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The link between healthy places and community development
Green circle with text: nearly 90 percent of the NeighborWorks network work to improve resident health.

The places where we live, work, learn and play can have a significant impact on our health. According to the National Association of Community Health Centers, about 80 percent of a person’s health status can be attributed to nonmedical factors such as the physical environment and access to employment. In this issue we look at how some of our network organizations are integrating health into their work, which ranges from ridding homes of lead to sponsoring Zumba classes.
Empowering children to protect against lead
Group of kids standing in a field.
NeighborWorks Home Partners and its partner Frogtown Neighborhood Association are shaking things up in their efforts to raise awareness of the risks of lead poisoning. The groups are taking their message directly to affected children. With a lot of humor (and even a touch of horror) they created a campaign to engage and empower kids to keep them safe from lead hazards.
Seven tips to help forge health-and-housing partnerships
A group of women in a zumba class.
Is it mutually beneficial for housing nonprofits to work with health-care providers? What's in it for the health provider? How can housing nonprofits find the best partners for this work? These questions and many others are answered in this blog post.
How ‘visitable’ is your home?
An elderly man and women sitting with a young boy.
Do you know what it means to have a “visitable” home? It’s living in a place that is accepting of disabled people, making it easy to visit and navigate. In this guest blog post, an advocate for disability rights speaks out.
Green circle with text: nearly 90 percent of the NeighborWorks network work to improve resident health.
Green circle with text: nearly 90 percent of the NeighborWorks network work to improve resident health.
Green circle with text: nearly 90 percent of the NeighborWorks network work to improve resident health.
Green circle with text: nearly 90 percent of the NeighborWorks network work to improve resident health.
Green circle with text: nearly 90 percent of the NeighborWorks network work to improve resident health.
Green circle with text: nearly 90 percent of the NeighborWorks network work to improve resident health.
Green circle with text: nearly 90 percent of the NeighborWorks network work to improve resident health.
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Green circle with text: nearly 90 percent of the NeighborWorks network work to improve resident health.
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