There has been an explosion of interest in addressing social needs in health care settings.
Some efforts, such as screening patients for social needs and connecting them to needed …

Summary In the European Union, more than 400 000 individuals are homeless on any one
night and more than 600 000 are homeless in the USA. The causes of homelessness are an …

Homelessness is associated with high risks of morbidity and premature death. Many
interventions aimed to improve physical and mental health exist, but do not reach the …

Since it was first undertaken in 2005, the Private Lives surveys have been completed by
thousands of participants across the country, in urban, regional and rural areas and provide …

Policy Points A consensus regarding the need to orient health systems to address inequities
is emerging, with much of this discussion targeting population health interventions and …

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a major cause of death among homeless adults, at rates
that exceed those in nonhomeless individuals. A complex set of factors contributes to this …

Family homelessness emerged as a major social and public health problem in the United
States during the 1980s. We reviewed the literature, including journal articles, news stories …

Background: Homeless people have poorer health status than the general population. They
need complex care management, because of associated medical troubles (somatic and …

We estimated hypertension and diabetes prevalence among US homeless adults compared
with the general population, and investigated prevalence trends. We systematically …

Importance People experiencing homelessness (PEH) face disproportionately high mortality
rates compared with the general population, but few studies have examined mortality in this …