Speakers: Stephen Hwang: St. Michael’s Hospital, Unity Health Toronto; Br. James Hall: Executive Director, Rocky Mountain Refuge Session Materials: Download the PowerPoint Presentation Download the Presentation Document
Our 2023 Conference embraces the theme “Toward Justice: Leading with Lived Experience.” Growing inequities and criminalization of homelessness are diminishing our society and threatening the lives of people experiencing homelessness. In 2023, we are celebrating the 20th anniversary of the National Consumer Advisory Board and the people with lived expertise of homelessness who have been …
Increasing access to care is a cornerstone to community health centers and safety net clinics. Often, access to care includes making policy changes that drive diverse care models. A recent example of this includes the movement to allow Advanced Practice Providers (APPs) to work at the top of their licensure to ensure a larger pool …
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Speakers: Emma Tasini: Healthcare in Action; Marjorie Momplaisir-Ellis: NYC Health and Hospitals Session Materials: Download PowerPoint Presentation “Fostering Partnership: From In-Patient Psych, to Medical Respite, to Permanent Housing” Download PowerPoint Presentation “Mental Health Services in Mobile Street Medicine”
People who inject substances have long been at risk for soft tissue infections and wounds. However, with the increasing presence of the novel substance xylazine (“tranq”) in the opioid/fentanyl supply, there has been a drastic uptick in wound size, severity, and complexity, with people who use tranq more frequently experiencing such complications as cellulitis, necrosis, …
This presentation will provide an overview of a new one of a kind, innovative development project that will help to meet the needs of our state’s most vulnerable and underserved communities. The new facility will provide safe, dignified, and quality spaces for people experiencing homelessness to heal and stabilize from medical issues. The facility will …
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A unique partnership between a College of Nursing and a homeless shelter was created to provide onsite medical oversight and coordination of care for individuals experiencing homelessness. Nursing leaders understand that in order to better address social determinants of health and to improve health outcomes among persons who are experiencing homelessness, it is imperative to …
Homelessness is a socially engineered trauma, rooted in systems of oppression and violence, with measurable health disparities. Compared to their housed counterparts, individuals experiencing homelessness are 3-4x more likely to die prematurely, 2x as likely to have a heart attack or stroke, and 3x more likely to die of heart disease; the life expectancy of …
