Biography:
Public Health Focus/Interests:
Understanding how the structural determinants of housing and the social determinants of health is a critical and complex framework that places housing, and the right to housing, as a “foundational bridge” for all other determinants of health.
Identifying the growing gap between rising housing costs and wages, as well as continued housing discrimination practices, is fundamental to understanding growing housing risk. Knowing the history of U.S. housing policy that determines where and how we live, acknowledging how current housing policies and practices are not in alignment with housing market realities, we look to both policy failures and successes to guide the future of poverty alleviation, increased housing access, and health improvements for all.
Examining the evidence of effective innovations, policies, and practice on both U.S. and global health can direct communities and countries towards systemic solutions and partnerships that lift up what works for everyone, knowing that where we live matters, and that public health begins with a home for everyone.
Education:
Doctor of Philosophy, Public and Urban Policy, 2013
The New School, Milano School of Policy, Management, and Environment, New York City, NY
Master of Health Science, Maternal and Child Health, 1985
Johns Hopkins University, School of Public Health and Hygiene, Baltimore, MA
Bachelor of Science, Human Development and Family Relations, 1979
University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
Public Health Courses Taught:
Social Justice and Determinants of Health and Poverty and Health and Rural Health and Global Health Courses
Professional Experience/Expertise:
- Expert on housing innovations that prevent and end homelessness
- Founder of the Shared Housing Institute
- Researcher on the impacts of housing assistance on health and housing stability
- Convenor of Policy makers and Practitioners to promote housing innovation
Recent Publications, Presentations:
Marple-Cantrell, K., Taylor, J. (2023) Impact of Shallow Subsidies on Housing Stability and Health in Los Angeles. (Manuscript submitted for publication.)
Taylor, J., Marple-Cantrell K., Weinstein L., Ho C., Stellon, Bernadi, A. (2023) Shared Medical Appointments Health Care and Housing Coordination (Manuscript submitted for publication.)
Taylor, J. (2022) Shared Housing Tackles Loneliness in Homeless Shelters, SHELTERFORCE, January 12, 2022. Online article https://shelterforce.org/2022/01/12/shared_housing_homelessness/
Taylor, J., Marple-Cantrell K., Ho C., Stellon, E., Weinstein L., Yang E., (2019) Evolving Housing First and Health Care Coordination with Shared Medical Appointments, APPAM Paper
Taylor, J., Steed, R., (June 2018) Shared Housing / Alternative Housing: Projects and Promising Practices, white paper submission to Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
Brennan, M., Cunningham, M., Gastner, J., & Taylor, J. (2017). Ending Family Homelessness: An Opportunity for Pay-for-Success. Urban Institute.
Kieffer, C., Stillman, L., Taylor, J., Gibson, B., Hurd, K. (2016). A Qualitative Assessment of Parental Preschool Choices and Challenges Among Families Experiencing Homelessness: Policy and Practice Implications. HUD Office of Policy Development and Research.
Taylor, J. (2016). Data Essentials. A self-paced, interactive online curriculum of eight modules to understand the development of a culture of evidence, and applied data collection, data utilization and data visualization strategies. SAMHSA’s Grantees Data Technical Assistance Center (GDTA).
Taylor, J., Gibson, B., & Hurd, K. (2015). Parental preschool choices and challenges when young children and their families experience homelessness. Children &Youth Services Review, 56, 68-75.
Taylor, J. (2014). “Housing Assistance for Households Experiencing Homelessness.” Doctoral dissertation, The New School, New York.
