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Healthcare for the Houseless; How Lack of Health Equity Disproportionately Shortens the Life Expectancy of the Unhoused

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Newman, Sophia R.

Abstract:

The national average life expectancy for houseless individuals in the United States is forty seven years, which is thirty years lower than the overall average. I argue that this disproportionately short life expectancy of the houseless is reflective of significant health inequities in the United States that disproportionately impact the...

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Honors College Thesis

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_____________________________________________________________________ Devon Quick, Committee Member, representing Department of Integrative Biology