This document contains the client education and pregnancy counseling protocols for the San Francisco Department of Public Health, posted with permission. Download Research (PDF)
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Actions to take and general comments about life threatening adult mental health emergencies. Download Research (PDF)
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Adapted Clinical Guidelines Download Research (PDF)
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Quick Tips for shelter providers/outreach staff for keeping people warm in cold weather and recognizing and dealing with hypothermia and frostbite. Health Care for the Homeless Network, Public Health – Seattle & King County. Download Research (PDF)
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Seven hundred people experiencing or at risk of homelessness are killed from hypothermia annually in the United States. Forty-four percent of the nation’s homeless are unsheltered. From the urban streets of our populated cities to the remote back-country of rural America, hypothermia – or subnormal temperature in the body – remains a leading, critical and
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The February 2009 issue of Healing Hands addressed challenges of comorbid mental illness and substance-related disorders. Due to their prevalence, these co-occurring disorders present difficult treatment problems for Health Care for the Homeless providers. Clinicians across the United States responded that co-occurring medical issues also were integral to the care needs of their homeless clients.
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Homeless shelters and other homeless service sites continue to play an important part in protecting the health of the people they serve. People using homeless services depend on providers to maintain healthy living environments and to take measures to decrease the risk of influenza transmission. Homeless persons may bear particular risk of contracting influenza because
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This practical manual is for homeless shelters and other service providers as they plan for and respond to the special needs of homeless individuals during the influenza season. Different facilities will need to tailor the guidance to meet the specific needs of their staff and the people they serve. The manual consolidates a number of
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