Diana Hernández
Biographic Data
| ID | 3582483 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Diana Hernández |
| GIVEN NAMES | Diana |
| FAMILY NAME | Hernández |
| SIGNATURE | HERNANDEZ D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Columbia University |
| ORCID | 0009-0003-8041-4325 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 51 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 327 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 51 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 8 |
The felt experience of energy insecurity: Revealing an affective continuum based on sentiment analysis among New York City residents
Integrating the landscape approach into architectural education: Towards a holistic learning experience
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Relationship Between Homeownership, Income, and Energy Insecurity
Homeowners generally have more control than renters over the energy efficiency of their home. In this way, homeownership can be protective against energy insecurity. For those with inefficient homes in disrepair, however, homeownership can increase the risk of energy insecurity. Using the 2020 Residential Energy Consumption Survey, we examine race/ethnic differences in the associations between homeownership and energy insecurity. Across most grou…
Street-level bureaucrats’ perspectives on artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics adoption: A mixed-methods study of New York City’s building sector
Strengthening Community Science: Engaging Youth to Build an Open-Source Educational Air Monitoring Tool
The South Bronx in New York City is an economically disempowered community that is overburdened by environmental injustice, including traffic-related air pollution. Through a partnership between South Bronx Unite, a local nonprofit organization 1 , the Laboratory School of Finance and Technology (X223), and Columbia University, a STEM initiative was launched. Together the team developed a curriculum in which high school students used the Arduino …
Prevalence of Energy Burden in a South Phoenix Community and Implications for Public Health
Background: Energy insecurity, the inability of households to meet their basic energy needs, can exacerbate adverse health conditions in residents of those households. This is a critical issue for many Maricopa County neighborhoods with high rates of heat-associated mortality. Methods: In 2021, the Maricopa County Department of Public Health and community partners launched a survey in a South Phoenix community (zip codes 85040, 85041, and 85042) …
Expiration of the Expanded Child Tax Credit and Energy Insecurity in US Households With Children, 2021–2022
Objectives. To assess the relationship between the expiration of the expanded child tax credit (ECTC) and changes in energy insecurity among US households with children from 2021 to 2022. Methods. We used nationally representative survey data to evaluate changes in energy insecurity among credit-eligible versus -ineligible households during and after the ECTC expansion. We performed difference-in-differences analyses to estimate changes in energy…
StreetTalk: Exploring energy insecurity in New York City using a novel street intercept interview and social media dissemination method
This study introduces StreetTalk, an original qualitative research methodology inspired by social media influencers, to investigate perceptions and experiences of energy insecurity among New York City (NYC) residents. Briefly, energy insecurity is defined as difficulty meeting household energy needs due to affordability, housing quality, outages and coping strategies. This present study employs dynamic short-form interviews with 34 participants f…
Making low-carbon energy sustainable
Out of Gas, In with Justice: Findings from a gas-to-induction pilot in low-income housing in NYC
Assessing the Burden of Electrical, Elevator, Heat, Hot Water, and Water Service Interruptions in New York City Public Housing
Space for Justice in Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG7) Discourse: Examining Hashtag Co‐Occurrence Networks and Energy Justice Messaging on Social Media
Despite extensive research on energy justice, little has been written about whether scholarly discourse on energy justice has translated into public social media discourse. This paper addresses this gap by examining Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG7) communications on social media. To date, this study is the first research utilizing social network analysis (SNA) and computational methods to examine social justice messaging related to SDG7 on T…
Psychosocial outcomes and peer influences among multiracial adolescents in the United States
