Fish consumption as a human right
On Wednesday, June 18, Linn Gould, JHA’s Executive Director will be on a Seattle Human Rights Commission panel to discuss the connection between fish consumption rates in low income and/or people of color populations, health inequities, and human rights. The Seattle Human Rights Commission recently passed a resolution calling on Washington State Department of Ecology […]
JHA presents Cumulative Health Impacts Analysis Research at EPA Toxic Release Inventory conference
Linn Gould recently presented the Duwamish Valley Cumulative Health Impact Analysis: Seattle, Washington at an EPA conference in Arlington, Virginia. The EPA and Dillard University’s Deep South Center for Environmental Justice (DSCEJ) co-sponsored the 2014 National Training Conference on the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) and Environmental Conditions in Communities from May 7-9, 2014. The Training […]
Turning the documentation of environmental health inequities into Environmental Justice curriculum
The year 2013 was a productive one for JHA. In addition to teaching health equity in a variety of settings, JHA has been documenting health inequities in order to influence decision makers. We are proud of two publications that we wrote in collaboration with the University of Washington School of Public Health and the Duwamish River […]
War as a determinant of health and inequity
War is a health equity issue: It creates substantial unjust health disparities that are both unnecessary and preventable. JHA’s Executive Director, Linn Gould and colleagues James Gould and Steve Gilbert just returned from the American Public Health Association Conference in Boston where we presented on Women Peacemakers: An Online Educational Tool. We discussed the history […]
First Superfund Health Impact Assessment in Nation
JHA collaborated with the University of Washington Department of Enviromental and Occupational Health Sciences and the Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition to conduct the first Health Impact Assessment (HIA) in the nation on a Superfund Site. The Health Impact Assessment: Proposed Cleanup Plan for the Lower Duwamish Waterway Superfund Site focuses on health changes that may result […]
Keynote speech at Kansas Governor’s Public Health Conference
We just returned from a great trip to Wichita, Kansas where Linn Gould, JHA’s Executive Director gave a keynote speech at the 8th Annual Governor’s Public Health Conference called: Health Equity at Work: Navigating Healthier Communities in Kansas. We also ran a break out session called: A compass for putting equity into practice: Tools and […]
JHA in the news: Seattle Cumulative Health Impacts Analysis
Study finds life is shorter for some in the 98108 zip code – Seattle Times http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2020655212_duwamishpollutionxml.html New study: Seattle’s Unhealthiest zip code – EarthFix, Oregon Public Broadcasting Radio version: http://earthfix.opb.org/repo/media/audio/2013/03/27/032613AA_Duwamishstudy.mp3 Written Version: http://earthfix.opb.org/communities/article/new-study-seattles-unhealthiest-zip-code/ A River for All? Environmental Justice in the Duwamish Valley radio and written version: http://www.prx.org/pieces/94947-a-river-for-all-environmental-justice-in-the-duwa#description New Duwamish Valley Report: Greatest cumulative health impacts – […]
Seattle Cumulative Health Impacts Analysis now available
We are pleased to announce that the Duwamish Valley Cumulative Health Impacts Analysis: Seattle, Washington researched and written by JHA’s Executive Director, Linn Gould and managed by BJ Cummings of the Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition was released today. A Brief Summary of the Duwamish Valley Cumulative Health Impacts Analysis in Seattle, Washington South Seattle’s Duwamish Valley […]
Health equity front and center at APHA
When JHA first started presenting at American Public Health Association (APHA) meetings several years ago, we had to explain the social determinants of health. Things are changing. This year, the term health equity was front and center in multiple panels and discussions. (JHA uses Margaret Whitehead’s 1992 health inequity definition: Differences in health which are not […]
Duwamish Tribe Environmental Justice Digital Stories
In the winter and spring of 2012, JHA had the opportunity to teach six Duwamish Tribe youth about Environmental Justice and how to make digital stories. Their stories were about the Duwamish River and how the river’s contaminated state affected the youth from both an individual and tribal perspective. We are pleased to announce that Jac Trautman was a Youth Filmmaker Award Winner […]
