CHIH are a collaboration between the University of Edinburgh and local partners in Scotland to improve the health and wellbeing of people who experience homelessness. Based in the University of Edinburgh’s School of Health in Social Science, the Centre for Homelessness and Inclusion Health (CHIH) is a collaboration between the University and partners across Scotland.Inclusion health is a growing clinical, policy, and research agenda which focuses on populations that are poorly served by mainstream healthcare and experience disproportionately poor health (e.g. people facing homelessness, individuals engaged in sex work, migrants in vulnerable circumstances, those engaged with the criminal justice system). CHIH and the organisations and individuals affiliated with it aim to better understand, prevent, and redress health inequalities affecting inclusion health populations. They share particular expertise in issues associated with homelessness and related forms of deep social exclusion.The Centre’s work focuses on three core threads of activity, these being: education, research, and community engagement. Get in touch Our Research CHIH conducts research on a wide range of issues relating to homelessness and inclusion health. Current and recent projects include: Home intervention for patients with COPD PHOENIx Violence Against Women and Homelessness Our Courses The CHIH’s flagship course on homelessness and inclusion health is delivered in Semester 2 (January-April) each year. It involves guest lectures from a range of homelessness, health and social care sector representatives (including people with lived experience) as well as leading academics in the field. Particular emphasis is placed on making theory and empirical research practically applicable to health and social care professionals. The 20-credit course is run at both postgraduate and undergraduate levels. The Masters-level option, which can be attended in person (on campus) or remotely (on-line), is popular with practitioners who enrol for Continuing Professional Development (CPD). Course requirements include attending 10 weekly lectures (delivered live on campus and recorded for on-line students), engagement with group discussions, and reading academic and practice-focussed literature.Masters level on-campus courseMasters level online courseUndergraduate courseEnquiries about the course are most welcome and should be directed to Professor Sarah Johnsen (sarah.johnsen@ed.ac.uk). Events The CHIH is proud to jointly host a seminar series with Heriot-Watt University’s Institute for Social Policy, Housing and Equalities Research (I-SPHERE). Held monthly, these free online seminars provide a supportive forum to share and discuss the implications of recent research and policy developments in housing/homelessness, health, and related fields. People Our people from academic staff to PhD students, centre partners and associates, including third sector organisations, public bodies, professionals and academic institutes that support and collaborate with the Centre on its work.