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Healing Hands: Heart of the Matter: Managing and Preventing Cardiovascular Disease

Heart disease is the number one killer of both men and women in the U.S. Poor diet, insufficient aerobic exercise, excessive use of drugs that elevate blood pressure and pulse rate (including nicotine and alcohol), highly stressful lives, and lack of regular preventive health care increase the risk for life- threatening diseases of the cardiovascular […]

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Healing Hands: Keeping Homeless People out of the Justice System: The HCH Role

Homelessness and incarceration are inextricably linked: one increases risk for the other. Homeless people, especially those with mental illnesses and co- occurring substance use disorders, are arrested more often, incarcerated for longer periods, and released without adequate discharge plans. Clinical inter- ventions at specific points along the criminal justice continuum can help break this cycle.

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Healing Hands: Disaster Planning Requires Time, Resources, Collaboration

Health care providers have long prepared for natural disasters such as floods, hurricanes, blizzards, and tornadoes, but they are now acutely aware of the need to prepare for nuclear, biological, or chemical (NBC) terrorism, as well. Lacking protection from the elements, homeless people are especially vul- nerable to natural and manmade disasters and Health Care

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Healing Hands: RX for Homeless Patients Present Financial, Medical Challenges

Health Care for the Homeless providers “jump through hoops” to meet their patients’ needs for prescription drugs. They dispense drugs on site, according to the laws of their State; contract with local pharmacies; and take advantage of drug companies’ patient assistance programs. Many participate in the U.S. Public Health Service 340B Drug Pricing Program. Still,

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Healing Hands: HCH Clinicians Can Help Homeless People Die with Dignity

Death is ever present among homeless people and the providers who treat them. People who are homeless may die unexpectedly—often violently—or they may be seriously ill but not have access to sophisticated hospice and palliative care programs. However, some innovative programs provide compassionate end-of-life care to homeless and other underserved people, and there are some

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Healing Hands: A Comprehensive Approach to Substance Abuse and Homelessness

For many individuals, substance abuse and homelessness are inextricably intertwined. Indeed, substance use is often both a precipitating factor and a consequence of being homeless. Further, individuals who are homeless rarely have substance use disorders alone—many have serious mental illnesses, acute and chronic physical health problems, and histories of trauma. They require safe and appropriate

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Healing Hands: Patients with Borderline Personality Disorders Challenge HCH Clinicians

Patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD) have been described as having a “black hole of need.” They can be friendly one minute, and “turn on you like a snake” the next. Therapists working with individuals who have BPD are advised to be prepared to “look into the heart of darkness.”1 Indeed, patients who have this

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Healing Hands: Filling the Gaps in Dental Care

Limited access to dental care increases homeless people’s high risk for oral pathologies, often resulting in loss of function, self-esteem and well-being. Health Care for the Homeless projects are endeavoring to fill the gaps in dental services for this vulnerable, hard-to reach population through public/ private partnerships. Over 200 HCH grantees and their subcontractors currently

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