Fall 2007: Energy Insecurity Research
October 22, 2007
As many areas of the country prepare for the upcoming cold months of winter, C-SNAP turns its attention to the issue of home energy, a heavy cost burden for low-income families that impacts their ability to afford nutritious food for their children.
Fuel for Our Future: A new C-SNAP report, in collaboration with Citizens Energy Corporation
Additional funding and program support by National Fuel Funds Network; original research supported by the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies.
Fuel for Our Future: Impacts of Energy Insecurity on Children's Health, Nutrition, and Learning
October 2007
Letter to President Bush on LIHEAP Funding and Children's Health
Signed by leaders of Boston's medical institutions alongside current and former elected officials.
Letter to President Bush
View current list of signatures
October 22, 2007
Radio Boston Interview: Dr. Deborah Frank and Dr. John Cook
Two C-SNAP Principal Investigators featured in Radio Boston special hour focused on the rising costs of home heating and the consequences for child health.
Listen to the audio transcript (Flash Video format)
View Radio Boston coverage: The High Cost of Winter
Media Resources
Coverage, press release, and media advisory
Boston Globe Op-Ed
Dr. Deborah A. Frank and Joseph P. Kennedy II
The Heat or Eat Dilemma
October 21, 2007
C-SNAP Report: Energy Insecurity and Children of Color
Balancing Acts: Energy Insecurity among Low-Income Babies and Toddlers of Color Increases Food Insecurity and Harmful Health Effects.
Commissioned by the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, Health Policy Institute
March 2007
Report: Energy costs and child health
Unhealthy Consequences: Energy Costs and Child Health
From the Child Health Impact Working Group
November 2006
Peer-reviewed research
Heat or Eat: The Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program and Nutritional and Health Risks Among Children Less Than 3 Years of Age.
Deborah A. Frank et. al.
Pediatrics. 2006; 118(5):1293-1302.
