Resources

The following resources address the issue of HIV and homelessness. Their inclusion on this list is not meant to express an endorsement of the resource or its sponsoring organization. If you know of an internet-based resource you think should be included on this website, please let us know. Send the resource and its website address to Mindy Domb, SH/HIP Program Director at MDomb@hcsm.org.

Fact Sheets

• Center for AIDS Prevention Studies: What are homeless persons’ HIV prevention needs?
• Homelessness and HIV/AIDS Fact Sheet from AIDS Housing of Washington
• National Alliance to End Homelessness Fact Sheet on Homelessness and HIV/AIDS
• National Coalition for Homeless Fact Sheet on HIV/AIDS and Homelessness

Articles

• Homelessness and HIV Article from Community Research Initiative on AIDS (CRIA)
• The Body – list of articles on the Homeless and HIV/AIDS

Newsletters

• Healing Hands 1998 – 2006: Important Issues in Health Care for the Homeless

Reports

• HIV, Homelessness and Serious Mental Illness: Implications for Practice and Policy: http://www.nrchmi.samhsa.gov/pdfs/publications/HIV.pdf
  http://www.nrchmi.samhsa.gov/pdfs/bibliographies/HIV_AIDS.pdf

For Providers

• American Medical Student Association Page on Homelessness
• American Academy of Family Physicians Publication “The Homeless in America: Adapting your Practice”
• Healing Hands Network to Study HIV and Homelessness
• National Guidelines Clearinghouse “Adapting your practice: treatment and recommendations for homeless patients with HIV/AIDS” Summary:
  • PDF version
  • for complete document
• Pocket Guidebook for Adapting your Practice: Treatment and Recommendations for Homeless Patients with HIV/AIDS