building healthy communities? How can the Healthy Neighrbhoods Equity Fund learn about, and address them?
2015 – 2017
Phase 1
Focus – what matters most about neighborhoods and the ways development changes them, for residents’ health. How do we focus development on these?
2017 – 2020
Phase 2
Focus – How do the experiences of gentrification and displacement impact residents’ health? How can we address them?
2020 – 2023
Phase 3
Focus – what are the connections between climate injustice, gentrification and displacement, and health? How do we address them?