Changing the Narrative About Homelessness

This one-hour webinar, which is part of the Hot Topics series, reviews how to address homelessness with new messages and interventions.

Learning Objectives

• List the upstream determinants of homelessness.
• Describe evidence-based approaches to preventing homelessness (primary, secondary, and tertiary).
• Describe mechanisms to fund housing initiatives in major cities on the West Coast.

Intended Audiences

Local, state, and tribal public health professionals; community development and housing specialists

Presenter

Hilary Godwin, PhD, Dean, University of Washington School of Public Health

Discussion Questions

1. What can we do as individuals to foster greater empathy among the public towards individuals experiencing homelessness?
2. As public health professionals, how can we better communicate what "social determinants of health" are and why they are important to lay audiences?

Resources

• Catching Homelessness by Josephine Ensign
• Nicholas WC, Henwood, BF. Applying a prevention framework to address homelessness as a population health issue. J Public Health Policy. 2018 Aug; 39(3):283-293.

Image Credit

Photo by David Lee. Used under Creative Commons BY-SA 2.0.