Addressing the Urgent Housing Needs of Vulnerable Women in the Era of COVID-19: The Los Angeles County Experience.

Autor: Goodsmith N; VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, and National Clinician Scholars Program, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles (Goodsmith); Division of Population Behavioral Health, Jane and Terry Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, Los Angeles; HSR&D Center for the Study of Healthcare Innovation, Implementation, and Policy, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles; and Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, UCLA, Los Angeles (Ijadi-Maghsoodi); East Los Angeles Women's Center, Los Angeles (Melendez); Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health, Los Angeles; and Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences and Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles (Dossett). Ruth S. Shim, M.D., M.P.H., and Michael T. Compton, M.D., M.P.H., are editors of this column., Ijadi-Maghsoodi R; VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, and National Clinician Scholars Program, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles (Goodsmith); Division of Population Behavioral Health, Jane and Terry Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, Los Angeles; HSR&D Center for the Study of Healthcare Innovation, Implementation, and Policy, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles; and Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, UCLA, Los Angeles (Ijadi-Maghsoodi); East Los Angeles Women's Center, Los Angeles (Melendez); Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health, Los Angeles; and Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences and Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles (Dossett). Ruth S. Shim, M.D., M.P.H., and Michael T. Compton, M.D., M.P.H., are editors of this column., Melendez RM; VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, and National Clinician Scholars Program, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles (Goodsmith); Division of Population Behavioral Health, Jane and Terry Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, Los Angeles; HSR&D Center for the Study of Healthcare Innovation, Implementation, and Policy, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles; and Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, UCLA, Los Angeles (Ijadi-Maghsoodi); East Los Angeles Women's Center, Los Angeles (Melendez); Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health, Los Angeles; and Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences and Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles (Dossett). Ruth S. Shim, M.D., M.P.H., and Michael T. Compton, M.D., M.P.H., are editors of this column., Dossett EC; VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, and National Clinician Scholars Program, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles (Goodsmith); Division of Population Behavioral Health, Jane and Terry Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, Los Angeles; HSR&D Center for the Study of Healthcare Innovation, Implementation, and Policy, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles; and Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, UCLA, Los Angeles (Ijadi-Maghsoodi); East Los Angeles Women's Center, Los Angeles (Melendez); Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health, Los Angeles; and Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences and Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles (Dossett). Ruth S. Shim, M.D., M.P.H., and Michael T. Compton, M.D., M.P.H., are editors of this column.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.) [Psychiatr Serv] 2021 Mar 01; Vol. 72 (3), pp. 349-352. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Nov 10.
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.202000318
Abstrakt: For people experiencing homelessness, COVID-19 underscores existing health and social inequities, introduces additional threats to health and safety, and calls for rapid and creative solutions to reduce risk. This column focuses on the particular challenges of two frequently intersecting subpopulations of individuals experiencing homelessness: pregnant women and survivors of domestic violence. The authors describe rapid efforts and cross-agency collaboration in Los Angeles-home to the nation's largest number of unsheltered individuals-to provide these groups with safe interim housing in the context of COVID-19. The authors discuss gaps in care and recommendations for the future, calling attention to the unique mental health and social needs of these highly vulnerable women.
Databáze: MEDLINE