Community Health Worker Intervention in Subsidized Housing: New York City, 2016-2017
Amy L Freeman1, Tianying Li1, Sue A Kaplan1
1Amy L. Freeman, Tianying Li, Sue A. Kaplan, and Marc N. Gourevitch are with the Department of Population Health, New York University (NYU) School of Medicine, New York, NY. Ingrid Gould Ellen is with NYU Furman Center, NYU Wagner School, New York, NY. Ashley Young is with Neighborhood Resource Center, Henry Street Settlement, New York, NY. Kelly M. Doran is with Ronald O. Perelman Department of Emergency Medicine and Department of Population Health, NYU School of Medicine.
Abstract:
From April 2016 to June 2017, the Health + Housing Project employed four community health workers who engaged residents of two subsidized housing buildings in New York City to address individuals' broadly defined health needs, including social and economic risk factors. Following the intervention, we observed significant improvements in residents' food security, ability to pay rent, and connection to primary care. No immediate change was seen in acute health care use or more narrowly defined health outcomes.
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