This paper is a report of a study of the perspectives of homeless individuals on their health and healthcare needs. Many studies show the high incidence and severity of diseases, physical and mental, amongst the homeless populations. However, the views of homeless people themselves are usually ...
Introduction We examined the prevalence of substance use disorders among homeless and vulnerably housed persons in three Canadian cities and its associatio... P Anita,G Anne,AM Hubley,... - 《Plos One》 被引量: 25发表: 2013年 How are homeless people treated in the healthcare system and oth...
A public health crisis caused by political choices The recent BMA report Streets of Shame highlights the growing crisis in healthcare provision for homeless people and indicates that the UK's rise in homelessness is now a public health disaster.1 According to the report, the average age of ...
I was asked by students at the nursing school of Lewis- Clark State College to give a four minute summary of issues that homeless people typically have when it comes to accessing health care. Pleasedonate published yesterday It was when Nadine Woodward was running for Mayor of Spokane that I ...
Hypertension, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, infectious diseases, skin diseases, and osteoarthritis are common illnesses among persons who are homeless. Delivery of high-quality health care to homeless populations often requires an individualized patient-centered approach based on clinical practice guidelines...
Globally, there were an estimated 9.27 million cases of tuberculosis (TB) in 2007, with the larger number of cases of latent TB infection [1]. The Airin district of Osaka City is known as an urban area with a dense population of day-laborers and homeless people in Japan, an intermediate...
Homelessness, Health Care and Welfare Provision is the first known publication in which service providers examine the particular difficulties encountered by homeless people in gaining access to healthcare, both in Britain and the US. Specific chapters examine the complex issue of mental health and hom...
The central role of housing key workers in supporting healthcare interactions for people experiencing homelessness and implications for palliative care: a ... People experiencing homelessness access specialist palliative care late in their illness trajectory, if at all. There is also little evidence th...
Homeless people are particularly... WM Woith,C Kerber,KS Astroth,... - 《Nursing Forum》 被引量: 2发表: 2017年 [Psychosocial care and healthcare for the homeless population: an integrative review]. The homeless population has physical and mental health issues and is exposed to conditions ...
They aren't the first to provide health care to homeless people in San Diego, but Healthcare in Action is the first to be on the street five days a week and associated with a for-profit managedhealth care provider. "I think what we're doing that's a little different is that we're...