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Homelessness complicates efforts to treat health issues and health issues are complicated by homelessness. To provide health care, health care providers must be able to meet a person where he is and to listen to his needs. For best results, providers must treat the whole person – not just the medical diagnosis. This section includes practical guides for treating common medical conditions experienced by people who are homeless.

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Selected Health and Wellness Resources

Rating	Title
	A Doctor's Experience: Talking with Mrs. F.
	Adapting Your Practice: Treatment and Recommendations for Homeless Children with Otitis Media
	Adapting Your Practice: Treatment and Recommendations for Homeless Patients with Asthma
	Adapting Your Practice: Treatment and Recommendations for Homeless Patients with Chlamydial or Gonococcal Infections
	Adapting Your Practice: Treatment and Recommendations for Homeless Patients with Diabetes Mellitus
	Adapting Your Practice: Treatment and Recommendations for Homeless Patients with HIV/AIDS
	Adapting Your Practice: Treatment and Recommendations for Homeless Patients with Hypertension, Hyperlipidemia and Heart Failure
	Adapting Your Practice: Treatment and Recommendations on Reproductive Health Care for Homeless Patients
	AIDS Housing of Washington
+ 1	Heart of the Matter: Managing and Preventing Cardiovascular Disease
+ 1	Homelessness & Health Care
	HRSA: The Health Center Program: Special Populations
	Implementing an Evidence-Based Practice: Seeking Safety Group
+ 5	National Health Care for the Homeless Council
+ 1	Organizational Self-Care: How Does Your Agency Measure Up?
	Pediatric Oral Health: What Every HCH Provider Should Know
+ 3	Q&A: Ken Kraybill on Self-Care
	Safe and Sound: A Healthy Child Toolkit for Homeless Mothers
+ 1	Self-Care Among Chronically Ill African Americans: Culture, Health Disparities, and Health Insurance Status
+ 1	Self-Care Assessment Tool
+ 1	Stress Relief: Learn How To Say No
+ 6	The ABC's of Self Care
+ 1	The Mystery of Joseph’s House
	Understanding Bodily Responses to Trauma
	What is Self-Care?
	Where There Is No Dentist: A Book of Methods, Aids, and Ideas for Instructors at the Village Level