Safety in the Workplace
Clinicians from the homeless health care field respond to questions about safety in the workplace. Download Research (PDF)
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Integration of Primary Care & Behavioral Health: Report on a Roundtable Discussion of Strategies for Private Health Insurance
This Report on Strategies for Private Health Insurance was written by Elaine Alfano, Bazelon Center policy analyst, and edited and designed by publications director Lee Carty. It is a companion document to GET IT TOGETHER, the Bazelon Center’s report on integration of health and behavioral health care in the public sector. We gratefully acknowledge the
The Health Care of Homeless Persons: A Manual of Communicable Diseases & Common Problems in Shelters & on the Streets
A 384-page manual that describes serious health problems that commonly afflict homeless persons and discusses appropriate responses and treatment. The manual addresses communicable disease control and food handling in shelter settings, and current approaches to the management of chronic diseases. It includes convenient patient education materials in English and Spanish that can be easily reproduced
Creating and Maintaining a Healthy Work Environment: A Resource Guide for Staff Retreats
A healthy organizational climate is essential for effective service delivery and for staff recruitment and retention. Based on our experience facilitating organizational retreats for HCH programs, the HCH Clinicians’ Network published this resource guide. Download Research (PDF)
Health care at the crossroads: Strategies for creating and sustaining community-wide emergency preparedness systems
Prepared by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, the purpose of this report is to frame the issues that must be addressed in developing community-wide preparedness and to delineate federal and state responsibilities for eliminating barriers and for facilitating and sustaining—through leadership, funding and other resource deployment—community-based emergency preparedness across the United States.
Outreach to People Experiencing Homelessness: A Curriculum for Training Health Care for the Homeless Outreach Workers
While outdated, this comprehensive curriculum includes fundamental knowledge for outreach workers, in addition to anyone serving people experiencing homelessness. Download Research (PDF)
Healing Hands: Renewal & Resiliency in Our Work
This issue of Healing Hands is written for the person who is too often last on the list of those who are recipients of your TLC — YOU! Two experienced Health Care for the Homeless clinicians based in Seattle, Washington, share their wisdom and collec- tive experience in helping professional caregivers learn how to do
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Organizing Health Services for Homeless People: A Practical Guide
See Part 4: Service Delivery Strategies; F: Outreach Communities can use this list to assess their street outreach efforts at both the program- and system-level, and to identify opportunities to build upon and strengthen their systemic approach to ending homelessness, particularly unsheltered homelessness. Download Research (PDF)
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