In this issue of Healing Hands, we examine the spiritual and psycho- logical roots of their ability to cope with stress while creating and maintaining hope for clients, colleagues and themselves. In the midst of year-end pressures, we conducted interviews with ten HCH clinicians, practicing in different regions of the United States, and representing a […]
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Integrated, interdisciplinary care is essential to address the multiple and complex health problems that are endemic to a significant por- tion of the homeless population. Navigating fragmented systems of care is often impossible for homeless people, particularly those who are ill. Federally funded Health Care for the Homeless projects were created to provide the coordinated,
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Trauma — physical, sexual and emotional — is both a cause and a consequence of homelessness. Numerous studies conducted dur- ing the past decade identify domestic violence as a primary cause of homelessness in the United States, particularly for women and chil- dren, who now comprise approximately 40% of the homeless popula- tion. Between 22%
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A great irony of human ecology is that whether homeless or not, people are themselves home to legions of microbe families which flourish at their hosts’ expense. Among the more insidious of these uninvited guests is the hepatitis C virus (HCV), first identified as a distinct, blood borne pathogen in 1988. HCV can lie dormant
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Agreat irony of human ecology is that whether homeless or not, people are themselves home to legions of microbe families which flourish at their hosts’ expense. Among the more insidious of these uninvited guests is the hepatitis C virus (HCV), first identified as a distinct, blood-borne pathogen in 1988. HCV can lie dormant for decades
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Tuberculosis is predominantly a disease of poverty and crowding. Homeless shelters, where individuals live cheek by jowl, often for months on end, have been described as the equivalent of nineteenth century tenements. Their residents can be unwitting vectors of air- borne pathogens such as Myobacterium tuberculosis. Download Research (PDF)
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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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Questionnaire from Heartland Health Outreach. Download Research (PDF)
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