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Content Manager: Brenda Proffitt, MHA  The Health Care of Homeless Persons: A Manual of Communicable Diseases and Common Problems in Shelters and on the Streets This lavishly illustrated, 384-page manual describes serious health problems that commonly afflict homeless persons and discusses appropriate responses and treatment. The manual addresses communicable disease control and food handling in shelter settings, and current approaches to the management of chronic diseases. It includes convenient patient education materials in English and Spanish that can be easily reproduced and given to shelter guests and staff. The manual is no longer available in print, but you may download it from the Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program website. PRACTICE ADAPTATIONS 
Comorbid TB and HIV in a Chronically Homeless Male: Social Isolation Compounds Stress of Medical Confinement (2006) HEALING HANDS ARTICLES
Shelters and TB: What Staff Need to Know - an 18-minute video on preventing the spread of tuberculosis in homeless shelters. It describes what TB is, how it is spread, what to do when staff suspects someone has TB, how to develop and implement a TB infection control policy, and how to work together with the local health department to create a healthy and safe environment for staff and clients. A viewer’s guide contains main points from the video, tools, checklists and resources that can be put to immediate use. The video and viewer’s guide are available from the Francis J. Curry National Tuberculosis Center at www.nationaltbcenter.edu or by telephone (415) 502-4600. ASK THE EXPERT "Ask the Expert" is a service of the HCH Clinicians' Network intended to be a resource for clinicians who work with people experiencing homelessness. In this column, our expert Ann Petru, MD, Associate Director of Infectious Disease Medicine at Children's Hospital and Research Center in Oakland, California, answers a question about pediatric HIV/AIDS. CLINICAL TOOL Informed Consent and Agreement to HIV Testing ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
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