Opening doors for all: improving health in housing and homelessness
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Series Title(s):
- Policy paper (UCLA Center for Health Policy Research)
- Contributor(s):
- UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, issuing body.
- Publication:
- Los Angeles, CA : UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, April 2022
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Ill-Housed Persons -- statistics & numerical data Housing Instability Social Determinants of Health California
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- California’s current homelessness crisis is unprecedented. In early 2020, over 160,000 persons experienced homelessness on any given day, representing a 40% increase since 2015. Effects on individuals experiencing housing insecurity and the community’s public health have been profound, including recent outbreaks of hepatitis A and typhus in communities experiencing homelessness. The UCLA Center for Health Policy Research convened a virtual event to bring together key voices highlighting evidence-based strategies to help address this crisis at a time when state lawmakers have a significant budget surplus available to potentially invest in addressing this crisis. The 2021 E.R. Brown Symposium titled Opening Doors for All: Improving Health in Housing and Homelessness held on October 4–5, 2021, focused on the intersection of health and homelessness, emphasizing lessons learned to inform California decision makers. Speakers included experts from academia, state and local government, nonprofit organizations, the private sector, and speakers with lived experience.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (20 pages))
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 9918486669406676 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/9918486669406676