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    Bringing Lived Experience to Research on Health and Homelessness: Perspectives of Researchers and Lived Experience Partners

    By Howard Padwa, Benjamin F. Henwood, Roya Ijadi-Maghsoodi, Bikki Tran-Smith, Anna Darby, Ricky Bluthenthal, Melissa Chinchilla, Katherine Diaz Vickery, Randall Kuhn, Alexander Lawton, Ena Fenderson, Elvin Galarza, Anthony Haynes, Dennis King, Emily Martiniuk, Pamela Marshall, Sonny Mendoza, Theodore Patton, Suzette Shaw, Reba Stevens, Lillian Gelberg

    Community Mental Health Journal

    Year: 2023

    Improving health and healthcare for people experiencing homelessness (PEH) has become a national research priority. It is critical for research related to homelessness to be guided by input from PEH themselves. We are a group of researchers and individuals who have personally experienced homelessness collaborating on a study focused on homelessness and housing. In this Fresh Focus, we describe our partnership, lessons learned from our work together, what we have gained from our collaboration, and considerations for future homelessness research-lived experience partnerships.

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