Tuberculosis is communicable though preventable and potentially fatal though treatable. Its case rate is a measure of the socio-economic well-being of our most vulnerable populations and, by reflection, the state of social justice in this country. Download Newsletter (PDF)
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Of the half-million or more people in America who are homeless on any night of the year, approximately one-third have a serious mental illness.1 The proportion is even higher for people living outside shelters.2 At least half of seriously mentally ill adults who experience homelessness also have a sub- stance use disorder; schizophrenia, mood disorders
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To “reach out and touch someone” who is chronically homeless requires more than a phone call, flyer or public service announcement. Successful outreach to “on-the-street” homeless people entails even more than outstationing clinicians in emergency shelters, and can extend beyond the reach of mobile medical vans. Providers of health care to unsheltered homeless people are
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See “Using Expired Medications: A Murky Issue” Download Research (PDF)
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Dr. Peter Sherman, a pediatrician and Medical Director for the New York Children’s Health Project, sees many patients from New York City homeless shelters. We asked Dr. Sherman to share his thoughts about treating homeless children, the fastest growing segment of the homeless population in the United States. Approximately 40% of homeless people are families
To address the special considerations and challenges that primary care providers may face in caring for homeless individuals with HIV, the HCH Clinicians’ Network is undertaking a project focusing on HIV and homelessness, under the direction of John Song, MD, MPH, MAT. Dr. Song is a Fellow in General Internal Medicine at the Johns Hopkins
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