Perspectives of a permanent supportive housing population on their trust in sources of health information, experiences with health care providers, and navigation of health information amidst the COVID-19 pandemic

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Authors

Tiffany Loh, Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine Medical Student
Jason Wasserman, Corewell Health East

Description

Permanent supportive housing (PSH) has become the predominant housing intervention for addressing homelessness in the U.S.1 It provides o Unhoused adults with mental and substance use disorders long-term, affordable housing2 o Voluntary social support services.

Studies have found that the unhoused population experience mistreatment in health settings.3–6 o Some unhoused individuals expressed not being seen as human, feeling invisible to health providers, or treated as an experiment.

Limited research on sources of health information used by those who have experienced homelessness. o Allen et al. found that unhoused individuals refer to news media, word of mouth, the internet and social media, as their main sources of health information.7 o In a survey conducted during the COVID pandemic, respondents in homeless shelters in Detroit, MI placed most trust in vaccine information from the news.

Publication Date

5-2024

Disciplines

Bioethics and Medical Ethics

Recommended Citation

Loh T, Wasserman J. Perspectives of a permanent supportive housing population on their trust in sources of health information, experiences with health care providers, and navigation of health information amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. Poster presented at: Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine Embark Capstone Colloquium; 2024 May; Rochester Hills, MI.

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The Embark Capstone Colloquium at the Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine, Rochester Hills, MI, May, 2024.