Health, Mental Health, and Addiction

Geographic Level: City

Province: MB

City: Sifton

Because ending homelessness means treating health as a human right—mental, physical, and everything in between.

Topics

Mental Health Supports (0 discussions)
Counseling, crisis intervention, and long-term psychiatric care.
Integrated Care Models (0 discussions)
Bringing housing, mental health, and addiction services together.
Addiction Treatment and Harm Reduction (0 discussions)
Detox, safe supply, supervised consumption sites, and recovery programs.
Stigma in Health Care Systems (0 discussions)
Discrimination against unhoused people seeking treatment.
Co-Occurring Disorders (0 discussions)
Navigating combined challenges of mental illness and substance use.
Innovations in Street Medicine (0 discussions)
Mobile health clinics, peer health workers, and community-led care.
Emergency Medical Services (0 discussions)
Overreliance on ERs, ambulance calls, and lack of preventive care.
Chronic Health Conditions (0 discussions)
Diabetes, respiratory illness, HIV, and the impact of unstable living.
Access to Primary Health Care (0 discussions)
Barriers to doctors, clinics, and routine checkups without stable housing.
Trauma and PTSD (0 discussions)
How trauma contributes to homelessness and worsens health outcomes.