Short film: Segregated by Design
Presented by Silkworm Studios, adapted from Richard Rothstein’s book The Color of Law: Watch Video (Link)
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Clinical Practice
Health, Homelessness, and Racial Disparities
A fact sheet on racism and homelessness presented by the NHCHC. Download Research (PDF)
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Healing Hands: Non-Opioid Substance Use, Mental Health, & Homelessness
This issue of Healing Hands will discuss the following: • The current opioid crisis in the United States; • The use of non-opioid substances amongst people experiencing homelessness; • Key issues that intersect with substance use and mental health in homeless populations; • Commonly-used substances such as alcohol, methamphetamines, cocaine and rock cocaine, and synthetic
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Trauma-Informed Cervical Cancer Screening in Women with Experience of Homelessness: Translating Principles Into Practice
Webinar Slides(PDF) The incidence of cervical cancer in women experiencing homelessness is 4.4 times higher than the general population, and women who are unstably housed are 6 times more likely to die from cervical cancer than their counterparts in the general population. There are many structural and practice barriers that lend to these disparities. Poor
Safety Planning with Women Experiencing Homelessness
Webinar Slides(PDF) Assist your clients in developing a concise, unique, practical plan to address the many dangers and challenges they face as women experiencing homelessness – for any reason. How, when, where, and why a safety plan is developed will largely inform its effectiveness, and a well-formed plan can serve as a source of encouragement
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Forsake Me Not: How HCH Providers Can Deliver Better Care to Pregnant Women Experiencing Homelessness
Webinar Slides(PDF) The HCH model of care is often lauded for its patient-centered, trauma-informed approach to providing a wide range of health and support services to very vulnerable people experiencing homelessness. The HCH community rightly prides itself on a “whatever-it-takes” approach to engaging clients in care and stabilizing numerous complex conditions. Yet, when faced with
New Orleans’ Eviction Geography: Results of an Increasingly Precarious Housing Market
Presented by Jane Place Neighborhood Sustainability Initiative Professor Davida Finger, Loyola University New Orleans College of Law, Law Clinic Download Research (PDF)
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Clinicians’ Coffee Chat: Adverse Childhood Experiences
ACEs Fact Sheet(link) In this third of a four-part “Clinicians’ Coffee Chat” series, participants will share questions, wisdom, and resources on adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and homelessness. Speakers:
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