Objective: To examine racial and ethnic self-identification among adolescents and explore psychosocial outcomes and peer treatment for multiracial adolescents in the United States. Methods: Data are from the 2014 Child Development Supplement, a subsample of the Panel Study of Income Dynamics. Data were weighted to be nationally representative. Descriptive statistics were used to describe the population and to explore family and parent demographic…
Social and Structural Influences on Multiracial Identification and Health: A Public Health Mandate to Precisely Measure, Theorize, and Better Understand Multiracial Populations
Visualizing the Spatial Distribution of Energy Insecurity in the United States
Prior to 2020, little was known about how energy insecurity varies across U.S. states. The recent release of energy insecurity data from the Energy Information Administration facilitates the exploration of energy insecurity at the state level using the Residential Energy Consumption Survey. In this visualization, the authors use choropleth maps to show spatial variation in (1) forgoing basic necessities such as food or medicine to pay an energy b…
Vigilant conservation: How energy insecure households navigate cumulative and administrative burdens
Extreme Heat and Covid-19 in New York City: An Evaluation of a Large Air Conditioner Distribution Program to Address Compounded Public Health Risks in Summer 2020
In summer 2020, New York City (NYC) implemented a free air conditioner (AC) distribution program in response to the threats of extreme heat and COVID-19. The program distributed and installed ACs in the homes of nearly 73,000 older, low-income residents of public and private housing. To evaluate the program's impact, survey data were collected from October 2020 to February 2021 via mail and online from 1447 program participants and 902 non-partic…
The Relationship of Historical Redlining with Present-Day Neighborhood Environmental and Health Outcomes: A Scoping Review and Conceptual Model
Following the Great Depression and related home foreclosures, the federal government established new agencies to facilitate access to affordable home mortgages, including the Home Owners' Loan Corporation (HOLC) and Federal Housing Administration (FHA). HOLC and FHA directed widespread neighborhood appraisals to determine investment risk, referred to as "redlining," which took into account residents' race. Redlining thereby contributed to segrega…
Assessing neighborhood-scale traffic from crowd-sensed traffic data: Findings from an environmental justice community in New York City
New Frontiers of Environmental Justice
Climate Justice Starts at Home: Building Resilient Housing to Reduce Disparate Impacts From Climate Change in Residential Settings
Surviving a Shut-Off: U.S. Households at Greatest Risk of Utility Disconnections and How They Cope
This article reports on the first known study to estimate household characteristics and coping behaviors associated with utility disconnections in the United States. We capitalize on a measure of disconnections available in the Residential Energy Consumption Survey that the U.S. Energy Information Administration administers. Using the 2015 panel, we analyzed the prevalence of disconnection notices, disconnection of services, and related coping st…
Mental Health of High-Risk Urban Youth: The Housing Subsidies Paradox
Basing “Energy Justice” on Clear Terms: Assessing Key Terminology in Pursuit of Energy Justice
The Energy Justice framework provides an opportunity to reveal and reduce injustices related to unaffordable household energy and lack of residential energy access. However, little consensus exists among academic researchers, practitioners, and decision makers on the terminology to present and conceptualize problems relating to inadequate residential energy access and affordability, with terms including “fuel poverty,” “energy burden,” “energy po…
Energy, energy, read all about it: A thematic analysis of energy insecurity in the U.S. mainstream media from 1980 to 2019
Housing as a determinant of health equity: A conceptual model
Understanding ‘energy insecurity’ and why it matters to health
Towards impactful energy justice research: Transforming the power of academic engagement
The field of energy justice is at a critical juncture. As the social dimensions of energy systems are becoming more salient, it is time to reflect on what has been achieved, and look towards a future of greater impact and transdisciplinary methods in energy justice research and practice. In the past 10 years, the energy justice literature has grown exponentially demonstrating the appeal and the value of its tangible, applicable explanatory framew…
Energy Burden and the Need for Integrated Low‐Income Housing and Energy Policy
