Homelessness as a public health law issue : selected resources

Li, Hillary; Penn, Matthew S.; Pepin, Dawn; Hoss, Aila

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CDC STACKS serves as an archival repository of CDC-published products including scientific findings, journal articles, guidelines, recommendations, or other public health information authored or co-authored by CDC or funded partners. As a repository, CDC STACKS retains documents in their original published format to ensure public access to scientific information.

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Homelessness as a public health law issue : selected resources

March 2, 2017
By Li, Hillary ; Penn, Matthew S. ; Pepin, Dawn ; ...

English

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Li, Hillary ; Penn, Matthew S. ; Pepin, Dawn ; Hoss, Aila

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Public Health Law Program (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)) ; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.). Office for State, Tribal, Local and Territorial Support.

Public Health Law Program (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)) ; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.). Office for State, Tribal, Local and Territorial Support. Less -
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On any given night, hundreds of thousands of people are homeless in the United States. These people might be chronically homeless, have temporarily lost their shelter, be fleeing domestic violence, or facing any number of other issues. Homelessness is closely connected to declines in physical and mental health; homeless persons experience high rates of health problems such as HIV infection, alcohol and drug abuse, mental illness, tuberculosis, and other conditions. Health problems among homeless persons result from various factors, such as barriers to care, lack of access to adequate food and protection, and limited resources and social services. As each of these factors have legal underpinnings, legal and policy interventions have often been used to attempt to address homelessness, although not always from a public health perspective.

The following resources describe homelessness as a public health concern, discuss the criminalization of homelessness in some jurisdictions, and give examples of legal and policy approaches to addressing homelessness.

resources-homelessness.pdf
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Healthcare Disparities Homeless Youth Ill-Housed Persons Public Health
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Pamphlet (or booklet)
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4 numbered pages
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Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library collection
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urn:sha256:a1c044037a02bf44cc91cc4cfba5700af2a33cca2693d3826b9fef431d3e2cd3
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https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/45672/cdc_45672_DS1.pdf
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