Graham Kate, Meyer Matthew
Huron University and Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.
London Health Sciences Centre, London, Ontario, Canada.
Healthc Manage Forum. 2025 Jan;38(1):30-34. doi: 10.1177/08404704241266497. Epub 2024 Jul 24.
This article examines the role of health leaders in the early stages of a community response to address health and homelessness in London, Ontario. Specifically, we explore how leaders from large healthcare-providing organizations have influenced the dynamics of the entire community response. We argue that the high level of engagement from health leaders has been a key ingredient in the early successes of the new approach in London, in part because it validated the reframing of homelessness as a healthcare issue-importantly, changing perceptions about who shares the responsibility to address it.
本文探讨了卫生领域领导者在安大略省伦敦市社区应对健康与无家可归问题早期阶段所发挥的作用。具体而言,我们探究了大型医疗服务提供机构的领导者如何影响整个社区应对行动的动态变化。我们认为,卫生领域领导者的高度参与是伦敦市新方法早期取得成功的关键因素之一,部分原因在于它证实了将无家可归问题重新界定为医疗问题的做法——重要的是,改变了对于谁应分担解决该问题责任的看法。