Start Date
5-15-2025 9:30 AM
End Date
5-15-2025 11:30 AM
Description
Background
- 14,088 individuals experience homelessness (IEH) across the state of Pennsylvania, with over 50% concentrated in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia1
- In late 2021, only 4 medical school programs existed that conducted street outreach to support individuals experiencing homelessness in Pennsylvania before the pandemic.2 None existed at the undergraduate level.
- Street outreach has been linked to increased motivation of IEH to seek services by removing stigma via positive, nonjudgmental relationships.3,4
Keywords
homelessness, health equity, community partnership, street outreach
Included in
Community Health and Preventive Medicine Commons, Inequality and Stratification Commons, Medicine and Health Commons, Public Health Education and Promotion Commons
May 15th, 9:30 AM
May 15th, 11:30 AM
Utility of Community Partnership and Sustainable Street Outreach
Background
- 14,088 individuals experience homelessness (IEH) across the state of Pennsylvania, with over 50% concentrated in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia1
- In late 2021, only 4 medical school programs existed that conducted street outreach to support individuals experiencing homelessness in Pennsylvania before the pandemic.2 None existed at the undergraduate level.
- Street outreach has been linked to increased motivation of IEH to seek services by removing stigma via positive, nonjudgmental relationships.3,4
Comments
Presented at the 2025 Jefferson Health Equity and Quality Improvement (HEQI) Summit.