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Housing and Health are Inseparable. Celebrating Progress at LTHC Gala Night
As we reflect on the past year, and on last week’s LTHC gala, our lab is reminded of a simple truth that guides so much of our work with community partners: housing is the foundation. It is the starting point for stability, safety, and wellbeing. And at LTHC, housing is just the beginning. The Five-Year…
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Cervical Cancer Awareness Month: A New Approach to Screening for Homeless Communities
January is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month. People experiencing homelessness are up to four times more likely to be diagnosed with, or to die from, cervical cancer than those who are housed. This disparity is preventable. Cervical cancer is both preventable and treatable when caught early through screening. In our surveys and interviews with people experiencing…
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New NIH grant to address cervical cancer disparities in homeless populations
We are excited to jump into 2024 with the launch of our new study, “Addressing Cervical Cancer Disparities Among People Experiencing Homelessness”! HTQL is honored to have received a 2023 NIH Director’s New Innovator Award to support this work for the next 5 years! Learn more about this prestigious award here. Did you know that…
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Presenting insights from CHW led COVID-19 intervention for people experiencing homelessness
Becca Ziolkowski will be at the American Public Health Association conference on November 7th presenting preliminary findings on our RADxUP study, Community Health Worker Led COVID-19 Education and Rapid Antigen Testing for People Experiencing Homelessness
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Homelessness during COVID-19: challenges, responses, and lessons learned from homeless service providers in Tippecanoe County, Indiana
We conducted a community-based participatory research study examining the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on people experiencing homelessness in Tippecanoe, Indiana. Read about the study and our findings in BMC Public Health. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-11687-8
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Impact of COVID-19 on People Experiencing Homelessness: A Call for Critical Accountability
Read our take on the troubling claims made in the US Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH)’s recent report on efforts to address the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on people, and our call for accountability. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2022.306768
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New NIH RADx-UP funded study on rapid COVID testing in a homeless shelter
Our project, “Community Health Worker Led COVID-19 Education and Rapid Antigen Testing for People Experiencing Homelessness” has been selected for funding under the NIH Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics for Underserved Populations (RADx-UP) Rapid Research Pilot Program grant.
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Pre-print available for our work on homelessness during COVID-19
Homelessness during COVID-19: Challenges, Responses, and Lessons Learned from Homeless Service Providers in Tippecanoe County, Indiana https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-583647/v1
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News on our study about homelessness during COVID-19
Purdue Public Health study focuses on COVID-19’s effect on area homeless https://www.purdue.edu/hhs/news/2021/04/purdue-public-health-study-focuses-on-covid-19s-effect-on-area-homeless/
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