Catching Homelessness

Empathy

Libraries and Homelessness

Josephine Ensign DrPH on November 11, 2023

How public libraries help save lives, especially those of people most socially marginalized.

How public libraries help save lives, especially those of people most socially marginalized.

Post-Traumatic Growth

Lived Experience of Homelessness Examined

Josephine Ensign DrPH on May 22, 2023

A Personal Perspective: While the lived experience of homelessness can be important for more effective program and policy work, it needs more careful examination.

A Personal Perspective: While the lived experience of homelessness can be important for more effective program and policy work, it needs more careful examination.

Health

Nurses on the Frontlines of Behavioral Health

Josephine Ensign DrPH on January 13, 2022

Frontline behavioral health nurses and nurse practitioners are an important workforce that deserves better support for health, safety, and pay parity

Frontline behavioral health nurses and nurse practitioners are an important workforce that deserves better support for health, safety, and pay parity

Burnout

Like Riding a Bicycle: Burnout Prevention

Josephine Ensign DrPH on August 29, 2021

Are you or your loved ones feeling burned out? Here are some key resources to help.

Are you or your loved ones feeling burned out? Here are some key resources to help.

Health

The Criminalization of Poverty and Homelessness

Josephine Ensign DrPH on May 29, 2021

Efforts to criminalize homelessness are increasing and we need to understand where these efforts come from and why they do not work.

Efforts to criminalize homelessness are increasing and we need to understand where these efforts come from and why they do not work.

Bullying

Nurse Bullying Is Real

Josephine Ensign DrPH on April 18, 2021

What nurse bullying is and why it matters to all of us.

What nurse bullying is and why it matters to all of us.

Health

We Are Not All in This (Pandemic) Together

Josephine Ensign DrPH on January 31, 2021

On the ethics and role of hospital systems in the fair distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine.

On the ethics and role of hospital systems in the fair distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine.

Health

The Psychology of Public Health Messaging

Josephine Ensign DrPH on December 1, 2020

Thinking through the ethics and effectiveness of public health messaging about the COVID-19 pandemic.

Thinking through the ethics and effectiveness of public health messaging about the COVID-19 pandemic.

Coronavirus Disease 2019

Nurses, Vaccine Hesitancy, and the COVID-19 Pandemic

Josephine Ensign DrPH on November 21, 2020

To address the COVID-19 pandemic, we need to include nurses in vaccine planning, education, and implementation.

To address the COVID-19 pandemic, we need to include nurses in vaccine planning, education, and implementation.

Health

How We Can Honor Native Americans

Josephine Ensign DrPH on November 15, 2020

November is Native American Heritage Month and National Homeless Youth Awareness Month. Here are six actions you can take.

November is Native American Heritage Month and National Homeless Youth Awareness Month. Here are six actions you can take.

Grief

Healing. But First, Grieving

Josephine Ensign DrPH on November 8, 2020

Why complicated grief is affecting us and what we can do about it.

Why complicated grief is affecting us and what we can do about it.

Bias

Lost Cause

Josephine Ensign DrPH on July 16, 2020

Deeply-entrenched racism is not just a relic of the American South.

Deeply-entrenched racism is not just a relic of the American South.

Health

Nuts: How We Treat Nurses

Josephine Ensign DrPH on May 17, 2020

Nurses are often portrayed as superheroes. They are not superheroes, but humans who deserve better treatment—including access to high-quality, low-barrier mental health care.

Nurses are often portrayed as superheroes. They are not superheroes, but humans who deserve better treatment—including access to high-quality, low-barrier mental health care.

Health

Views of the COVID-19 Epidemic from Seattle-King County

Josephine Ensign DrPH on March 11, 2020

Lessons from living and working in a coronavirus hot spot.

Lessons from living and working in a coronavirus hot spot.

Health

Dorothea Dix and the Trade in Lunacy

Josephine Ensign DrPH on February 12, 2020

What an Civil War-era nurse and reformer can teach us.

What an Civil War-era nurse and reformer can teach us.

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Homeless Vets

Josephine Ensign DrPH on November 11, 2019

Our homeless veterans face high rates of PTSD and suicide risk. These are some resources and ways to help support them.

Our homeless veterans face high rates of PTSD and suicide risk. These are some resources and ways to help support them.

Ethics and Morality

Exposed: The Ethics of Storytelling

Josephine Ensign DrPH on September 15, 2019

The ethics of storytelling are complex and important to consider.

The ethics of storytelling are complex and important to consider.

Sexual Abuse

Are Universities Silencing Sexual Assault Student Survivors?

Josephine Ensign DrPH on June 14, 2019

What are our universities really doing about the sexual assault of students?

What are our universities really doing about the sexual assault of students?

Ethics and Morality

Honor the Stories

Josephine Ensign DrPH on June 2, 2019

What are the ethics of storytelling?

What are the ethics of storytelling?

Empathy

Jump the Empathy Wall

Josephine Ensign DrPH on January 5, 2019

How can we, individually and collectively, climb—or jump—the empathy walls that surround and limit us? Art and literature can point the way.

How can we, individually and collectively, climb—or jump—the empathy walls that surround and limit us? Art and literature can point the way.