"Persons struggling with housing remain significantly disadvantaged when considering access to health care. Effective advocacy for their needs will require understanding the factors which impact their health care, and which of those most concern patients themselves. A qualitative descriptive study through the lens of a transformative framework was used to identify barriers and facilitators to accessing health care as perceived by people experiencing homelessness in the regional municipality of Niagara, Canada."
https://www.homelesshub.ca/resource/health-care-while-homeless-barriers-facilitators-and-lived-experiences-homeless-individuals 60% of "aid and assist" patients at the state hospital (about 440, currently) were homeless before admission. Treatment at the hospital costs $1,324/day.
2019 Oregon legislative session looks to boost affordable housing
https://www.salemreporter.com/posts/714/law-changes-seen-as-tool-to-boost-affordable-housing-across-oregon
"Cascadia Behavioral Health, a local leader in helping homeless people with mental health issues, has moved away from SROs."
https://www.oregonlive.com/business/2019/04/officials-look-to-sro-hotels-as-model-for-low-income-housing.html
National Low Income Housing Coalition annual report on the shortage of affordable homes
https://reports.nlihc.org/sites/default/files/gap/Gap-Report_2018.pdf
The City of Salem Annual Action Plan (DRAFT) - work group is named in plan
https://www.cityofsalem.net/citydocuments/federal-programs-annual-action-plan-2019-2020.pdf
The emerging crisis of aging homelessness - a multi-site research project
https://www.aisp.upenn.edu/aginghomelessness/
Using Medicaid dollars for housing?
https://shelterforce.org/2019/02/19/medicaid-dollars-for-housing
National health rankings by county with findings
http://www.countyhealthrankings.org/reports/2019-county-health-rankings-key-findings-report
AMA backs billing codes for SDOHs
https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucejapsen/2019/04/02/ama-backs-unitedhealths-billing-codes-for-social-determinants-of-health/#3ef8e6792204
Meeting individual needs versus addressing SDOHs
https://shelterforce.org/2019/04/09/meeting-individual-social-needs-falls-short-of-addressing-social-determinants-of-health
Four Clarifications About Housing First (2014, USICH))
https://www.usich.gov/news/four-clarifications-about-housing-first/
Organizational Change: Adopting a Housing First Approach (2009, NAEH)
https://endhomelessness.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/adopting-a-housing-first-approach.pdf
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