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Articles by Jennifer Avegno
Lesli Harris: New Orleans' homeless strategy is working. Let's move it forward.
New Orleans' recent events, placing it on the national stage, have demonstrated the need for collaboration and long-term, cost-effective measures to tackle the homelessness crisis. As we work to ensure that every resident has access to stable housing and supportive services, we must also demand accountability and transparency in how we approach those solutions.
Lesli Harris: New Orleans' homeless strategy is working. Let's move it forward.
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Guest column: Laws against smoking indoors save lives Original
In 2015, New Orleans joined other leading cities around the country by going smoke-free — taking a huge step towards reducing exposure to secondhand smoke and decreasing smoking rates. The top two causes of mortality in our community — cardiovascular disease and cancer — have strong associations with tobacco use, so going smoke-free was truly a matter of life and death for New Orleanians.
New Orleans is moving up in Louisiana’s health rankings
Latitude Today 7:48 AM AP Miranda Morris helps a resident enroll in health coverage through the Affordable Care Act Health Insurance Marketplace during a Citywide Day of Enrollment at the East New Orleans Regional Library in New Orleans on Saturday, January 16, 2016. (Photo by Brett Duke, Nola.com | The Times-Picayune) By Jennifer Avegno and Karen DeSalvo, guest columnists This month, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation released its annual County Health Rankings.
Letters: Address social factors of health
Every doctor in New Orleans knows the health challenges that face our patients. We know their diagnoses and how to treat them. We know their medical history and risk factors.
Guest column: CeaseFire making progress in calming New Orleans violence
As New Orleanians, we are too familiar with shootings and gun violence in our community and similar incidents around the country. The constant toll we see in University Medical Center’s Trauma Center reminds us daily that to win this battle, we need innovative programs and solutions; law enforcement cannot shoulder this burden alone.
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