The Healthy Neighborhoods Project's (HNP) cluster-randomized trial is nearly finished with the treatment phase of the study. We are so thankful to our partners in this endeavor, especially the City of New Orleans Code Enforcement Division, IWES, and the Center for Employment Opportunities, as well as the residents who have given their time and opinions in our surveys and data collection efforts.
In line with current evidence on violence prevention, we hope that treatment will reduce violence (including family violence) and improve the health and well-being of communities. We have remediated 154 properties to date and will continue to remediate through the end of July.
The HNP team partnered with the University of Miami and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to present their work at the 2021 National Association of County & City Health Officials (NACCHO) Annual meeting. The event, held June 29th to July 1st, featured a "Partnerships and Collaborations" track focused on ways that local governments and health departments work with stakeholder organizations, community groups, etc., to improve health. Dr. Katherine Theall, an HNP Principal Investigator, shared information on the development of and preliminary results from the Healthy Neighborhoods Project (HNP), including its partnership with the City of New Orleans Code Enforcement Division and an innovative data integration tool utilized in property selection.
The discussion was facilitated by Jennifer Avegno, M.D., from the New Orleans Department of Public Health, who offered a lens and perspective. The presenters also discussed the benefits and challenges associated with conducting work that involves stakeholders in the community funders, researchers, and individuals from local, regional, and national health departments.
