The Health Care for the Homeless Clinicians’ Network is pleased to launch Community Conversations beginning in November 2021. Forming around pressing issues affecting providers (defined broadly) who serve people experiencing homelessness, Community Conversations are not webinars: they are discussions informed by real-life cases meant to improve the well-being of HCH providers through […]
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Webinar Slides(PDF) Futures Without Violence and The National Health Care for the Homeless Council are excited to offer a national webinar addressing gender, homelessness, and a constellation of intersecting issues including behavioral health, human trafficking (HT), and interpersonal violence (IPV). Participants will learn foundations of gender justice in homelessness, strategies to strengthen community partnerships, and
The National Health Care for the Homeless Council is presenting a webinar on December 7th to learn about Body Mass Index (BMI), obesity, and health ailments. This webinar will be hosted by Sandra Arevalo from the Montefiore Hospital in the Bronx, New York. The goal of this webinar is to highlight the difficulties associated with
This publication brings awareness to the intersection of oral and behavioral health among patients experiencing homelessness. We explore the prevelance and relationship between oral and behavioral health and the impacts they have on each other. The publication provides considerations for how mental health and oral health providers can work together to provide integrated whole person
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Webinar Slides(PDF) In this third conversation of a four-part “Clinicians’ Coffee Chat” series on diabetes, participants will discuss the complexities of providing care for clients with diabetes and co-occurring disorders. This interactive conversation will foster peer learning and support across the homeless health care field. Please bring your questions and experiences to share in
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Webinar Slides(PPTX) Telehealth is a priority in the current administration and many communities are excited about the opportunities that technology brings to serve unreached patients and expand services. Specifically, tele-behavioral health purports to enhance access to vital mental health and substance use treatment, conditions that are overrepresented among patients experiencing homelessness. But it has proven
Webinar Slides(PDF) NHCHC MAT Policy Brief(PDF) Project HOPE Medication First Model(PDF) Project HOPE Addiction Laguage Guide(PDF) Buprenorphine Research on New Approaches article(PDF) While Health Care for the Homeless programs serve only 4% of all health center patients nationally, they are responsible for serving nearly 40% of all patients receiving medication-assisted treatment (MAT). Patient need
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State Standards for Treatment(PDF) Pathways to Home PowerPoint Slides(PDF) Patients experiencing homelessness who suffer from severe and persistent mental illness and terminal addiction, dementia, and co-morbid medical conditions are at high risk of dying on the streets. These individuals may lack the ability to seek safety and accept treatment because of their hallucinations, delusions, intoxication,
