Main Street Ministries Provides Services for the Homeless with Tendenci : "Main Street Ministries Houston was established in 2009 to unite and strengthen Operation ID and Shepherd’s Center, two long-running, volunteer outreach ministries of First Presby
Department of Veterans Affairs, Homeless Programs Office, Washington, DC; School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX; and Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT....
Behind-the-scenes Ep7: Houston, working the problem We recently visited Houston. For years we've heard great things about how Houston addresses homelessness and we needed to see for ourselves. This episode is about how they do it. Behind-the-scenes Ep6: Will Los Angeles solve its homelessne...
Young adults were recruited from agencies serving YEH in Houston, TX (n = 30) and Los Angeles, CA (n = 15) to participate in an electronic self-report survey and a semistructured interview. Survey results indicate that 68.2% of YEH had low or no prior knowledge of PrEP, though 63.7% ...
This study explored providers’ experiences and perceptions of the barriers and facilitators that impact YEH’s access to healthcare services in Houston, TX. This study is among the first to seek insights from a range of administrative-level healthcare providers and social service providers. By dra...
When I hear that the city of Houston has done an excellent job moving homeless folks out of encampments and into homes, I feel compelled to note that studies have told us, for years, that putting homeless folks in homes actually costs taxpayers less than giving them emergent services. I als...
School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA Jack Tsai PhD, MSCP Corresponding author Correspondence to Jack Tsai PhD, MSCP. Ethics declarations Conflict of Interest The authors declare that they do not have a conflict of interest. Additional inf...
Alexandra IngberMelissa N GarciaJuan LeonKristy O MurraySpringer International PublishingJournal of Racial & Ethnic Health DisparitiesIngber, Alexandra, Melissa N. Garcia, Juan Leon, and Kristy O Murray. 2018. "Chagas Disease Knowledge and Risk Behaviors of the Homeless Population in Houston, TX." ...