Our Research with Homeless Healthcare
Homeless Healthcare is Australia’s largest primary care health service for people experiencing, or at risk of, homelessness, and is based in Perth, Western Australia.
Since 2016, our team has been undertaking collaborative research with Homeless Healthcare. This includes independent evaluation of the health and economic impact of Homeless Healthcare, and wider collaborative efforts to reduce the enormous health inequalities experienced by people who are homeless in Western Australia and nationally.
Key research and evaluation to date includes:
HHC Evaluation Report (Oct 2018)
HHC Evaluation Report Summary (Oct 2018)
MJA Article 2018
Street to Home Health Snapshot 2020
For more information see our Homeless Healthcare and COVID-19 publications in the links below:
Perth’s First Medical Respite Centre
Evaluation of the First Year of Operation
Evaluation of the Second Year of Operation
Previous Technical Reports with Homeless Healthcare
StayWitch’s Peer-Support, Wellbeing & Life Skills Program - 2023
Improving Access to Nicotine Replacement Therapy for People Experiencing Homelessness - March 2022
Homeless Healthcare Hub Snapshot- August 2022
Staywitch’s Evaluation Snapshot 1 2022
Homeless Healthcare Youth Snapshot 2021
Street to Home Health Evaluation Snapshot 2020
Homeless Outreach Dual Diagnosis Service (HODDS) Snapshot 2019
Homeless Healthcare Caseworker Snapshot Evaluation 2020
Tackling the Challenge of Mental Health, Alcohol and Drug use through a Novel Duel Diagnosis Outreach Service for People Experiencing Homelessness – Parity 2020
Homeless Healthcare Street Health Summary Snapshot 2019
Homeless Healthcare Evaluation Report 2018
Assessing the Nature and Magnitude of Health, Economic, and Wellbeing Benefits of Homeless Healthcare Services in Perth 2016
Homeless Healthcare Evaluation Report Summary 2018
Previous Journal Articles with Homeless Healthcare
Tackling the Challenge of Mental Health, Alcohol and Drug use through a Novel Duel Diagnosis Outreach Service for People Experiencing Homelessness – Parity 2020
Multimorbidity among People Experiencing Homelessness—Insights from Primary Care Data IJERPH 2021
Accessing antenatal care when you are rough sleeping: Barriers and Enablers - Partiy Magazine 2022
Homeless health care: meeting the challenges of providing primary care - MJA 2018