This guide is published in direct response to the needs expressed by health care providers to the National Health Care for the Homeless Council concerning how health centers may provide quality care to people experiencing homelessness and diagnosed with diabetes. People who lack stable housing face numerous barriers that hamper diabetes management. As HRSA-supported health […]
The National Network for Oral Health Access and the National HCH Council partnered to present this webinar on oral health and diabetes for patients experiencing homelessness. This webinar reviews barriers to oral health care for patients experiencing homelessness, examines the prevalence of diabetes and periodontal disease in this population, and features organizations with experience in treating
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Webinar Slides(PDF) This presentation will discuss how a community health center, which includes Health Care for the Homeless funding, tracked and improved the health outcomes of their diabetic patients. The use of process improvement tools, team-based care, and additional clinical care activities were targeted to improve the A1C. This improvement journey was highlighted in the
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Diabetes affects more than 30 million people in the United States. Multi-tiered efforts to prevent, treat and manage diabetes are critical in reducing the burden of diabetes, particularly for medically underserved racial and ethnic minority populations. In addition to higher prevalence, ethnic and racial minority patients with diabetes have higher mortality and higher rates of
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Webinar Slides(PDF) Diabetes occurs at approximately the same rate in the homeless and general populations; however, diagnosis and management of diabetes in individuals experiencing homelessness remains greatly challenging. Homelessness creates additional difficulties when clients are trying to manage diabetes within the constraints of living in a shelter or on the streets, and having access to
Nutrition and Diabetes: Special Considerations for Clients who Are Unstably Housed Read More >>
Brett Poe and Alaina Boyer, National Health Care for the Homeless Council This fact sheet examines how the opioid crisis affects people without homes. America is facing an opioid crisis, and that epidemic has significantly impacted people without homes. Homeless populations have higher rates of substance use disorders, poorer health, and higher mortality rates by
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Tobacco use is the single most preventable cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2014). Studies have consistently demonstrated that people who are homeless have high rates of tobacco use and high-risk smoking practices, including the misuse of tobacco products (Baggett & Rigotti, 2010; Torchalla, Strehlau,
Nicotine Anonymous Peer Support Groups–Can They Work in Homeless Service Settings? Read More >>
Heroin and prescription drug overdoses have reached epidemic levels, spurred in part by the large number of opioids prescribed for pain. In 2012, 259 million prescriptions were written for opioids in the U.S., enough to supply every American adult with their own bottle of pills. An estimated 4.5 million people were non-medical users of prescription
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