The California street medicine landscape survey and report

The California street medicine landscape survey and report

Collection:
Health Policy and Services Research
Author(s):
Feldman, Brett J., author
Feldman, Corinne T., author
Coulourides Kogan, Alexis, author
Saluja, Sonali, author
Cousineau, Michael R., author
Contributor(s):
California HealthCare Foundation, issuing body.
Publication:
[Oakland, CA] : California Health Care Foundation, March 2023
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Delivery of Health Care
Health Care Surveys
Ill-Housed Persons
Social Determinants of Health
Vulnerable Populations
California
Genre(s):
Technical Report
Abstract:
Established in the early 1990s, street medicine is the provision of health care directly to people who are unsheltered in their own environment and has evolved from a fringe movement of health care providers to an organized area of medicine, with programs that span the globe. With the largest concentration of people experiencing unsheltered homelessness in the nation, California is well positioned to scale the street medicine model in order to reach more people experiencing unsheltered homelessness. This study is the first to examine the current state of street medicine in California by asking, answering, and providing recommendations based on ten salient questions, including: (1) Where are street medicine programs in California? (2) Who do street medicine programs serve? (3) What street medicine models of care have been implemented? (4) How are street medicine teams staffed? (5) How are street medicine services funded and what are they funding?
Copyright:
Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY-NC-ND license. (More information)
Extent:
1 online resource (1 PDF file (59 pages))
Illustrations:
Illustrations
NLM Unique ID:
9918645976506676 (See catalog record)
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/9918645976506676