Primary care clinician at Boston Health Care for the Homeless in Massachusetts and a postdoctoral research fellow at the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard University.
Program manager of the Initiative on Health and Homelessness at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston, Massachusetts.
AMA J Ethics. 2021 Nov 1;23(11):E852-857. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.852.
Homelessness remains a pervasive, long-standing problem in the United States and is poised to increase as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Individuals experiencing homelessness bear a higher burden of complex medical and mental health illnesses and often struggle to obtain quality and timely health care. The United States desperately needs to train a workforce to confront this large and growing crisis, but few health professional schools currently devote curricula to the clinical needs of people experiencing homelessness. This article discusses educational and curricular strategies for health professional students. Understanding the health needs of-and the social influences on the lives of-people experiencing homelessness is crucial for addressing this health equity challenge.
在美国，无家可归现象仍然是一个普遍存在且长期存在的问题，并且由于 COVID-19 大流行，这种情况有可能会加剧。无家可归者承受着更沉重的复杂的身体和心理健康疾病负担，并且往往难以获得高质量和及时的医疗保健。美国迫切需要培训一支劳动力队伍来应对这一巨大且不断增长的危机，但目前很少有健康专业学校将课程专门用于满足无家可归者的临床需求。本文讨论了面向健康专业学生的教育和课程策略。了解无家可归者的健康需求以及影响他们生活的社会因素，对于应对这一健康公平挑战至关重要。
