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

Published:2024-07-24 Issue: Volume: Page:
ISSN:0840-4704
Container-title:Healthcare Management Forum
language:en
Short-container-title:Healthc Manage Forum

Author:

Graham Kate¹^ORCID,Meyer Matthew²^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Huron University and Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.

2. London Health Sciences Centre, London, Ontario, Canada.

Abstract

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.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Link

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/08404704241266497

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