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Creating Accessible Printed Resources: Tips and Tools

Navigating homeless and housing services often requires a lot of reading and paperwork. However, people experiencing homelessness may present with lower reading levels or disabilities that impact their ability to easily read and comprehend written information. Homeless services organizations should ensure their written materials are accessible and readable to those using their services. This guide …

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Resources: Fact Sheet

Heart Disease Fact Sheet

Heart disease and diabetes are significant health concerns among the homeless population in the United States. Homelessness exacerbates the risk factors and challenges associated with these conditions, leading to poorer health outcomes and increased mortality rates. This fact sheet provides an overview of heart disease and diabetes within the homeless community, highlighting key statistics, risk …

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Lessons in Palliative Care: Examples and Promising Practices from San Francisco and Toronto

Speakers: Tanya Majumder: Physician, San Francisco Department of Public Health Street Medicine, Shelter Health, and Urgent Care; Donna Spaner: Inner City Health Associates; Shannon Ducharme: Health Worker Extraordinaire, Street Medicine; Melanie Bien: Sr. Psychiatric Social Worker, Street Medicine; Trevor Morey: Physician, Inner City Health Associates; Naheed Dosani: Inner City Health Associates Session Materials:  Download Powerpoint …

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Treating Alcohol Use Disorder in the Primary Care Setting

People experiencing homelessness experience high rates of alcohol use disorder, estimated to be as high as 40%, and increased morbidity and mortality from alcohol use, as well as increased barriers to treatment including limited financial resources, limited insurance coverage, photo ID requirements, comorbid physical and mental health conditions, and stigma. The most accessible place for …

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Diabetes Cardiovascular Disease Oral Health Integration

Breaking down barriers and creating timely access to care is paramount when patients have co-morbidities that sometimes require urgent care. Oral health care team members are a vital component to the patients team. In a patient-centric endeavor, our team helped create manageable, sustainable cross-departmental workflows that empower the patient to improve their overall health outcome …

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Impact of a Data-Driven Centralized Care Coordination Program in a Large Urban Shelter System

Impact of a data-driven centralized care coordination program in a large urban shelter system for single adults Purpose A pilot program of centralized data-driven care coordination integrated within a large urban shelter system was guided by Hawk’s et al. (2017) principles of universal harm reduction. This conceptual approach was hypothesized to improve effective health service …

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Minnesota Homeless Mortality Study, 2017-2021

The Minnesota Department of Health recently collaborated with the Health, Homelessness, and Criminal Justice Lab at the Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute to conduct the first systematic examination of mortality among people experiencing homelessness (PEH) who die in Minnesota (Minnesota Homeless Mortality Report, 2017-2021 (state.mn.us)). The researchers merged Minnesota state death data, Minnesota Homeless Management Information …

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Learning Lab: Wound Care Management Across Health Care for the Homeless Settings

Staying up-to-date on the growing field of homelessness research presents a considerable challenge for the busy clinician or administrator. This workshop will present a plain-language summary of selected scientific studies on the health of homeless people that have been published since January 1, 2022. The presentation will focus on scientific contributions in the following domains …

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