Homeless Encampments and Involuntary Displacement.

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• Alternative Title:
  JAMA, 2025, v. 333, no. 10: Homeless Encampments and Involuntary Displacement.
• Journal Article:
  JAMA
• Personal Author:
  Meehan, Ashley A. ; Hagan, Liesl M. ; Butler, Jay C.
• Description:
  In 2023, more than 653 000 people experienced homelessness in the US on any given night, the most since counting began in 2007.1 Research has consistently shown that homelessness leads to poor health.2,3 Staying in congregate homeless shelters increases risk of infectious diseases like einfluenza,COVID-19, and tuberculosis, whereas living outside increases risk of motor vehicle-pedestrian injuries, sanitation-related concerns, and elemental exposures.2,4 Challenges accessing health care while unhoused complicates management of conditions like diabetes, heart disease, HIV, substance use disorders, and mental illness.5,6 People commonly cycle between sheltered and unsheltered settings, thus face the health threats of both.
• Content Notes:
  Author manuscript
• Subjects:
  • Pedestrians
  • Sanitation
  • Substance-Related Disorders
  • Communicable Diseases
  • Ill-Housed Persons
  • Delivery of Health Care
• Source:
  JAMA, 2025, v. 333, no. 10
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2024.22989
• ISSN:
  0098-7484 ; 1538-3598
• Pubmed ID:
  39602186
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC11903157
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Pages in Document:
  845-846 (5 pdf pages)
• Volume:
  333
• Issue:
  10
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/261900/cdc_261900_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 47.57 KB]
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:eca28b53b6c59cf5682e885dcfb80cec678f71e10e9b2b6fa8e7fe4053736e700f4ee5ccc5c89bd0f557c63a9ecdfa77dc99f91ca0fa6b845e94bfa1b6ac8000