Healing Hands
Healing Hands, a publication of the HCH Clinicians’ Network, melds scientific knowledge with the experience of clinicians working in Health Care for the Homeless and reflects issues of concern to direct service providers and program administrators who serve people experiencing homelessness. This page lists all of the issues by topics—medical treatment, behavioral health care, special populations, service delivery/program evaluation, peer support, and advocacy.
Current Issue:
May 2023
Healing Hands: Intersections of Homelessness and Human Trafficking In the United States (PDF)
Recent Issues:
January 2023
Healing Hands: Involuntary Commitment: Ethics at the Nexus of Mental Health Care and Homelessness (PDF)
June 2022
Healing Hands: Street Medicine and Outreach: Bringing Care to People Where They Are (PDF)
January 20, 2022
Healing Hands: From Homelessness to Housing: Challenges and Opportunities of Housing Transitions (PDF)
Past Issues:
Advocacy
All Issues are in PDF format
Topic:
Barriers to Care
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Incarceration & Homelessness
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Integrating Service & Advocacy
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Managed Care
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Human Trafficking
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Preventing & Ending Homelessness
Behavioral Health Care
All Issues are in PDF format
Topic:
Complementary & Alternative Therapies
Topic:
Mental Health
Issue:
- Involuntary Commitment: Ethics at the Nexus of Mental Health Care and Homelessness (PDF) January 2023
- Non-Opioid Substance Use, Mental Health, & Homelessness (April 2019)
- Speaking from Experience: The Power of Peer Specialists (Fall 2013)
- Spirituality as a Clinical Tool: Care for the Homeless Mentally Ill (Dec 1998)
- Mental Illness, Chronic Homelessness: An American Disgrace (Oct 2000)
- Patients with Borderline Personality Disorders Challenge HCH Clinicians (Sept 2003)
- Which Is It: ADHD, Bipolar Disorder, or PTSD? (Aug 2006)
- Protecting the Mental Health of Homeless Children & Youth (Feb 2000)
- Caring for Clients with Comorbid Psychiatric & Medical Illnesses (Dec 2009)
Topic:
Substance Use Disorders
Issue:
- Harm Reduction (May 2020)
- Treatment Models for Non-Opioid Substance Use Amongst Populations Experiencing Homelessness (June 2019)
- Non-Opioid Substance Use, Mental Health, & Homelessness (April 2019)
- Substance Use Among Youth Experiencing Homelessness (September 2016)
- A Comprehensive Approach to Substance Abuse and Homelessness (Oct 2003)
- Addiction on the Streets: Clinical Interventions (Oct 2006)
- Butt Out: Homelessness & Smoking Cessation (Aug 2010)
Medical Treatment
All Issues are in PDF format
Topic:
Diabetes
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End-of-Life Care
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Exposure Related Conditions
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Harm Reduction
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Topic:
Infectious Diseases
Issue:
- Tuberculosis: A Persistent Threat to Public Health (Winter 2014)
- Hepatitis C Update (Spring 2013)
- Tuberculosis & Homelessness: Metaphor for Our Time (Jan 1999)
- Homeless People at Higher Risk for CA-MRSA, HIV and TB (Dec 2006)
- Chronic Hepatitis C: Silent Intruder, Insidious Threat (Mar 1999)
- STDs: A Hidden Epidemic (Mar 2011)
Topic:
Kidney Disease
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Liver Disease
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Nutrition
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Parasites & Infestations
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Preventive Care
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Topic:
Respiratory Diseases
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Sleep Deprivation
Peer Support
All Issues are in PDF format
Topic:
HCH Clinicians’ Network
Topic:
Leadership
Topic:
Staffing
Issue:
- Enhancing Leadership & Management Skills for Successful HCH ProjeSpeaking from Experience: The Power of Peer Specialists (Fall 2013)
- Nurses: On the Front Lines of Health Care for Homeless People (Apr 2005)
- The Challenges of Supervision in HCH: Helping Staff Succeed (Feb 2006)
- HCH Staff Recruitment & Retention: Unique Problems, Innovative Solutions (Jun 2007)
Service Delivery/Program Evaluation
All Issues are in PDF format
Topic:
Chronic Disease Management
Topic:
Clinical Leadership
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Discharge Planning
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Emergency Preparedness
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Information Systems
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Medical Respite Care
Topic:
Outcomes Measurement
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Research
Topic:
Workplace Violence
Special Populations
All Issues are in PDF format
Topic:
Children & Youth
Issue:
- Substance Use Among Youth Experiencing Homelessness (September 2016)
- Protecting the Mental Health of Homeless Children & Youth (Feb 2000)
- Homelessness Challenges Infants’ Social-Emotional Development (Jun 2005)
- Preventing Chronic Homelessness Among Youth (Nov 2005)
- Pediatric Oral Health: What Every HCH Provider Should Know (Oct. 2007)
- Engaging Adolescents Who Are Homeless in Care (Oct 2009)
- Breaking the Cycle of Family Homelessness Through Intensive Case Management (Oct 1998)
- Mitigating Homeless Children’s Risk for Developmental Delay (Apr 2009)