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Mortality Among People Experiencing Homelessness in San Francisco During the COVID-19 Pandemic
JAMA Network Open
March 10, 2022
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Mortality Among People Experiencing Homelessness in San Francisco During the COVID-19 Pandemic
JAMA Network Open
March 10, 2022
This study from UCSF BHHI researchers examined deaths among people experiencing homelessness in San Francisco during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. They found 82% of 331 deaths were associated with drug overdose, not COVID-19 infection. Traumatic injury, including homicide and suicide, was the second most common cause of death. This research highlights a need for strategies that address both homelessness and drug use, including housing, evidence-based treatment of opioid addiction, and overdose prevention programs.
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Unstable Housing and Kidney Disease: A Primer
Kidney Med
March 7, 2022
Unstable housing has been associated with a higher risk of kidney disease and kidney disease progression. In this review, researchers discussed the underlying mechanisms of housing and kidney disease. Several considerations should be taken into account when working with individuals experiencing unstable housing or at risk for kidney disease. This review sheds light on that housing interventions can improve outcomes.
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Mortality Among People Experiencing Homelessness in San Francisco 2016–2018
Journal of General Internal Medicine
March 1, 2022
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Mortality Among People Experiencing Homelessness in San Francisco 2016–2018
Journal of General Internal Medicine
March 1, 2022
This UCSF study examined deaths among people experiencing homelessness in San Francisco from 2016 to 2018. Although heart disease and cancer are the first and second causes of death for California’s general population, the leading causes of homeless deaths were acute intoxication (unintended overdose) and trauma (including homicide and suicide rates over triple that of the US general population). The authors advocate that these differences in cause-specific mortality should inform death prevention efforts within the homeless population differently than the general population.
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Using a "Big Events" Framework to Understand Emergency Department use Among Women Experiencing Homelessness or Housing Instability in San Francisco During the COVID-19 Pandemic
International Journal of Drug Policy
November 1, 2021
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Using a "Big Events" Framework to Understand Emergency Department use Among Women Experiencing Homelessness or Housing Instability in San Francisco During the COVID-19 Pandemic
International Journal of Drug Policy
November 1, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted economic systems, social networks, and individual behaviors, altering patterns in health care use. In this study, researchers compared homeless and unstably housed (HSH) women who did and did not use an emergency department during the first 10 months of the pandemic. The researchers found that the rate of emergency department use among HUH women during the pandemic was similar to prior research.
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