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Developing a system response to health and homelessness: The important role of health leaders.

Kate GrahamMatthew J Meyer
Published in: Healthcare management forum (2024)
This article examines the role of health leaders in the early stages of a community response to address health and homelessness in London, Ontario. Specifically, we explore how leaders from large healthcare-providing organizations have influenced the dynamics of the entire community response. We argue that the high level of engagement from health leaders has been a key ingredient in the early successes of the new approach in London, in part because it validated the reframing of homelessness as a healthcare issue-importantly, changing perceptions about who shares the responsibility to address it.
Keyphrases
  • healthcare
  • mental health
  • public health
  • health information
  • mental illness
  • climate change
  • risk assessment
  • human health
  • health insurance