Publications

Garrison V, Ashley PJ, Moran AJ, Cudjoe TKM, Perrin EM, Pollack CE. Housing Quality Metric (HQM): neighborhood-level data, housing quality, and population health. American Journal of Public Health. Accepted November 2024. Published ahead of print February 2025.


Stierman B, Helms Garrison V, Brody DJ, Bachand JV. Cotinine-measured secondhand smoke exposure among federal housing assistance recipients without active tobacco or nicotine in the United States: NHANES, 2007-2018Nicotine & Tobacco Research: Official Journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco. Published ahead of print January 2025.


Bachand JV, Garrison VE, Reyes BM, Pollack CE. Cigarette smoking and attempts to quits among adults receiving federal housing assistance from 2005 to 2018, NHIS-HUD linked data. BMC Public Health. 2025;25(1):766.


Pollack CE, Garrison V, Johnson T, Blackford AL, Banks B, Howe W, Yabroff KR, Enewold L. Housing assistance among patients with cancer: SEER-Medicare US Department of Housing and Urban Development data linkage. Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 2024;116(8):1270-1279.


Helms Garrison V, Bachand JV, Zhang C, Cox C, Golden C, Lochner KA. The Health Status of Women with Children Living in Public and Assisted Housing: Linkage of the National Health Interview Survey to U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Administrative DataCityscape. 2024;26(1):49-64.


Zartarian VG, Xue J, Poulakos AG, Tornero-Velez R, Stanek LW, Snyder E, Helms Garrison V, Egan K, Courtney JG. A U.S. Lead Exposure Hotspots Analysis. Environmental Science & Technology. 2024;58(7):3311–21.


Kim C, Rossen LM, Stierman B, Garrison V, Hales CM, Ogden CL. Federal housing assistance and chronic disease among US adults, 2005–2018. Preventing Chronic Disease. 2023;20:E111.


Helms VE. HOUSING QUALITY AMONG OCCUPIED US HOUSEHOLDS: IMPLICATIONS FOR POPULATION HEALTH. Doctoral dissertation, Johns Hopkins University. 2023. Embargoed until 2025.


Zartarian V, Poulakos A, Garrison VH, et al. Lead Data Mapping to Prioritize US Locations for Whole-of-Government Exposure Prevention Efforts: State of the Science, Federal Collaborations, and Remaining Challenges. American Journal of Public Health. 2022;112(S7):S658-S669.


Finnie RK, Peng Y, Hahn RA, Schwartz A, Emmons K, Montgomery AE, Muntaner C, Garrison VH, Truman BI, Johnson RL, Fullilove MT. Tenant-based housing voucher programs: a community guide systematic review. Journal of Public Health Management & Practice. 2022;28(6):E795-803.


Garrison VEH, Ashley PJ. Identifying Jurisdictions at Risk of Containing Housing Units with Deteriorated Paint: Results and Targeting Implications for the US Department of Housing and Urban Development. Journal of Public Health Management & Practice. 2021;27(6):546-557.


Din A, Garrison VE. The Geography of Hispanic HUD-Assisted Households. Cityscape. 2021;23(2):409-16.


Helms VE, Pollack CE. Chapter 32: Health and Housing. Maxcy-Rosenau-Last Public Health and Preventive Medicine, 16th Edition. Mcgraw Hill: Chicago, IL. 2021.


Garrison VE, Bachand J, Ashley PJ. Musty Smells, Mold, and Moisture in the US Housing Stock. Cityscape. 2021;23(1):223-36.


Brucker DL, Garrison VH. Health disparities among Social Security Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income beneficiaries who participate in federal rental housing assistance programs. Disability & Health Journal. 2021;14(3):101098.


Peng Y, Hahn RA, Finnie RKC, Cobb J, Williams SP, Fielding JE, Johnson RL, Montgomery AE, Schwartz AF, Muntaner C, Garrison VH, Jean-Francois B, Truman BI, Fullilove MT; Community Preventive Services Task Force. Permanent Supportive Housing With Housing First to Reduce Homelessness and Promote Health Among Homeless Populations With Disability: A Community Guide Systematic Review. Journal of Public Health Management & Practice. 2020;26(5):404-411.


Helms VE, Coleman-Jensen A, Brucker DL, Gray R. Household food insecurity and federal housing assistance, 2011-2012. US Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service. 2020.


Brucker DL, Helms VH. Health, Health Behaviors, and Health Care Utilization Among Adults with Serious Psychological Distress Who Receive Federal Housing Assistance. The Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research. 2019;1-21.


Mirel L, Arispe I, Helms VE, Cox C. Book Chapter 12: Assessing Children’s Health in Public and Assisted Housing. Evidence Works: Cases Where Evidence Meaningfully Informed Policy. Bipartisan Policy Center: Washington, DC. 2019.


Garrison V, Pollack CE. The Health-Housing Nexus: New Answers to Key Questions. Cityscape. 2018; 20(2): 3-6.


Wang T, Helms VE, Ashley PJ, King BA. Characteristics and Correlates of Cigarette Smoking Status among U.S. Adults Receiving Federal Housing Assistance. Preventing Chronic Disease. 2018;15:170395.


Brucker D, Helms VE, Souza T. Health outcomes among adults with disabilities who receive federal housing assistance. Housing Policy Debate. 2017;1-18.


Helms VE, Steffen B, Rudd E, Sperling J. A Health Picture of HUD-Assisted Children, 2006-2012. United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. Washington, DC: United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development & Research. 2017. 


Helms VE, King BA, Ashley PJ. Cigarette smoking and adverse health outcomes among adults receiving federal housing assistance. Preventive Medicine. 2017;99: 171-177. 


Simon A, Fenelon A, Helms VE, Rossen L, Lloyd P. HUD Housing Assistance Associated With Lower Uninsurance Rates And Unmet Medical Need. Health Affairs. 2017;36(6):1016.


Brucker D, Helms VE. Measuring Disability. Cityscape. 2017;19(2).


Fenelon A, Mayne P, Simon A, Rossen L, Helms VE, Lloyd P, Steffen B, Sperling J. Housing assistance programs and adult health in the United States. American Journal of Public Health. 2017;107(4):571-8.


Lloyd PC, Helms VE, Simon AE, et al. Linkage of 1999–2012 National Health Interview Survey and National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey data to U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development administrative records. National Center for Health Statistics. National Vital Statistics Reports. 2017; 1(60).


Lloyd P, Helms VE. QuickStats: Percentage of adults aged ≥18 years with two or more visits to an emergency department in the previous 12 months, by home ownership and age group — National Health Interview Survey, United States, 2015. The Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR). 2016;65:700.


Lloyd P, Helms VE. QuickStats: Percentage of adults with fair or poor health, by home ownership status and age group — National Health Interview Survey, United States, 2014. The Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR). 2016;65:385.


Helms VE, Steffen B, Sperling J. A Health Picture of HUD-Assisted Adults, 2006-2012. United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. Washington, DC: US Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development & Research. 2016.


Lloyd PC, Helms VE. NCHS-HUD Linked Data: Analytic Considerations and Guidelines. National Center for Health Statistics, Office of Analysis and Epidemiology. Hyattsville, Maryland. 2016.