Context In recent years, cities across the world have seen widespread growth in unsheltered
homelessness, in which a person sleeps in a place not meant for human habitation such as …

Globally, homelessness has grown over the past decade due to a diverse range of social
and economic factors, including lack of affordable housing and retrenchment of social …

Access to safe and stable housing has both a direct and indirect effect on health.
Experiencing homelessness and housing instability can induce stress and trauma …

Mental health and substance use disorders are prevalent among people experiencing
homelessness. Street Medicine can reach unhoused people who face barriers to accessing …

Services play a crucial role in responding to homelessness, facilitating stable housing, and
improving health outcomes. Yet people in need do not always access services and little is …

ABSTRACT Purpose Since Hawaii has the highest rate of per capita of persons
experiencing homelessness (PEH) in the United States, the purpose of this qualitative …

Background The COVID-19 pandemic intersected with a housing crisis for unsheltered
Veterans experiencing homelessness (VEHs); congregate settings became high risk for viral …

Introduction: An estimated 5800 to 46,500 lives are lost due to homelessness each year.
Experiencing homelessness and poor health are cyclically related, with one reinforcing the …

Housing insecurity can take multiple forms, such as unaffordability, crowding, forced moves,
multiple moves, and homelessness. Existing research has linked homelessness to …

Unsheltered homelessness is associated with a myriad of barriers including unmet medical,
mental health, physical, and social needs. This study evaluated a Street Medicine approach …