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🖥️ Web: homelessness.ucsf.edu
Our new report highlights key #CASPEH findings on the cycle between poor health and homelessness, barriers to care, and solutions.
Read → buff.ly/XbhSIxw
#healthequity
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Using data from the largest U.S. representative study since the 1990s, it offers a detailed look at the connection between health and homelessness and provides research-backed recommendations.
📘 Read the Report → buff.ly/XbhSIxw
Using data from the largest U.S. representative study since the 1990s, it offers a detailed look at the connection between health and homelessness and provides research-backed recommendations.
📘 Read the Report → buff.ly/XbhSIxw
Marc Dones lays out the steps to effective encampment resolution w/ @ryan-levi.bsky.social.
Marc Dones lays out the steps to effective encampment resolution w/ @ryan-levi.bsky.social.
We examined long-term housing results among a cohort of older homeless adults.
Full article: Factors Associated With Exits From and Returns to Homelessness Among Older Homeless Adults: Results From the HOPE HOME Study www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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We examined long-term housing results among a cohort of older homeless adults.
Full article: Factors Associated With Exits From and Returns to Homelessness Among Older Homeless Adults: Results From the HOPE HOME Study www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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BHHI Director Dr. Margot Kushel @mkushel.bsky.social discusses #behavioralhealth & #homelessness on KCBS:
🎧 Interview: buff.ly/vy5mBch
▶️ BHHI Webinar: buff.ly/VpEO9pz
BHHI Director Dr. Margot Kushel @mkushel.bsky.social discusses #behavioralhealth & #homelessness on KCBS:
🎧 Interview: buff.ly/vy5mBch
▶️ BHHI Webinar: buff.ly/VpEO9pz
Our new report highlights key #CASPEH findings on the cycle between poor health and homelessness, barriers to care, and solutions.
Read → buff.ly/XbhSIxw
#healthequity
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Our new report highlights key #CASPEH findings on the cycle between poor health and homelessness, barriers to care, and solutions.
Read → buff.ly/XbhSIxw
#healthequity
🧵 1/6
Read @mkushel.bsky.social's full statement:
homelessness.ucsf.edu/resources/pr...
Read @mkushel.bsky.social's full statement:
homelessness.ucsf.edu/resources/pr...
🏠 We must expand housing and integrated care so people can age with dignity.
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#AlzheimersAwarenessMonth
🏠 We must expand housing and integrated care so people can age with dignity.
buff.ly/fti18Xs
#AlzheimersAwarenessMonth
Recent work from current and former BHHI team members, Lived Expertise Board members, and NYU colleagues demonstrates how collaboration between lived & academic experts leads to better solutions.
📄 Read: buff.ly/C3K5W8B
Recent work from current and former BHHI team members, Lived Expertise Board members, and NYU colleagues demonstrates how collaboration between lived & academic experts leads to better solutions.
📄 Read: buff.ly/C3K5W8B
🏠 Studies led by Dr. Hannah Decker link housing to earlier cancer detection and improved survival.
Learn more: buff.ly/Y7htc4b
@hannahdeckermd.bsky.social
🏠 Studies led by Dr. Hannah Decker link housing to earlier cancer detection and improved survival.
Learn more: buff.ly/Y7htc4b
@hannahdeckermd.bsky.social
Join us Dec 4 for a discussion of our upcoming health report and research-backed recommendations for a coordinated response.
📅 12–1 PM PT
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Join us Dec 4 for a discussion of our upcoming health report and research-backed recommendations for a coordinated response.
📅 12–1 PM PT
🔗 buff.ly/gSPDfGF
Research led by Dr. Maya Vijayaraghavan shows that when cessation programs meet people where they are, progress is possible.
Explore the research:
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#LungCancerAwarenessMonth #PublicHealth
Research led by Dr. Maya Vijayaraghavan shows that when cessation programs meet people where they are, progress is possible.
Explore the research:
➡️ buff.ly/lRgrqP9
#LungCancerAwarenessMonth #PublicHealth
☑️ Nearly half of all U.S. workers now earn less than the hourly wage needed to afford a modest one-bedroom apartment.
☑️ In CA, workers must earn nearly $50 an hour to afford a modest two-bedroom apartment.
☑️ Nearly half of all U.S. workers now earn less than the hourly wage needed to afford a modest one-bedroom apartment.
