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  "abstract": "While poorer health outcomes have been established in people experiencing episodic homelessness in the United States, there is a gap in understanding of the effects of other non-medical factors, such as employment, transportation access, and food insecurity, on health outcomes in this population. This was an observational study with data collected by in-person and phone interviews, involving 40 adults experiencing episodic homelessness in the greater Houston area from September 2024 through July 2025. Lack of reliable food access showed a trend towards a significant association with self-described health status (p = 0.05), with participants with limited access to food more likely to report poor health (30.00%) than those with reliable food access (5.56%). Employment status showed a significant association with having reliable food access (p = 0.03), with participants with limited access to food more likely to report having no employment (85.71%) than those with reliable food access (52.94%). Transportation access and gross financial status did not show any association with food access. In individuals experiencing episodic homelessness in the Houston area, reliable food access had a trend towards a significant association with self-reported health status, and having employment was significantly associated with reliable food access.",
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  "affiliations": [
    "University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America.",
    "University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, United States of America.",
    "MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States of America.",
    "McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX, United States of America.",
    "University of Houston-Clear Lake, Houston, TX, United States of America."
  ],
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  "arxiv": null,
  "author_total": 8,
  "authors": [
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      ],
      "name": "Neki Yazdi"
    },
    {
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      "name": "Laura Porterfield"
    },
    {
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      "name": "Namita Bhardwaj"
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    {
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      ],
      "name": "Kendall M Campbell"
    },
    {
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        2
      ],
      "name": "Truong Lam"
    },
    {
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        3
      ],
      "name": "Emily Rodgers"
    },
    {
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        4
      ],
      "name": "Geraldo Hernandez"
    },
    {
      "affs": [
        1
      ],
      "name": "Audrey Nath"
    }
  ],
  "bibtex": "https://research.draconitic.com/paper/2vda7bwtg2hxr.bib",
  "cited_by": 0,
  "doi": "10.1016/j.pmedr.2026.103681",
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  "language": "eng",
  "licence": "CC-BY",
  "licence_label": "CC BY",
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  "native_subjects": [
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  "pdf_url": "https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC13740878?pdf=render",
  "pmcid": "PMC13740878",
  "pmid": "42997032",
  "published": "2026-10-23",
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  "ris": "https://research.draconitic.com/paper/2vda7bwtg2hxr.ris",
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  "subjects": [
    {
      "field": "medicine",
      "origin": "journal-openalex:F27",
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  "title": "Social and environmental factors impacting the health in adults experiencing episodic homelessness in Houston, Texas.",
  "title_text": "Social and environmental factors impacting the health in adults experiencing episodic homelessness in Houston, Texas.",
  "type": "peer-reviewed",
  "updated_at": "2026-11-09T15:20:41Z",
  "url": "https://research.draconitic.com/paper/2vda7bwtg2hxr",
  "venue": "Preventive medicine reports",
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}