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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Health Equity Report 2019-2020: Special Feature on Housing and Health Inequalities

About this resource:

Non-Systematic Review

Source: Health Resources and Services Administration

Last Reviewed: 2020

Workgroups: Social Determinants of Health Workgroup

This Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) report analyzes HRSA program efforts to reduce health disparities and promote health equity for various populations at the national, state, and local levels. 

This report:

  • Includes a special feature on housing and health inequalities in the United States, which shows the impact of housing status and conditions on health and health equity
  • Provides examples of HRSA’s coordination of regional efforts
  • Addresses multiple key HRSA Strategic Plan goals 
  • Contains qualitative and empirical data, information, and analysis for vital program areas
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Objectives related to this resource (6)

Reduce the proportion of people living in poverty — SDOH‑01
Little or no detectable change
Reduce the proportion of families that spend more than 30 percent of income on housing — SDOH‑04
Little or no detectable change
Reduce household food insecurity and hunger  — NWS‑01
LHI label
Getting worse
Reduce the suicide rate — MHMD‑01
LHI label
Little or no detectable change
Increase viral suppression — HIV‑05
Little or no detectable change
Increase the proportion of people who get a kidney transplant within 3 years of end-stage kidney disease treatment — CKD‑09
Improving

Suggested Citation

1.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Office of Health Equity. (2020). HRSA Health Equity Report 2019-2020: Special Feature on Housing and Health Inequalities. Retrieved from https://www.hrsa.gov/sites/default/files/hrsa/about/organization/bureaus/ohe/hrsa-health-equity-report.pdf.