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Nowhere to Go: A parallel convergent mixed methods study examining the health of people who experience emergency shelter service restrictions
Emergency shelters offer temporary sleeping accommodation to people deprived of housing and connect them to services. Service restriction is the practice of limiting or denying someone access to emergency shelters. This parallel convergent mixed methods study describes the characteristics, healthcare utilization, and morbidity of people experiencing service restrictions in Hamilton, Ontario, and explores the relationship between health and service restriction. Participants’ high healthcare need and utilization was shaped by criminalization, stigma, societal abandonment, and abstinence-based substance use policies.
National Overview of Nonprofit Hospitals’ Community Benefit Programs to Address Housing
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National Overview of Nonprofit Hospitals’ Community Benefit Programs to Address Housing
Housing is a critical social determinant of health that can be addressed through hospital-supported community benefit programming. Currently, a small subset of hospitals nationally are addressing housing. Hospitals may need additional policy support, external partnerships, and technical assistance to address housing in their communities.
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Service users’ and providers’ experiences and perceptions of mental health accommodation services: A rapid qualitative synthesis of international evidence
This rapid review synthesizes evidence about the experiences of users and providers of community-based accommodation services for people living with serious mental illness internationally to understand priorities for policy and practice. 
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Cancer risk factors and access to cancer prevention services for people experiencing homelessness
We mapped the evidence on cancer risk factors as well as barriers and facilitators to cancer prevention services among people experiencing homelessness, which is key to localising research gaps and identifying strategies for tailored interventions adapted to people experiencing homelessness.
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The impact of housing prices on residents’ health: A systematic review
This report reviews and synthesizes evidence examining the association between changes in housing price and health outcomes.
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Homeless youth with intellectual disabilities: Precarious lives and health inequalities
Lack of awareness of and about homeless youth with intellectual disabilities, combined with siloed ways of working by involved sectors, results in significant disadvantage and health inequities for youth.
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Wastewater surveillance for COVID-19 in shelters: A creative strategy for a complex setting
In this commentary, the authors examine a recent application of wastewater surveillance of COVID-19 in a men’s shelter in Toronto.
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The role of social determinants in shaping public health policies
The study elucidates the complex interplay between social factors such as income inequality, education disparities, housing conditions, and access to healthcare, and policy-making processes. The study concludes that addressing social determinants is crucial for designing effective and equitable public health policies.
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