Using detailed sociological and public health qualitative interview data, we demonstrate that energy poverty is more pervasive, and results in a greater energy burden for low-income tenants, than many policymakers would assume. This is due in part to a lack of funding, policy non-coordination, and a lack of understanding of the social and economic benefits of energy conservation, energy education, and flexible utility billing policies. Examining …
Energy insecurity and its ill health effects: A community perspective on the energy-health nexus in New York City
Housing as a Platform for Health and Equity: Evidence and Future Directions
The links between housing and health are now known to be strong and multifaceted and to generally span across 4 key pillars: stability, affordability, quality and safety, and neighborhood opportunity. Housing disparities in the United States are tenaciously patterned along axes of social inequality and contribute to the burden related to persistently adverse health outcomes in affected groups. Appreciating the multidimensional relationship betwee…
Public Housing on the Periphery: Vulnerable Residents and Depleted Resilience Reserves post-Hurricane Sandy
Benefit or burden? Perceptions of energy efficiency efforts among low-income housing residents in New York City
Affording Housing at the Expense of Health: Exploring the Housing and Neighborhood Strategies of Poor Families
Low-income families often simultaneously encounter housing and neighborhood problems pertaining to safety, affordability, and quality issues that necessitate strategies to maximize limited budgets and ensure safety. Such constrained decisions regarding inadequate housing and poor neighborhood conditions, however, may themselves create or exacerbate health risks. Building on the survival strategies literature, this article offers rich and detailed…
Energy Insecurity: A Framework for Understanding Energy, the Built Environment, and Health Among Vulnerable Populations in the Context of Climate Change
Surviving a Shut-Off: U.S. Households at Greatest Risk of Utility Disconnections and How They Cope
This article reports on the first known study to estimate household characteristics and coping behaviors associated with utility disconnections in the United States. We capitalize on a measure of disconnections available in the Residential Energy Consumption Survey that the U.S. Energy Information Administration administers. Using the 2015 panel, we analyzed the prevalence of disconnection notices, disconnection of services, and related coping st…
Resilient Power: A home-based electricity generation and storage solution for the medically vulnerable during climate-induced power outages
Youth Perspectives on the Intersections of Violence, Gender, and Hip-Hop
Youth's perceptions of violence within their social environments can provide relevant insights into the gender-based interpersonal violence epidemic in inner-city communities. To explore this issue, we examined two sets of narratives with young men and women, aged 15 to 21, involved in hip-hop culture in New York City. In the analysis, we reveal youth accounts of street and interpersonal violence, examining the interconnections with gender and hi…
Extra oomph: ’ Addressing housing disparities through Medical Legal Partnership interventions
Low-income households face common and chronic housing problems that have known health risks and legal remedies. The Medical Legal Partnership (MLP) program presents a unique opportunity to address housing problems and improve patient health through legal assistance offered in clinical settings. Drawn from in-depth interviews with 72 patients, this study investigated the outcomes of MLP interventions and compares results to similarly disadvantaged…
Space for Justice in Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG7) Discourse: Examining Hashtag Co‐Occurrence Networks and Energy Justice Messaging on Social Media
Despite extensive research on energy justice, little has been written about whether scholarly discourse on energy justice has translated into public social media discourse. This paper addresses this gap by examining Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG7) communications on social media. To date, this study is the first research utilizing social network analysis (SNA) and computational methods to examine social justice messaging related to SDG7 on T…
Vigilant conservation: How energy insecure households navigate cumulative and administrative burdens
Assessing neighborhood-scale traffic from crowd-sensed traffic data: Findings from an environmental justice community in New York City
Climate Justice Starts at Home: Building Resilient Housing to Reduce Disparate Impacts From Climate Change in Residential Settings
Energy, energy, read all about it: A thematic analysis of energy insecurity in the U.S. mainstream media from 1980 to 2019
If I pay rent, I’m gonna smoke’: Insights on the social contract of smokefree housing policy in affordable housing settings
