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The Division of Health and Society was formed in 2020 to focus on the structural determinants of health. It is the administrative and programmatic home of the Action Research Center for Health Equity, Amend, and the Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative.

Recent Publications

Development of a Mortality Predication Model for Incarcerated Adults to Identify Palliative Care Needs

Left Behind in Electronic Access: Control Over Personal Health Information While Incarcerated

Evaluation of the Home Safe Program: Homelessness Prevention for Older Adults & Adults with Disabilities 

Psychosocial, Behavioral, and HIV-Related Health Among Men Living with HIV Who Have a History of Incarceration

Factors Associated with Loneliness Among Older Adults Who Experienced Homelessness: Results from the HOPE HOME Study

The Long Shadow of Incarceration: The Association of Incarceration History with Self-Reported Health Among Older Adults

Tobacco Use Patterns and Missed Opportunities for Cessation Treatment Among People Experiencing Homelessness

Social safety net programs: the relationship with drug treatment among women

Cannabis Use Disorder Among Insured Pregnant Women in the U.S., 2015-2020

Health Care Access and Use Among Adults Experiencing Homelessness

Housing Status and Cancer Screening in US Veterans

Illicit Substance Use and Treatment Access Among Adults Experiencing Homelessness

Reimagining Cancer Care for Patients Experiencing Homelessness by Expanding Traditional Oncology Team

Youth Homelessness in Denver, Colorado: 2017-2021

The Built Environment, PTSD Symptoms, and Tobacco Use among Permanent Supportive Housing Residents

Novel methods to construct a representative sample for surveying California's unhoused population: the California Statewide Study of People Experiencing Homelessness

Research Programs

 

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Amend: Changing Correctional Culture

 

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