Combined human and veterinary services enhance primary care access for homeless youth and their pets

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Combined human and veterinary services enhance primary care access for homeless youth and their pets

In 2018, a multidisciplinary team in Seattle created a combined clinical space to care for homeless youth and their pets. The One Health Clinic, based at New Horizons, a shelter for homeless youth in Seattle, provides concurrent primary health care and veterinary care to young people and their pets after a community needs assessment revealed pet ownership as a barrier to accessing health care services.

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