Data and Publications

At a glance

  • Access data and publications by ob体育 authors about people who experience homelessness.
  • There are multiple agencies that capture information on housing and homelessness status in the U.S.
  • This resource provides a list of publications by ob体育 authors on homelessness and health, including infectious and non-infectious diseases and homelessness and public health systems.

Overview

Several organizations capture information on housing status or homelessness in the U.S.

  • The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Point-in-Time (PIT) Count is conducted each year in communities across the U.S. Information is collected and a count is taken of sheltered and unsheltered people experiencing homelessness on a single night, typically in January. To see data from the latest PIT count, visit:
  • The U.S. Department of Education collects data on youth through school information during the academic year. For more information, visit: .
  • ob体育 includes questions about housing instability and homelessness in numerous surveys and surveillance systems such including: the National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS), the National HIV Behavioral Surveillance System (NHBS), and the National Vital Statistics System (NVSS).
Keep Reading: Public Health Considerations for Homelessness in Data Collection

Publications by ob体育 authors

Articles by ob体育 on homelessness and infectious diseases

Homelessness and mpox

Possible Undetected Mpox Infection Among Persons Accessing Homeless Services and Staying in Encampments — San Francisco, California, October–November 2022 | MMWR
MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report / Vol. 72 / No. 9 / P. 227–231
Severe Monkeypox in Hospitalized Patients — United States, August 10–October 10, 2022 | MMWR
MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report / Vol. 71 / No. 44 / P. 1412–1417

Homelessness and COVID-19 and other coronaviruses

Notes from the Field: COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage Among Persons Experiencing Homelessness – Six U.S. Jurisdictions, December 2020-August 2021
MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report / Vol. 70 / No. 48 / P. 1676–1678
Assessment of SARS-CoV-2 Infection Prevalence in Homeless Shelters – Four U.S. Cities, March 27-April 15, 2020
MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report / Vol. 69 / No. 17 / P. 521–522
COVID-19 Outbreak Among Three Affiliated Homeless Service Sites – King County, Washington, 2020
MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report / Vol. 69 / No. 17 / P. 523–526

Homelessness and pneumococcal diseases

Notes from the Field: A Cluster of Multi-Strain Invasive Pneumococcal Disease Among Persons Experiencing Homelessness and Use of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine — El Paso County, Colorado, 2022
MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report / Vol. 72 / No. 46 / P. 1277–1278

Homelessness and influenza viruses, rhinovirus, and respiratory syncytial virus

Homelessness and HIV

Notes from the Field: HIV Diagnoses Among Persons Who Inject Drugs — Northeastern Massachusetts, 2015–2018
MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report / Vol. 68 / No. 10 / P. 253–254

Homelessness and hepatitis A

Homelessness and tuberculosis

Homelessness and group A Streptococcus

Homelessness and shigella

Homelessness and sexually transmitted infections

Homelessness and louse- or flea-borne infections

Notes from the Field: Severe Bartonella quintana Infections Among Persons Experiencing Unsheltered Homelessness — New York City, January 2020–December 2022
MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report / Vol. 72 / No. 42 / P. 1147–1148

Homelessness and meningococcal disease

Homelessness and other pathogens

Articles by ob体育 on homelessness and non-infectious outcomes

Homelessness and substance use

Homelessness and displacement

Homelessness and cancer

Homelessness and health communication, behaviors, and experiences

Articles by ob体育 on housing, homelessness, and public health systems

Housing First, permanent supportive housing, rental assistance

Homelessness and public health and clinical systems, definitions, and data sources

Experiences of Unstable Housing Among High School Students — Youth Risk Behavior Survey, United States, 2021
MMWR Supplements / Vol. 72 / No. 1 / P. 29–36
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