Sea-level rise may worsen existing Bay Area inequities
Credit: Wikimedia Commons Rather than waiting for certainty in sea-level rise projections, policymakers can plan now for future coastal flooding ...
Tag: Homelessness
Blockchain as ‘TechQuity’: How tech solutions have the power to help the homeless
Credit: Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin AUSTIN, Texas -- For people experiencing homelessness, missing proof ...
Preventing evictions remains critical to controlling COVID-19, study finds
Penn researchers simulated the epidemic's trajectory, finding that even a modest increase in evictions could lead to thousands of excess ...
Living for today: Exposure to disaster may cause impatience in children
Credit: Department of Global Health Promotion,TMDU Study finds that children who experienced housing loss in the 2011 Great East Japan ...
Financial strain predicts future risk of homelessness and partly explains the effect of mental illness
Credit: Elbogen et al. (2021) | Medical Care | DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000001453 March 12, 2021 - Financial strains like debt or ...
The neoliberal city needs to change, argues Concordia professor Meghan Joy
A new policy agenda calls for progressive measures to restrict widening inequalityCredit: Concordia University What would a truly progressive city ...
Study suggests increased risk of restraint use in black patients in the emergency setting
Credit: KIRSTY CHALLEN, B.SC., MBCHB, MRES, PH.D., LANCASHIRE TEACHING HOSPITALS, UNITED KINGDOM DES PLAINES, IL -- A study published in ...
Six uOttawa COVID-19 mental health projects receive $1 million CIHR funding
Credit: University of Ottawa Six University of Ottawa-affiliated projects focusing on COVID-19's impact on mental health have won important funding ...
Lessons from coronavirus surveillance testing in Seattle-area homeless shelters
Results suggest a need to routinely test homeless populations, including those who are asymptomatic, in non-clinic settings.Credit: Taylor Johnson A ...
Public health consequences of policing homelessness
Credit: UNSPLASH: Photo credits go to Matt Collamer Two weeks ago, Colorado State Patrol troopers began clearing out nearly 200 ...
COVID-19: Impact on environmental justice
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, June 16, 2020--COVID-19 is like a heat-seeking missile that targets the ...
WPI wins NSF grant to help New York city youths at risk for human trafficking
Team will use data analytics and optimization tools to identify and recommend resourcesCredit: Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, Mass. - November ...
Health care intervention: Treating high-need, high-cost patients
Study found focusing on patients' values instead of problems offered better resultsCredit: University of Houston In crisis and with nowhere ...
Study counters narrative that street homeless are ‘service resistant’
Interviews with New York City homeless by researchers from the NYU Silver School of Social Work show impact of bureaucratic ...
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