HEALING HANDS ARTICLES

• Healing Hands | August 2001 | Pregnant and Homeless
• Healing Hands | August 2000 | Women's Health Care: Show Me the Way to go Home
• Healing Hands | April 1999 | Trauma & Homelessness

Adapting Your Practice: Treatment & Recommendations on Reproductive Health Care for Homeless Patients (PDF). This document is part of the network’s series of practice adaptations developed by clinicians working in HCH projects.

HCH RESEARCH UPDATES

• HCH Research Update | January 2004 | Homeless Mothers
• HCH Research Update | January 2001 | Rural Homeless Women & Children, Social Support among Homeless Women
• HCH Research Update | April 2000 | Homeless Women & Children

• Applying the Gelberg-Andersen Behavioral Model for Vulnerable Populations to Health Services Utilization in Homeless Women | Judith Stein, Ronald Andersen & Lillian Gelberg |Journal of Health Psychol | Special issue: Homelessness & Health | September 2007 | Vol. 12, No. 5 | ©2008 SAGE Publications
• CDC HPV Vaccine Information for Young Women | Site content covers why the vaccine is important; who should get the vaccine; vaccine effectiveness and safety; access to free or low-cost vaccines; what vaccinated girls/women need to know; and other ways to prevent HPV and cervical cancer | Department of Health & Human Services | Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
• Emergency Planning Tips If You Are Pregnant or Have Young Children | Essential emergency information, including Preparing for an Emergency or Disaster; Evacuating; Staying in a Shelter or Place Other Than Your Home; During and Just After a Disaster; Recovering After a Disaster; and Preparedness/Online Resources | Centers for Disease Control & Prevention’s Division of Reproductive Health | 2008
• Health Care for Homeless Women: Unmet Needs and Barriers to Care by Joy H. Lewis, DO; Ronald M. Andersen, PhD; Lillian Gelberg, MD, MSPH; J Gen Intern Med 18(11):921-928, 2003.
• Homelessness in the United States: History, Epidemiology, Health Issues, Women, and Public Policy by Martin Donohoe, MD, FACP; Medscape Ob/Gyn & Women's Health 9(2), 2004.
• Identifying & Responding to Domestic Violence Among Poor & Homeless Women
• Keeping Safe on the Streets: A Guide for Providers Working with Homeless Women Living on the Streets | Women's Violence Prevention Project Alliance | Friends of the Shattuck Shelter, Ltd.
• National Women’s Health Information Center | U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Office on Women's Health | 800 994-9662 | Many resources available in Spanish
• Vaccinate Women | Vaccinate Women is a free publication produced by the Immunization Action Coalition (IAC), which is known for accurate, timely, succinctly written immunization publications that are delivered electronically and by mail. Vaccinate Women, written specifically for women's health specialists, is an annual 12-page print publication.
• YogaHOPE | a nonprofit outreach organization dedicated to establishing rehabilitative yoga programs in residential facilities for underserved women in substance abuse recovery, poor and homeless women, and victims of domestic violence
• Women's Health | Clinical Directors Network Clinical Education Library | CME-accredited classes related to women's health and care for mobile populations | Topics include HPV vaccine; clinical assessment of domestic violence; treatment of opioid-dependent pregnant women; and more