Events

Housing and Health: Evidence, Concepts and Tools for Healthier Housing Workshop

February 21, 2013
8:30 am - 2:30 pm
Ron Joyce Centre, Burlington

What you will learn:
* the current evidence base on housing and health internationally;
* conceptual models to guide decisions and research about the health impacts of housing programs and policies;
* learn about housing and health for special populations such as people with mental illness and children;
* tools for assessing housing quality and how they can be modified

Who should attend?
Researchers
Managers
Supervisors
Front-line workers

from the following sectors:

social housing
supportive housing
public health
social services
child development

Facilitator Info
JIM DUNN, Ph.D

Jim Dunn, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor in the Department of Health, Aging and Society at McMaster University and a Scientist at the Centre for Research on Inner City Health at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto. He holds a Chair in Applied Public Health from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the Public Health Agency of Canada on ‘Interventions in Residential Neighborhoods and Population Health’. His current research program focuses on the social determinants of health and the influence of economic and social policies and programs on inequalities in health and child development, concentrating on urban housing and neighborhoods. Specifically, his work includes projects on the health and social impacts of public housing redevelopment, the impact of neighborhood redevelopment initiatives on health and child development, and Canada-US comparisons of the impact of municipal finance and governance on population health. Dr. Dunn has advised multiple policy-related organizations including the National Housing Research Committee of Canada and the World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe.

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