The following blog was published by the New Jersey State Policy Lab, February 23, 2023 By Jeanne Herb The US Centers for Disease Control and...
Health Impact Assessment
Dr. Karen Lowrie leads planning team for City of Elizabeth revitalization projects
Karen Lowrie, Ph.D., is leading EAC's work on the planning team for two different neighborhood revitalization projects in the City of Elizabeth,...
Dr. Karen Lowrie to co-lead Health in All Policies Continuing Education Training Course
Karen Lowrie, Ph.D. at the Environmental Analysis & Communications Group and Leigh Ann Von Hagen, AICP/PP at the Alan M. Voorhees Transportation...
Dr. Karen Lowrie discusses Health in All Policies at the 2021 New Jersey Sustainability Summit
Dr. Karen Lowrie of the EAC Group presented a session on "Health in All Policies: Integrating Health into Decision-Making" as part of the New Jersey...
EAC team produces report on health impacts of New Jersey’s draft Energy Master Plan
Rutgers scholars have been at the forefront of promoting Health in All Policies (HiAP) as a collaborative approach to reducing disparities and...
EAC Staff Develops Indicators of Health Inequities in New Jersey
With support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Culture of Health Leaders program, EAC staff are working to develop a set of health inequity...
EAC’s Karen Lowrie co-authors article in Chronicles of Health Impact Assessment journal
EAC's Karen Lowrie and Leigh Ann Von Hagen of the Voorhees Transportation Center wrote an article about the training sessions that they have...
Health Impact Assessment: Incorporating Health into Planning and Decision-Making
Health Impact Assessment: Incorporating Health into Planning and Decision-Making Feb. 1, 2019 Offered by Rutgers Continuing Professional...
EAC’s Dr. Lowrie to lead Age-Friendly Planning Studio focused on Farley Towers in Elizabeth
In the Fall of 2018, EAC's Dr. Karen Lowrie is leading a class of MCRP students in a studio class that focuses on Farley Towers, a senior living...
EAC Karen Lowrie co-facilitates PHCI workshop in southern NJ
Karen Lowrie co-facilitated a workshop on May 9 at the Rutgers Atlantic Cape campus with Leigh Ann Von Hagen as part of the Planning Health...
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First, Do No Harm: Algorithms, AI, and Digital Product Liability
The ethical imperative for technology should be "first, do no harm." But digital innovations like AI and social media increasingly enable societal harms, from bias to misinformation. As these technologies grow ubiquitous, we need solutions to address unintended...
Focus Group Synthesis for Increasing Access to Nature for People with Disabilities
This project is a component of a research-informed white paper focused on the challenges and opportunities associated with access to outdoor recreation for people with disabilities in New Jersey. This report shares the key findings from three focus groups with people...
Research Summary of State Policies for Increasing Access to Nature for People with Disabilities
First, we discuss federal policies that increase public recreation access to the outdoors, in order to understand how states have used this context to inform their own efforts to increase outdoor access. Using policy examples from twelve states (Alaska, California,...
Access to Nature for People with Disabilities: Barriers, Challenges, and Opportunities
This white paper explores the physical and mental health benefits of outdoor recreation and nature, focusing on those with disabilities. The paper has four sections. Section 1 examines the physical health benefits of access to outdoor recreation and nature, such as...