UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — While many programs and initiatives have been implemented to address the prevalence of substance abuse among homeless youth in the United States, they don’t always include data-driven insights about environmental and psychological factors that could contribute…
Tag: HOMELESSNESS
Public health consequences of policing homelessness
Two weeks ago, Colorado State Patrol troopers began clearing out nearly 200 residents from homeless encampments that surround the Colorado Capitol. The enforcement of city ordinances like camping bans, park curfews and obstructions of public passageways is lawful. But the…
81 million Americans lacking space or bathrooms to follow COVID quarantine recommendations
Inadequate room for quarantine/isolation much more common among minorities hardest hit by pandemic, worsening spread within families
81 million Americans lacking space or bathrooms to follow COVID quarantine recommendations
Inadequate room for quarantine/isolation much more common among minorities hardest hit by pandemic, worsening spread within families
Homeless people are more likely to be put on ventilators for respiratory infections than non-homeless
Researchers from UCLA, Harvard Medical School and the University of Tokyo found that during a recent six-year period, homeless people in New York state were more likely to hospitalized and treated with mechanical ventilators for respiratory infections than people who are not homeless. These findings have implications for the COVID-19 pandemic.
COVID-19: Impact on environmental justice
New Rochelle, NY, June 16, 2020–COVID-19 is like a heat-seeking missile that targets the most vulnerable. The bull’s-eye is environmental justice communities, which are the poorest, the most polluted, and the sickest when it comes to comorbidities. A Roundtable Discussion…
Majority of cannabis use in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside for therapeutic purposes
Most people at high risk of overdose in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside who use cannabis do so for pain relief and other therapeutic reasons–and they may be at lower risk of overdosing on opioids as a result, suggests new research published…
DePaul University experts available to discuss recovery, life after the COVID-19 pandemic
Recovery. Reentry. Reopen. Return. A new normal. Faculty experts at DePaul University are available for news media interviews about what comes next — after the COVID-19 pandemic. Does the world return to normal or will there be fundamental changes to how we live our lives, work, and travel; and how we are governed?
Life in refugee camps wreaks havoc on children’s health
We know refugee camps are not ideal. But they are even worse than you might think
COVID-19 in humanitarian settings and lessons learned from past epidemics
April 8, 2020 — “COVID-19 in Humanitarian Settings and Lessons Learned from Past Epidemics” published in Nature Medicine , invokes a global response to protect the most vulnerable during the COVID-19 pandemic. The authors make the point that displaced populations,…
Housing prescriptions improve health outcomes in children, anxiety and depression in adults
BOSTON – Results of a study show that enrollment in a program that supports housing and health needs of medically complex families was associated with improved child health and parent mental health within six months. The program, Housing Prescription as…
Making a home among the stacks
Since transferring to WVU in fall 2017, Connecticut native Déja Fleury has found a home-away-from-home in Morgantown. Nearly three years later, the social work major is helping the local library feel more like home for its patrons.
SFU research uses simulation game to alter beliefs about poverty
In advancing research to tackle the problem of burgeoning global economic inequality, researchers at Simon Fraser University used a poverty simulation game called SPENT to foster greater understanding of what causes poverty and economic inequality. In research published in the…
Rutgers Expert Available to Discuss How COVID-19 Impacts Homeless
Emmy Tiderington, an assistant professor at the Rutgers School of Social Work, is available to discuss the impact of coronavirus on the homeless population. “Much of the guidance around COVID assumes the people receiving this information are housed,” said Tiderington.…
Commentary on an approach to Indigenous homelessness
Indigenous historian and York University professor Jesse Thistle and Dr. Janet Smylie, a Métis family physician and research chair at Unity Health Toronto and the University of Toronto, who are leading the development of a separate guideline specifically to address…
New guideline provides pathway to end homelessness, with housing as the foundation
A collaborative approach is required to build health care pathways that will end homelessness in Canada. Clinicians can play a role by tailoring their interventions using a comprehensive new clinical guideline on homelessness published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal)…
Commentary on an approach to Indigenous homelessness
Indigenous historian and York University professor Jesse Thistle and Dr. Janet Smylie, a Métis family physician and research chair at Unity Health Toronto and the University of Toronto, who are leading the development of a separate guideline specifically to address…
New guideline provides pathway to end homelessness, with housing as the foundation
A collaborative approach is required to build health care pathways that will end homelessness in Canada. Clinicians can play a role by tailoring their interventions using a comprehensive new clinical guideline on homelessness published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal)…
MacNeal Hospital Receives Award for Pursuit to End Homelessness
MacNeal Hospital received a Housing Forward Ending Homelessness Impact Award this past weekend “for embracing the intersection between housing and health care, and disrupting the cycle of homelessness.”
