Because Health Care is a Right, Not a Privilege
Research
Content Manager: Suzanne Zerger, MA

RESEARCH GOALS


Ed Farrell, MD, Medical Director, Stout Street Clinic, Colorado Coalition for the Homeless, Denver

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

HCH PRACTICE BASED
RESEARCH NETWORK


The Research Coordinating Committee of the National Health Care for the Homeless (HCH) Council and HCH Clinicians’ Network has recently created a national HCH Practice-Based Research Network. This unique collaboration between HCH clinics across the country and the University of Massachusetts Medical School specifically focuses on the primary health care needs of people experiencing homelessness. To learn more - including about how you can be involved - click here.

ACTIVITIES



DATABASE SEARCHES


  • HCH Research Updates: Each quarter, research databases are searched for publications related to health care and homelessness. Results of this search are published in a quarterly newsletter HCH Research Updates. Current and past copies of this newsletter are downloadable here
  • Bibliographies: Bibliographies on topics relevant to the field of homeless and health care have been prepared for your convenience, and are updated annually. These include compilations of research abstracts on: homeless subpopulations, such as elderly, adolescents, children, and veterans; on disease entities, including TB and HIV; and on more general topics of interest, such as compliance and spirituality. The complete listing of available bibliographies, and both html and text versions of each, are downloadable here. These were prepared by, and were previously available from, the Health Care for the Homeless Information Resource Center (HCHIRC) at Policy Research Associates

PUBLICATIONS


APHA CAUCUS ON HOMELESSNESS

Staff and members of the National Health Care for the Homeless Council promote our research interests by participating in the American Public Health Association’s Caucus on Homelessness.