CDC Estimates 1.4 Million ED Visits/Year for Those Experiencing Homelessness
People experiencing homelessness made approximately 1.4 million emergency department visits between 2016 and 2021, with differences between men and women.
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CDC Estimates 1.4 Million ED Visits Per Year Among People Experiencing Homelessness
During 2016 to 2021, an estimated 1.4 million emergency department visits were made per year among...
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Seven in 10 Experiencing Homelessness Have a Mental Health Disorder
WEDNESDAY, April 17, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The majority of people experiencing...
Read MoreCalifornia Voters Are Skeptical That More Money Is the Answer to Homelessness
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s expensive ballot-box attempt to tackle the mental health and addiction crisis on the state’s streets is leading by a razor-thin margin, a week after the March 5...
Read MoreInfectious Diseases Among People Experiencing Homelessness: A Systematic Review of the Literature in the United States and Canada, 2003-2022.
Homelessness increases the risk of acquiring an infectious disease. We conducted a systematic review of the literature to identify quantitative data related to infectious diseases and homelessness. We searched Google Scholar,...
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Homelessness Has Large Effect on Substance Use-Related Poisoning
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 8, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Homelessness has a large effect on substance use...
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Understanding the Link Between Homelessness and Sudden Death: Causes and Incidence
The following is a summary of “Homelessness and Incidence and Causes of Sudden Death,” published...
Read More‘I Am Just Waiting to Die’: Social Security Clawbacks Drive Some Into Homelessness
More than a year after the federal government first cut off her disability benefits, Denise Woods drives nightly to strip malls, truck stops, and parking lots around Savannah, Georgia, looking for a safe place to sleep in her...
Read MoreAccess, Outcomes, and Costs Associated with Surgery for Malignancy Among People Experiencing Homelessness.
Little is known about surgery for malignancy among people experiencing homelessness (PEH). Poor healthcare access may lead to delayed diagnosis and need for unplanned surgery. This study aimed to (1) characterize access to care...
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Longer Periods of Homelessness Lead to Worsened Mental Health for Youths
The following is a summary of “Examining the Role of Duration and Frequency of Homelessness on...
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Sexual Minority Youth More Likely to Experience Homelessness
MONDAY, Nov. 20, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Sexual minority youth are more likely to experience...
Read MoreCalifornia’s Homelessness Crisis Is Homegrown, Study Finds
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California’s homelessness crisis is a homegrown problem that is deepening amid a shortage of affordable housing and emergency shelter, and it’s often the brutal conditions of living on the street...
Read MoreOn the Brink of Homelessness, San Diego Woman Wins the Medi-Cal Lottery
ESCONDIDO, Calif. — Annie Malloy started getting sick in 2020. Fits of uncontrolled vomiting would hit, causing debilitating nausea and severe dehydration that would send her to the emergency room. She couldn’t keep weight...
Read MoreState Lawmakers Eye Forced Treatment to Address Overlap in Homelessness and Mental Illness
Many of the unhoused people in Portland, Oregon, live in tents pitched on sidewalks or in aging campers parked in small convoys behind grocery stores. Mental illness can be part of the story of how a person ends up homeless — or...
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4.7 Percent of Students With Disabilities Experience Homelessness
TUESDAY, March 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Overall, 4.7 percent of students with...
Read MoreCalifornia Senate’s New Health Chair to Prioritize Mental Health and Homelessness
California state Sen. Susan Talamantes Eggman, a Stockton Democrat who was instrumental in passing Gov. Gavin Newsom’s signature mental health care legislation last year, has been appointed to lead the Senate’s...
Read MoreHomelessness Among Older People Is on the Rise, Driven by Inflation and the Housing Crunch
COLUMBIA FALLS, Mont. — On a recent rainy afternoon in this small town just outside Glacier National Park, Lisa Beaty and Kim Hilton were preparing to sell most of their belongings before moving out of their three-bedroom,...
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Heart Failure Patients Experiencing Homelessness Have Reduced Palliative Care Utilization
Numerous obstacles prevent patients with housing instability from utilizing medical services. For...
Read MoreLA Mayoral Hopefuls Agree Addressing Homelessness Is Crucial but Disagree on How
LOS ANGELES — As encampments multiply from Echo Park to Venice, homelessness has been the top issue in the L.A. mayoral race. And although Angelenos express broad support for building more housing for the homeless, the...
Read MoreEvaluation of an emergency safe supply drugs and managed alcohol program in COVID-19 isolation hotel shelters for people experiencing homelessness.
During a COVID-19 outbreak in the congregate shelter system in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, a healthcare team provided an emergency “safe supply” of medications and alcohol to facilitate isolation in COVID-19 hotel...
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