Learnings from a pandemic - connecting with communities in social housing

Learnings from a pandemic - connecting with communities in social housing, the on-line launch of an Australian-first research study. The High-Risk Accommodation Response program was co-designed by the Victorian Dept of Families, Fairness and Housing and community health providers across the state, to engage with and respond to the needs of vulnerable communities during the multiple COVID peaks and outbreaks in these settings. Connect Health and Community, Star Health, Merri Health, Peninsula Health and Bendigo Community Health Services partnered with the Centre for Global Health and Equity at Swinburne University of Technology to undertake real-time research into the lived experiences of these communities, and to inform service provision, communication and engagement during the pandemic. The publication ‘Actions to address health literacy and equity in social housing, Victoria’ captures the research, findings, analysis and recommendations that can be applied more broadly to improve health literacy and equity for social housing residents. This is the recording of the interactive webinar that brings together the voices of residents, health services providers and the research team.