Tag Archives: supportive housing

Health and Housing Equity: a new report released by the American Public Health Association

By | October 12, 2020
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Row of stone buildings with boarded up windows, with new tall buildings all around.

Earlier this fall the American Public Health Association (APHA) released a remarkable report on the relationship between Housing Equity and Health, “Creating The Healthiest Nation: Health and Housing Equity.” APHA’s Caucus on Homelessness is deeply appreciative of the report’s focus on US housing inequalities and the shortcomings of our current affordable housing programs to address… Read More »

COVID-19 and homelessness

By | May 1, 2020
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Our neighbors who are experiencing homelessness during this SARS-COV-2 pandemic are facing unique risks and extreme hardships. In the corner of American society almost defined by economic and racial disparities, COVID-19 has compounded and taken advantage of these long-standing vulnerabilities. An outsized burden of risk factors for COVID-19 compound the risks of crowded shelters and… Read More »

Tailoring VA primary care to address the social determinants of health

By | March 14, 2019
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Tailoring the primary care medical home model improves the care experience for US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) patients with homelessness experience, according to a recent study by Dr. Audrey Jones and colleagues in the journal Medical Care. Researchers from the VA’s Informatics, Decision-Enhancement, and Analytic Sciences (IDEAS) Center and Center for Health Equity Research… Read More »