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Description
The fact sheet "Homelessness & Health: What’s the Connection?" highlights the significant interplay between health and homelessness, demonstrating how poor health often leads to homelessness and how homelessness exacerbates health issues. It discusses the role of stable housing as a critical factor in improving health outcomes and reducing the cycle of poor health and homelessness.
Target Audience
This training video will be helpful to:
Healthcare providers, public health professionals, social service workers, policymakers, and community-based organizations focused on addressing homelessness and health disparities.
Learning Outcomes
By engaging with this fact sheet, participants will be able to:
- Explain the bidirectional relationship between health issues and homelessness.
- Recognize how homelessness creates and worsens health conditions, increasing healthcare costs and burdening systems.
- Understand the critical role of stable housing as a social determinant of health and its impact on recovery and quality of life.
- Advocate for integrated solutions where housing and healthcare work in tandem to improve health outcomes and reduce homelessness.