Medical Student Research Forum Posters

As of February 8th , 2021, there were a total of 26,761,047 cases of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the United States, with over 460,582 deaths. One population with increased susceptibility and high risk for serious illness is that of people experiencing homelessness. In order to effectively implement pandemic responses to COVID-19 within this community, lessons can be derived from the prior H1N1 pandemic (influenza A virus subtype H1N1). A necessary mode of healthcare delivery frequently described during the H1N1 pandemic was outreach medicine. Recommendations extrapolated from the homeless sector’s response during H1N1 include the need for an integrated approach, equitable distribution of resources, mitigation of the decreased use of drop-in services, the voice of the unhoused contributing to planning, and vaccination.