Client attrition in the Nurse‐Family Partnership ®: Revisiting metrics of impact in a home visitation program in the United States
The Nurse-Family Partnership ® (NFP) is an evidence-based home-visiting program for low-income, first-time mothers. NFP ® has demonstrated benefits for reducing child maltreatment and improving parenting, child development and families' economic self-sufficiency. It is now implemented widely in the US where, despite the use of home visits, which generally reduce barriers to program participation, only 35% of clients nationwide complete the 2.5-ye…
Housing-Based Health Interventions: Harnessing the Social Utility of Housing to Promote Health
Qué hacer y no hacer para mejorar las notas? Un caso aplicado al curso de Econometría I
Presentando un modelo ceonométrico que intenta explicar el resultado de las caliticaciones obtenidas por los alumnos en sus exámenes, el objetivo de este trabajo es introducir un campo relativamente inexplorado en las facultades de economía del país; los factores que afectan el desempeño académico de los estudiantes, l’tilizando como unidad de análisis los alumnos del curso de Eeonomctría I dietado en la Facultad de Economía de la Universidad de …
Energy Burden and the Need for Integrated Low‐Income Housing and Energy Policy
Using detailed sociological and public health qualitative interview data, we demonstrate that energy poverty is more pervasive, and results in a greater energy burden for low-income tenants, than many policymakers would assume. This is due in part to a lack of funding, policy non-coordination, and a lack of understanding of the social and economic benefits of energy conservation, energy education, and flexible utility billing policies. Examining …
Policy options for the split incentive: Increasing energy efficiency for low-income renters
Youth Perspectives on the Intersections of Violence, Gender, and Hip-Hop
Youth's perceptions of violence within their social environments can provide relevant insights into the gender-based interpersonal violence epidemic in inner-city communities. To explore this issue, we examined two sets of narratives with young men and women, aged 15 to 21, involved in hip-hop culture in New York City. In the analysis, we reveal youth accounts of street and interpersonal violence, examining the interconnections with gender and hi…
Energy Insecurity: A Framework for Understanding Energy, the Built Environment, and Health Among Vulnerable Populations in the Context of Climate Change
Sacrifice Along the Energy Continuum: A Call for Energy Justice
Drawing on several emerging concepts including, "energy sacrifice zones," "energy insecurity" and "energy justice," this article lays a foundation for examining critical sacrifices along the energy continuum. To conclude, four basic rights are proposed as a starting point to achieve recognition and equity for vulnerable populations in the realm of energy
Self-Reported HIV and HCV Screening Rates and Serostatus Among Substance Abuse Treatment Patients
Benefit or burden? Perceptions of energy efficiency efforts among low-income housing residents in New York City
Exploring the Housing and Household Energy Pathways to Stress: A Mixed Methods Study
Chronic stress, known to contribute to negative physical and mental health outcomes, is closely associated with broader issues of material hardship, poor neighborhood conditions, residential instability, and inadequate housing conditions. However, few studies have comprehensively explored pathways to stress in a low-income housing environment. A mixed-methods pilot study investigated the concept of energy insecurity by looking at the impacts of w…
Extra oomph: ’ Addressing housing disparities through Medical Legal Partnership interventions
Low-income households face common and chronic housing problems that have known health risks and legal remedies. The Medical Legal Partnership (MLP) program presents a unique opportunity to address housing problems and improve patient health through legal assistance offered in clinical settings. Drawn from in-depth interviews with 72 patients, this study investigated the outcomes of MLP interventions and compares results to similarly disadvantaged…
Understanding ‘energy insecurity’ and why it matters to health
Affording Housing at the Expense of Health: Exploring the Housing and Neighborhood Strategies of Poor Families
Low-income families often simultaneously encounter housing and neighborhood problems pertaining to safety, affordability, and quality issues that necessitate strategies to maximize limited budgets and ensure safety. Such constrained decisions regarding inadequate housing and poor neighborhood conditions, however, may themselves create or exacerbate health risks. Building on the survival strategies literature, this article offers rich and detailed…
Residual Inequity: Assessing the Unintended Consequences of New York City’s Clean Heat Transition
