schoolstudent homelessnessIn this qualitative case study, we employ 29 semistructured interviews and an array of supplemental data to explore why and how COVID-19 shaped school and community practices around student and family homelessness in Houston, Texas. Drawing on Small's notion of ...
Three of twenty-seven exposures, represent the raw, uncut harsh realities of homelessness in the heart of downtown Houston, Texas. In a city, known for the largest medical center in the world, health disparities are seen on nearly every corner. Healthcare and accessibility to healthcare servic...
Hundreds of districts have illegally suspended students over the past five years, according to data obtained from the Texas Education Agency, denying students access to the food, shelter and education often found only on campus. ByAsher Lehrer-Small, Houston Landing ...
Houston has closed numerous homeless encampments across the city and saw a 17% reduction in unsheltered homelessness. San Jose, California, and Tucson, Arizona, were also cited for improvements. ___ Follow the AP’s coverage of homelessness at https://apnews.com/hub/homelessness. U.S....
Assessing Stage of Change and Harm Reduction Strategies for Synthetic Cannabinoid Use Among Individuals Experiencing Homelessness in Houston, Texas Synthetic cannabinoids (SCs) are low-cost substances that have been associated with adverse health outcomes and an increase in emergency department visits ......
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...
byUniversity of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Credit: CC0 Public Domain Nearly three-fourths of young adults experiencing homelessness who are raped do not seek post-sexual assault medical care, missing an opportunity to greatly reduce their risk of contracting HIV, according to a survey...
Introduction: Homelessness in New York is not a new phenomenon, a plague that sprung as a consequence of the city’s rapid economic development. There is evidence that it dates back to at least the colonial era, although the sheer volumes of people who experience homelessness have increased ...
A federal court on Tuesday temporarily blocked Houston from enforcing its fledgling ban on public encampments, dealing a blow to city efforts to manage escalating tensions between homeless people and the neighborhoods their camps … Continue reading → Posted in Legal matters | Tagged ACLU of Texas,...
Ph.D., of the VA National Center on Homelessness and University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and colleagues. A key focus is on the rising rates of multimorbidity—having multiple medical, mental health, and substance use disorders—amid the ongoing obesity crisis in an aging popula...