☑️ In CA, workers must earn nearly $50 an hour to afford a modest two-bedroom apartment.
BHHI research shows how unstable income, lack of protections, and high costs leave many gig workers one paycheck away from homelessness.
Learn more: buff.ly/frwz8W6
BHHI research shows how unstable income, lack of protections, and high costs leave many gig workers one paycheck away from homelessness.
Learn more: buff.ly/frwz8W6
Recent BHHI research shows how home health workers—often caring for relatives—can become homeless when a client dies or enters institutional care.
Read more: buff.ly/R0u6J8K
#CaregiverAwarenessMonth
Recent BHHI research shows how home health workers—often caring for relatives—can become homeless when a client dies or enters institutional care.
Read more: buff.ly/R0u6J8K
#CaregiverAwarenessMonth
"Americans want there to be no homelessness. And this is...a formula to worsen homelessness."
—BHHI Director Dr. Margot Kushel says of efforts to expand involuntary detentions & withdraw funding from communities that don't comply.
Housing + services is cheaper and proven effective.
"Americans want there to be no homelessness. And this is...a formula to worsen homelessness."
—BHHI Director Dr. Margot Kushel says of efforts to expand involuntary detentions & withdraw funding from communities that don't comply.
Housing + services is cheaper and proven effective.
These challenges make it harder to stay housed. Once homeless, managing health conditions becomes even more difficult.
Join us Dec. 4 to explore data and coordinated solutions.
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These challenges make it harder to stay housed. Once homeless, managing health conditions becomes even more difficult.
Join us Dec. 4 to explore data and coordinated solutions.
buff.ly/Yhxv18e
BHHI research finds that job loss, unstable work (such as #gigwork), and #caregiver roles tied to housing leave many vulnerable to homelessness.
This highlights the need for stronger worker protections and coordinated prevention efforts.
Learn more:
BHHI research finds that job loss, unstable work (such as #gigwork), and #caregiver roles tied to housing leave many vulnerable to homelessness.
This highlights the need for stronger worker protections and coordinated prevention efforts.
Learn more:
“It looks like they’re refusing shelter", when, in fact, “they’re telling you ‘that doesn’t meet my needs.’”
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“It looks like they’re refusing shelter", when, in fact, “they’re telling you ‘that doesn’t meet my needs.’”
buff.ly/PboRGBm
📊 In our statewide study, nearly everyone said costs were a top reason they couldn't get back into a home.
You can’t solve homelessness without solving housing affordability.
nlihc.org/gap
📊 In our statewide study, nearly everyone said costs were a top reason they couldn't get back into a home.
You can’t solve homelessness without solving housing affordability.
nlihc.org/gap
When shelters don’t feel safe, people stay outside longer— increasing risks to their health and safety and deepening the homelessness crisis.
To end homelessness, we have to replace fear with trust and connection.
When shelters don’t feel safe, people stay outside longer— increasing risks to their health and safety and deepening the homelessness crisis.
To end homelessness, we have to replace fear with trust and connection.
A new UCSF study by @suenlw.bsky.social et al examines:
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A new UCSF study by @suenlw.bsky.social et al examines:
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Learn more: buff.ly/Gyl3RRL
#HousingFirst
Learn more: buff.ly/Gyl3RRL
#HousingFirst
When viewed side-by-side, investing in evidence-based homeless services is far more effective than quick "fixes" like arrests & fines.
Recent @naehomelessness.bsky.social analysis compares the two approaches.
When viewed side-by-side, investing in evidence-based homeless services is far more effective than quick "fixes" like arrests & fines.
Recent @naehomelessness.bsky.social analysis compares the two approaches.
There are better ways to navigate urgent encampment issues while advancing long-term solutions to homelessness.
➡️ Our guide can help: buff.ly/xLSAvSj
There are better ways to navigate urgent encampment issues while advancing long-term solutions to homelessness.
➡️ Our guide can help: buff.ly/xLSAvSj
What works?
🏠 Housing
🤝 Accessible health + social services
It’s not fast. It’s not simple. But if we fund what works, we can end homelessness.
Learn how: buff.ly/DYrADS1
What works?
🏠 Housing
🤝 Accessible health + social services
It’s not fast. It’s not simple. But if we fund what works, we can end homelessness.
Learn how: buff.ly/DYrADS1