Objectives

1. Identify the unique health concerns of those experiencing homelessness in Canada. 
2. Take a thorough social history and refer patients to appropriate community services. 
3. Create a clinic that is welcoming to those who are homeless through anti-oppressive practice and a trauma-informed approach.
4. Adapt screening, diagnosis, and management approaches for several common conditions to the experience of homelessness, including hypertension, diabetes, and communicable diseases.
5. Recognize that housing status in itself, as well as poverty, is the fundamental health issue for those who are homeless.