Social determinant screening not enough to capture patients at risk of utility shut-off
EHR-based screening only captures 16% of those experiencing difficulty paying utility bills
Social determinant screening not enough to capture patients at risk of utility shut-off
EHR-based screening only captures 16% of those experiencing difficulty paying utility bills
Invest in social equity to improve health for low-income people
Canada must invest in social spending and recognize that our health care system is not “universal” if Canadians living in low-income neighbourhoods are to have the same chance of good health as other Canadians, argues an editorial in CMAJ (…
Making the Homeless Count
On Tuesday, Jan. 28, volunteers will conduct the annual Point-in-Time Count, known as “We All Count” of the homeless in Sioux Falls. The Augustana Research Institute will be at the center of it.
New research shows more people knowingly use fentanyl
Fentanyl use by people who use drugs has doubled since 2015, and two-thirds of people are aware they’ve taken it, finds new research out of British Columbia, the Canadian province that has experienced the highest number of illicit drug toxicity…
The Lancet Global Health: Guided self-help intervention reduces refugees’ psychological distress and improves wellbeing in humanitarian crises
First randomized trial of its kind finds multimedia guided self-help intervention can be delivered rapidly to large numbers of people in low-resource humanitarian settings by non-specialists with minimal training
New hospital-based data contradicts HUD estimates on homelessness
Hospital visits associated with homelessness have tripled since 2011 and since 2016 annual estimates of homelessness using hospital-based data have exceeded similar estimates from HUD.
Public health experts awarded funds to ‘get out the count’ for 2020 census
To make sure historically undercounted populations along the Texas-Mexico border are included in the 2020 census, faculty at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) are joining forces with the U.S. Census Bureau, community health workers, and…
Public health experts awarded funds to ‘get out the count’ for 2020 census
To make sure historically undercounted populations along the Texas-Mexico border are included in the 2020 census, faculty at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) are joining forces with the U.S. Census Bureau, community health workers, and…
One in two homeless people may have experienced a head injury in their lifetime
Almost one in four may have experienced a head injury that is moderate or severe
Removals Observatory detects 30,000 families removed in Greater São Paulo in two years
Collaborative platform forms part of a research project being carried out in São Paulo since 2012 that monitors and analyzes removals in the city with the aim of creating solutions for housing and urban development issues.
Removals Observatory detects 30,000 families removed in Greater São Paulo in two years
Collaborative platform forms part of a research project being carried out in São Paulo since 2012 that monitors and analyzes removals in the city with the aim of creating solutions for housing and urban development issues.
Program linking patients to community resources shows no significant impact on well-being
Effectiveness of community-links practitioners in areas of high socioeconomic deprivation
Program linking patients to community resources shows no significant impact on well-being
Effectiveness of community-links practitioners in areas of high socioeconomic deprivation
WPI wins NSF grant to help New York city youths at risk for human trafficking
Team will use data analytics and optimization tools to identify and recommend resources
ER focus on immediate medical issues can miss the bigger picture
UCSF study shows complex social and behavioral needs are often overlooked in frequent emergency department users
Community responders more likely to seek help during overdose when naloxone does not work
BOSTON- Calling emergency services is an integral part of overdose response training. This step may be even more important in the setting of rapidly-progressing overdoses from fentanyl. New research from Boston Medical Center’s Grayken Center for Addiction found, however, that…
Study shows Housing First program significantly reduces homelessness over long term
TORONTO, October 7, 2019 – The longest running study of its kind on the “Housing First” model has found that it significantly reduces homelessness over the long term compared to treatment as usual, according to a study published in The…
Study: Most-watched television shows oversimplify, stereotype issues of homelessness
As the fall television season kicks into high gear, some of our favorite shows aren’t doing a good job depicting issues of homelessness and housing insecurity, according to new research from American University’s Center for Media & Social Impact CMSI).…
Most Europeans want governments to help the homeless
The majority of European citizens hold positive attitudes toward people who are homeless and wish that European states would do more to reduce it, according to a study published September 25 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Pr Pascal…
New research: Spend more on transitional housing and teens in foster care are less likely to be homeless, jailed
State spending on transitional housing supports for youth “aging out” of foster care can make a big difference in preventing homelessness, incarceration, substance abuse and early childbirth, according to a new study by social work researchers at Case Western Reserve University.