• Xu KY, Gabrielian SE, Brown TR. Mental Health Diagnoses in People Experiencing Homelessness. JAMA psychiatry. 2024 Oct 1; 81(10):1047.
• Kertesz SG, deRussy AJ, Hoge AE, Varley AL, Holmes SK, Riggs KR, Austin EL, Gordon AJ, Gabrielian SE, Pollio DE, Montgomery AE, Gelberg L, Steward JL, Jones AL, Richman JR. Organizational and patient factors associated with positive primary care experiences for veterans with current or recent homelessness. Health services research. 2024 Aug 6.
• Delgado Garcia MA, Chinchilla M, Henwood B, Chien J, Kwack S, Kuhn R. Latino-Hispanic Unsheltered Homelessness Before and After COVID-19. American journal of public health. 2024 Jul 1; 114(S6):S510-S514.
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• Foster M, Fix GM, Hyde J, Dunlap S, Byrne TH, Sugie NF, Kuhn R, Gabrielian S, Roncarati JS, Zhao S, McInnes DK. Capturing the Dynamics of Homelessness Through Ethnography and Mobile Technology: Protocol for the Development and Testing of a Smartphone Technology-Supported Intervention. JMIR research protocols. 2024 Apr 22; 13:e53022.

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• VA's Comprehensive Approach to Ending Homelessness Brought Larger Gains than in the General Population
  This analysis compared Veteran homelessness to homelessness in the general population during a 16-year study period. Findings showed that over the 13-year active period of Ending Veteran Homelessness initiative, there was a 55% decrease in homelessness among Veterans compared with a 9% decrease among the general population. Interviews with policy leaders suggest that adopting a “Housing First” pol...
  
  Date: January 29, 2024
• Significant Increase in Telehealth for Primary Care among Homeless Veterans Following the Pandemic
  This study sought to examine the extent to which homeless-experienced Veterans used telehealth services in primary care – and to characterize users before and after the onset of the pandemic. Findings showed that despite decreased access to health information technology and low pre-pandemic telehealth use, Veterans experiencing homelessness sustained a high use of telehealth in primary care post-p...
  
  Date: January 22, 2024
• Homelessness Associated with Increased Rates of All-Cause Mortality among Veterans with Lung and Colorectal Cancer
  This study sought to characterize the diagnosis, treatment, surgical outcomes, and mortality of unhoused compared to housed patients who received care in VA for lung, colorectal cancer (CRC), and breast cancer. Findings showed that homelessness was associated with increased rates of mortality for lung and colorectal cancer, as well as later stage at diagnosis for colorectal cancer. Veterans experi...
  
  Date: December 21, 2023
• Veterans Do Not Always Receive Appropriate Continuation of OUD Medications During Surgical Hospitalizations
  This study sought to describe practice patterns of perioperative buprenorphine use within VA – and patient outcomes up to 12 months following surgery. Findings showed that the majority of VA surgical patients in this study who received buprenorphine for opioid use disorder experienced a dose hold at some point during the perioperative period despite a trend in clinical guidelines recommending bupr...
  
  Date: September 20, 2021
• Personal and Community Risk Factors Associated with Unsheltered Homelessness among Veterans
  This study sought to answer the question, “Among Veterans who have experienced homelessness, what distinguishes those who were recently unsheltered from those who were not?” Findings showed that among Veterans experiencing homelessness, being unsheltered correlated with individual (e.g., poverty) and community risk factors (e.g., poor access to shelter). Veterans who reported being unsheltered wer...
  
  Date: July 15, 2021

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Systematic Review - Factors Associated with Homelessness Among US Veterans (07-11-2023)

Primary Care Engagement among Veterans with Experiences of Homelessness and Serious Mental Illness: An Evidence Map (05-04-2021)

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Videos

• Supporting Homeless Veterans 08/22/23

Podcasts

• Increasing Use of Video Telehealth among Veterans Experiencing Homelessness with Substance Use Disorder 04/25/2023
• Homeless and Vulnerable Veterans' Experiences of Primary Care 05/19/2020
• Understanding LGBTQ Veterans' Risk for Homelessness 04/21/2020

Other Resources

• Visit the VA website's main resource page for Veterans and their families who are facing housing challenges.