Energy policies and public health are intimately intertwined. In New York City, a series of policies, known as the Clean Heat Program (CHP), were designed to reduce air pollution by banning residual diesel fuel oils, #6 in 2015 and #4 by 2030. This measure is expected to yield environmental and public health benefits over time. While there is near-universal compliance with the #6 ban, a substantial number of buildings still use #4. In this paper,…
Evaluating the impact and equity of a tobacco-free pharmacy law on retailer density in New York City neighbourhoods
NYC's tobacco-free pharmacy law substantially reduces tobacco retailer density overall, but the impact is not equal across neighbourhoods. In order to minimise disparities in the tobacco retail environment, local governments considering a similar ban should supplement this strategy with other retailer restrictions to achieve equitable outcomes
Energy insecurity and its ill health effects: A community perspective on the energy-health nexus in New York City
Public Housing on the Periphery: Vulnerable Residents and Depleted Resilience Reserves post-Hurricane Sandy
Energy, Poverty, and Health in Climate Change: A Comprehensive Review of an Emerging Literature
Household energy is increasingly vital for maintaining good health. Unaffordable and inadequate household energy presents adverse consequences that are amplified by poverty and a changing climate. To date, the connections between energy, socioeconomic disadvantage, and well-being are generally underappreciated, and household energy connection with climate change is under-researched. Building on the energy insecurity framework, this review explore…
Miedos y costumbres campesinas como obstáculos al progreso de una Nación. Lo civilizable e incivilizable en las ilustraciones de los cuentos de Manuel José Othón. Una mirada al campesinado porfiriano …
En esta investigación analizamos los cuentos ilustrados "Coro de brujas", "El nahual" y "Encuentro pavoroso" del escritor y político Manuel José Othón (1858-1906). Detectamos cómo el autor detalló, representó y expuso las figuras populares del campesinado porfiriano, los mendigos, el miedo, las supersticiones y las costumbres vernáculas como obstáculos al progreso. Asimismo, examinamos el sentido modernizador que busca civilizar a los labriegos, …
If I pay rent, I’m gonna smoke’: Insights on the social contract of smokefree housing policy in affordable housing settings
Client attrition in the Nurse‐Family Partnership ®: Revisiting metrics of impact in a home visitation program in the United States
The Nurse-Family Partnership ® (NFP) is an evidence-based home-visiting program for low-income, first-time mothers. NFP ® has demonstrated benefits for reducing child maltreatment and improving parenting, child development and families' economic self-sufficiency. It is now implemented widely in the US where, despite the use of home visits, which generally reduce barriers to program participation, only 35% of clients nationwide complete the 2.5-ye…
Housing-Based Health Interventions: Harnessing the Social Utility of Housing to Promote Health
Housing as a Platform for Health and Equity: Evidence and Future Directions
The links between housing and health are now known to be strong and multifaceted and to generally span across 4 key pillars: stability, affordability, quality and safety, and neighborhood opportunity. Housing disparities in the United States are tenaciously patterned along axes of social inequality and contribute to the burden related to persistently adverse health outcomes in affected groups. Appreciating the multidimensional relationship betwee…
Housing as a determinant of health equity: A conceptual model
Opening a Large Delivery Service Warehouse in the South Bronx: Impacts on Traffic, Air Pollution, and Noise
Mott Haven, a low-income neighborhood in New York City, suffers from increased air pollution and accommodates several industrial facilities and interstates. In 2018, a large delivery service warehouse opened. Our objectives are to characterize black carbon (BC), fine particulate matter (PM 2.5 ), and noise in the community; model changes in traffic due to the facility opening; and estimate associated BC and noise changes. BC, PM 2.5 , and noise w…
Towards impactful energy justice research: Transforming the power of academic engagement
The field of energy justice is at a critical juncture. As the social dimensions of energy systems are becoming more salient, it is time to reflect on what has been achieved, and look towards a future of greater impact and transdisciplinary methods in energy justice research and practice. In the past 10 years, the energy justice literature has grown exponentially demonstrating the appeal and the value of its tangible, applicable explanatory framew…
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