Nationwide Children’s Hospital initiative hopes, in part, to restore Linden area homes
Nationwide Children s Hospital s Healthy Neighborhoods Healthy Family initiative is improving Linden homes by painting, upgrading siding, roofing and windows. Author: Bryant Somerville Updated: 6:23 PM EDT July 1, 2021
COLUMBUS, Ohio Alice Poindexter’s family has lived in South Linden since 1953.
For almost 70 years her house has been located in the heartbeat of the community. The walls don’t reflect that age. The same goes for Poindexter, 75, who, like her house, has character.
Memories are meticulously maintained on the walls through artwork and family pictures. Her 1963 Linden McKinley yearbook still reflects her same smile from when she was 17.
The house and neighborhood that body lives in also play a big role.
This is part of the reason we were excited to learn that Nationwide Children s Hospital has expanded its Healthy Neighborhoods Healthy Families program to Linden and is now planning to invest in building new affordable homes there.
The program is nothing new, but it is quite special.
Healthy Neighborhoods Healthy Families was launched on Columbus South Side near the hospital in 2008 to reduce dangerous conditions inside homes to improve quality of life.
Since then, $38 million has been invested in improving or building more than 400 properties, Nationwide Children s officials said.
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Study shows children suffer in poor quality housing ANI | Updated: Jan 29, 2021 08:57 IST
Washington [US], January 29 (ANI): A new nationally representative study led by researchers at Nationwide Children s Hospital, has found poor-quality housing is independently associated with poorer pediatric health and suggests ways health care providers and housing programs may address the findings.
As per the findings published in the Journal of Child Health Care, Holes in floors, cracks in walls, plumbing issues and/or problems with pests are linked with overall poorer pediatric health and higher health care use in a nationally representative study.
Housing instability and homelessness are widely understood to have an impact on health, and certain housing problems have been linked to specific childhood health conditions, such as mould with asthma. But it has not been clear how overall housing quality may affect children especially those who are at r