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Homelessness and Public Health: A Focus on Strategies …

(3 days ago) WEBThe health problems facing homeless persons result from various factors, including a lack of housing, racism and discrimination, barriers to health care, a lack of access to adequate food and protection, limited resources for social services, and an …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8583397/

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How Homelessness is a Public Health Crisis Harvard …

(3 days ago) WEBShe treats patients at Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program (BHCHP), a nonprofit clinic founded in 1985 by a handful of clinicians led by James O’Connell, M.D. ’82 …

https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2024/05/homelessness-public-health-crisis

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Why it’s so hard to end homelessness in America

(4 days ago) WEBScholars, healthcare workers, and homeless advocates agree that two major contributing factors are poverty and a lack of affordable housing, both stubbornly …

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2024/01/why-its-so-hard-to-end-homelessness-in-america/

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Homelessness & Health - National Health Care for the …

(2 days ago) WEBHomelessness creates new health problems and exacerbates existing ones Living on the street or in crowded homeless shelters is extremely stressful and made worse by being …

https://nhchc.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/homelessness-and-health.pdf

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Homelessness & Health - Centers for Disease Control and …

(5 days ago) WEBThe Public Health and Homelessness Peer-to-Peer Network is an informal group of state and local health departments, physicians, and local service providers. The group meets …

https://www.cdc.gov/orr/science/homelessness/index.html

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Health care for homeless people Nature Reviews Disease …

(Just Now) WEBHomeless shelters facilitate transmission owing to shared living quarters, crowding and high population turnover, and common health problems in this population …

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41572-020-00241-2

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How homelessness impacts health - American …

(7 days ago) WEBIndividuals without homes often lack access to health care treatment (Kushel et al., 2001). Chronic health problems and inaccessibility to medical and dental care can increase …

https://www.apa.org/topics/socioeconomic-status/health-homelessness

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Understanding Homelessness as a Public Health Issue

(3 days ago) WEBMay 18, 2022. Homelessness is often viewed as an economic and social issue, but homelessness and the broader problem of housing instability are also matters of public health. “The significance of the relationship …

https://www.publichealthdegrees.org/resources/homelessness-public-health/

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Disparities in Health Care for the Homeless Institute for Health

(8 days ago) WEBBy providing stable housing to the homeless, the Housing First program decreased emergency service costs by $31,545 per person housed in the program …

https://ihpl.llu.edu/blog/disparities-health-care-homeless

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Health Care for People Experiencing Homelessness—What …

(8 days ago) WEBThe first demonstration programs of specialty clinics for people experiencing homelessness appeared in the mid-1980s, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson …

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2777876

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Why homeless people are losing health coverage in Medicaid mix …

(7 days ago) WEBNearly 130,000 Montanans lost Medicaid coverage during recent eligibility reviews. People who are homeless are more likely to have chronic health issues and …

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2024/04/16/1244000356/homeless-health-medicaid-uninsured-kicked-off-redetermination-disenrolled

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Homelessness Data & Trends United States Interagency Council …

(5 days ago) WEBPeople with preexisting health issues are also more likely to experience homelessness—particularly unsheltered—and they are up to seven times more likely to …

https://www.usich.gov/guidance-reports-data/data-trends

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Unsheltered Homelessness and Health: A Literature Review

(4 days ago) WEBIn recent years, cities across the world have seen widespread growth in unsheltered homelessness.1 Above and beyond the epidemiologic risks associated …

https://www.ajpmfocus.org/article/S2773-0654(22)00041-4/fulltext

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Homelessness as a Public Health Law Issue - CDC

(1 days ago) WEBOn any given night, hundreds of thousands of people are homeless in the United States. 1 These people might be chronically homeless, have temporarily lost their shelter, be …

https://www.cdc.gov/phlp/publications/topic/resources/resources-homelessness.html

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Addressing Health Care Needs in the Homeless Population: A New …

(2 days ago) WEBHealth care and public service use and costs before and after provision of housing for chronically homeless persons with severe alcohol problems. Journal of the …

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2158244018789750

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Homelessness Is A Healthcare Issue. Why Don’t We Treat It As One?

(4 days ago) WEB3. Specialty care. Homeless people have unique needs that Medicare and Medicaid often can’t address, such as complex behavioral health services, transitional …

https://www.forbes.com/sites/sachinjain/2021/04/17/homelessness-is-a-healthcare-issue-why-dont-we-treat-it-as-one/

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Health problems and healthcare service utilisation amongst …

(7 days ago) WEBHomelessness affects a growing number of people worldwide, and presents a complex challenge for policymakers and service providers. Various United Nations …

https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-020-08648-y

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Academia’s Absence from Homelessness Harvard Magazine

(5 days ago) WEBThe contemporary homelessness crisis emerged in the 1980s, fully 40 years ago. Yet, as a public health emergency, it has remained largely overlooked in …

https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2024/04/academias-absence-from-homelessness

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How To Get Homeless People Good Health Care HuffPost Voices

(1 days ago) WEBFrom what I’ve learned during this process, the first step is acknowledging every factor that prevents homeless and migrant people from getting health care. Most …

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/homeless-migrant-free-health-care_n_6627cc26e4b096c7bac6363a

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Health care takes a backseat for Oklahoma's homeless population

(4 days ago) WEBA trip to a free clinic means a missed meal at a charity. Being away from camp too long can mean returning to find belongings stolen. A cough or stuffy nose, painful …

https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/2024/04/22/oklahoma-health-care-backseat-daily-survival-homeless/73343690007/

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7 Common Health Problems of the Homeless Mercy Housing

(5 days ago) WEBBelow is a list of the most common chronic health problems I see in my patients who are homeless. I provide this list to help illustrate how health and housing …

https://www.mercyhousing.org/2020/08/top-7-health-problems-of-the-homeless/

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Opinion Being Homeless Is Not a Crime - The New York Times

(4 days ago) WEBOn April 22, the Supreme Court is set to hear the case of Johnson v. Grants Pass, the most significant case in decades about homeless people’s rights. The case …

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/16/opinion/supreme-court-johnson-case.html

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Record Numbers in the US Are Homeless. Can Cities Fine Them for

(4 days ago) WEBMore than 650,000 people are estimated to be homeless, the most since the country began using the yearly point-in-time survey in 2007. People of color, LGBTQ+ …

https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2024-04-20/record-numbers-in-the-us-are-homeless-can-cities-fine-them-for-sleeping-in-parks-and-on-sidewalks

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Supreme Court hears homelessness case, CA lawmakers watching

(3 days ago) WEBTackling a growing issue. The number of people experiencing homelessness in the U.S. rose a record 12% from 2022 to 2023, with estimates exceeding 653,000 …

https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article287890765.html

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Chicago's response to migrant influx stirs longstanding …

(7 days ago) WEBTo manage the influx, Chicago has already spent more than $300 million of city, state and federal funds to provide housing, health care, education and more to …

https://apnews.com/article/chicago-migrants-black-latino-biden-immigration-ab8d7f22eea423d86fb350665b9e66f6

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