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Medical respite care | Medical Respite Care for People Without Stable Housing

The experience of homelessness both causes and exacerbates poor health. Homeless people are at higher risk for chronic, uncontrolled medical conditions such as asthma (4–6 times higher), cardiovascular diseases (2–4 times higher), and diabetes (up to 2 times higher) than are people in stable housing (Bonin et al. 2004, Zerger 2002). In national studies, overall […]

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Obesity | Operation CHOICES: Nutrition and Fitness Programming to Combat Obesity and Food Insecurity for Families in Shelters

Since shelters provide families with three meals a day, it might be easy to assume that families eat nutritious, well-balanced meals and do not experience issues of food insecurity or obesity when they are staying in shelter. However, many families living in shelters struggle with obesity and food insecurity on a daily basis. During focus

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Operation CHOICES: Nutrition and Fitness Programming to Combat Obesity and Food Insecurity for Families in Shelters

Presented by National Health Care for the Homeless Council This case report explores the issues of obesity and food insecurity experienced by families living in shelters, as well as demonstrating the impact of a shelter-based obesity prevention program. Download Research (PDF)

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Behavioral Health | Emotional and Cognitive Impact of Chronic Homelessness on a Child

the focus of this case report is on the effects of chronic homelessness on the cognitive and emotional development of children ages zero to five. The long-term effects of infant and early childhood chronic homelessness are not fully understood. This case report describes the experience of one child and may help to illuminate the unique

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Pain management | Innovations in Chronic Pain Management: New Models of Care

Homeless individuals disproportionately suffer from medical disorders. They have higher rates of diabetes, cancer, peripheral vascular disease, musculoskeletal problems, depression, and other disabilities that are often associated with both acute and chronic pain.1,2,3,4,5 These morbidities afflicting the homeless can be amplified by unstable housing, exposure to weather and temperature extremes, the prevalence of violence, psychiatric

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Mobile medical care | Mobile Medical Outreach: A Commitment to Service

The outreach model of health care delivery was designed from its beginning to bridge care to the hardest to reach, most marginalized homeless populations. From its humble origins, the Health Care for the Homeless (HCH) model of outreach has been a work-in-progress. First, care was often delivered from the back of vans with supplies stored

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