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Tele-Behavioral Health in Homeless Health Care: Why Is It Hard, and What Can We Do About It?

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 […]

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Surviving Severe Weather: Tools to Promote Emergency Preparedness for People Experiencing Homelessness

Surviving Severe Weather: Tools to Promote Emergency Preparedness for People Experiencing Homelessness Personal preparedness is a critical component of emergency planning. Yet, mainstream efforts to promote preparedness typically focus on people who are housed and have the resources to stockpile food and supplies, and shelter in place. Few communities have adequately prepared people with limited

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Health Center-Specific Resources

Health Center-Specific Resources An online repository operated by the National Association of Community Health Centers makes it easy to find resources and tools on a variety of health center topics. The Health Center Resource Clearinghouse is a “one-stop-shop” for health centers and provides a searchable database of resources aimed at meeting the information needs of

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HOUSED BEDS: A Clinical Tool for Taking a History on an Unsheltered Homeless Patient

The unsheltered homeless population requires a specific set of history questions to better understand their reality and how any treatment plan will fit into the context of their lives. In order to reach a higher level of understanding, population-specific history questions are necessary to accurately assess their history, access to resources, and priorities. A specific

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