In 2022, the National Health Care for the Homeless Council chaired the development of the Caucus on Homelessness (CoH) program for the American Public Health Association (APHA) 2022 Annual Meeting and Expo. The theme of the annual meeting was: “150 Years of Creating the Healthiest Nation: Leading the Path Toward Equity.” Social equity is, as […]
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A Series for Mobile Health Care Providers Presented by the National Health Care for the Homeless Council Participants interested in learning more about mobile health care joined us each week as we highlighted a specific mobile health care program and discussed patient population/outreach, funding, staffing strategies, and overcoming barriers to care. These were interactive sessions
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Mobile units offer health centers a way to meet individuals where they are and build community partnerships to provide health services local facilities. In 2020, approximately 47% of Health Care for the Homeless (HCH) health centers operated a mobile medical unit. The American Rescue Plan funding provided the opportunity for health centers to start or
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 1 September 8: Safety and Security – Addressing Internal Risk Factors Mobile health care providers understand the value of meeting patients in their own environment on their own terms. However, this adaptability and flexibility must be supported by policies and procedures that ensure the safety and security of patients and staff in a trauma
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Webinar Slides(PDF) The overall rise in homelessness over the last five years is largely attributable to the spike in unsheltered homelessness specifically. Communities across the country witnessed proliferation of encampments and others living in outdoor locations. This was exacerbated by COVID-19 in which gathering spaces (e.g., shelters, day centers, libraries, etc.) for people experiencing homelessness
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Webinar Slides(PDF) The final installment on our webinar series on six winter crises, this facilitated discussion will address communities’ experiences in evictions leading to homelessness and preparations for a larger wave as eviction moratoria expire. We will also reflect on the uprisings in response to structural racism and how the unrest relates to the trauma
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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
State Standards for Treatment(PDF) Pathways to Home PowerPoint Slides(PDF) Patients experiencing homelessness who suffer from severe and persistent mental illness and terminal addiction, dementia, and co-morbid medical conditions are at high risk of dying on the streets. These individuals may lack the ability to seek safety and accept treatment because of their hallucinations, delusions, intoxication,
