CONTENTS:

Sharing Experiences: News from Health Professionals across the EU:

• Tuberculosis control among homeless persons in the European Union: more than words alone, Rob van Hest and Alistair Story
• First year of existence for the QNI Homeless Health Initiative in London, Kate Tansley
• Adolescents and Alcohol: Exploring Borders and Crossing Lines in the Netherlands, Denese van Poppel
• Documentation and quality assessment in health?related outreach work in Copenhagen  ? A potential model? Henrik Thiesen
• “Housing First” as a Model for Serving Mentally Ill Homeless Adults in the United States, Deborah K. Padgett

Resources:

• “Working with drug users – Guidance for accommodation providers and other support services”
• Resources published by QNI Homeless Health Initiative in London
• “Homelessness and disorder: the challenge of the antisocial and the societal response”
• “Souls in the Hands of a Tender God, Stories of the Search for Home and Healing on the Streets”
• “Assessment of risk for substance use disorder consequent to consumption of illegal drugs: psychometric validation of the neurobehavior disinhibition trait”
• Ongoing research: Undocumented children at the academic medical centre in Amsterdam
• Studying homeless health care in Oxford, UK – Come and join our learning community! (Angela Jones)