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Traumatic brain injury and VA service use among Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Veterans experiencing homelessness [PDF]

Frontiers in Public Health
IntroductionUnited States Veterans experiencing homelessness often have myriad health concerns that can impact their functioning. Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander (NHPI) homeless Veterans are up to 82% more likely to have a traumatic brain injury (TBI)
Ryan Holliday, Ryan Holliday, Ryan Holliday, Lindsey Monteith, Lindsey Monteith, Lindsey Monteith, Shawn Liu, Sara Lum, Marissa Sia, Gayle Iwamasa, Darrin Aase, Alexandra Smith, Rishi Deka, Shiloh Jordan, Christine Kindler, Jack Tsai, Jack Tsai, Jack Tsai, Lisa A. Brenner, Lisa A. Brenner   +19 more
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Determinants of food insecurity in homeless people: evidence from the territory-wide homeless census in Hong Kong [PDF]

Public Health Nutrition
Objective: With the re-emerging homelessness issue in Hong Kong, given its least affordable housing, securing food to meet the basic physiological needs is of priority concern for the homeless. This study aims to examine the situation and determinants of
Gary Ka-Ki Chung, Crystal Ying Chan, Siu Ming Chan, Hung Wong   +3 more
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Who Are the Homeless? Numbers, Trends and Characteristics of Those Without Homes in Calgary [PDF]

The School of Public Policy Publications, 2015
In 2008, Calgary was the first city in Canada to institute a 10-year plan to end homelessness. The plan was introduced in part due to the steady and rapid growth in homelessness in the city since 1992.
Ronald D. Kneebone, Meaghan Bell, Nicole Jackson, Ali Jadidzadeh   +3 more
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Development of the Homeless Health Access to Care Tool to identify health-related vulnerability among people experiencing homelessness: Delphi study, Australia

BMJ Open, 2022
Objectives In this paper, we report the development of the Homeless Health Access to Care Tool. This tool aims to improve the gap in assessing health need and capacity to access healthcare of people experiencing homelessness.
Jasmine Yee, Lee Jones, Jane Currie, Elizabeth Grech, Erin Longbottom, Ruth Hastings, Amy Aitkenhead, Matthew Larkin, Amy Cason, Karin Obrecht   +9 more
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Trauma and cervical cancer screening among women experiencing homelessness: A call for trauma-informed care

Women's Health, 2021
Objective: Women experiencing homelessness are at increased risk of cervical cancer and have disproportionately low Pap screening behaviors compared to the general population.
Racquel E Kohler, Jill S Roncarati, Anastasia Aguiar, Pritha Chatterjee, Jessie Gaeta, Kasisomayajula Viswanath, Cassis Henry   +6 more
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Bringing it All Together: Integrating Services to Address Homelessness [PDF]

The School of Public Policy Publications, 2019
Homeless-serving systems are striving for greater impact and efficiency amidst austerity. Those with lived experience, governments, funders, and service providers have consistently and increasingly called for enhanced integration across services ...
Alina Turner, Diana Krecsy
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PrEP disclosure and discussions within social networks of people who inject drugs experiencing homelessness: a brief report

BMC Public Health, 2023
Background In the context of increasing injection-related HIV outbreaks across the United States, particularly among people who inject drugs (PWID) experiencing homelessness, there is an urgent need to expand access to pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for
Leah C. Shaw, Katie B. Biello, Seamus Vahey, Jennifer K. Brody, Angela R. Bazzi   +4 more
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Evaluation of Functional Cognition in People Experiencing Homelessness: A Scoping Review

International Journal on Homelessness, 2023
The identified prevalence of cognitive impairment in people experiencing homelessness has placed a focus on the use of measures of cognition to predict functioning and ability to move successfully into housing.
Caitlin Synovec, Leonie Boland, Lee Westover   +2 more
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The homeless [PDF]

Postgraduate Medical Journal, 1996
Summary The medical literature on homeless people tends to concentrate on their biographic characteristics or clinical problems without enough attention being given to the social and environmental contexts which they have to survive. This article summarises the literature on the role of social factors in the causation and outcome of ...
W, Abdul-Hamid, C, Cooney
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Using administrative data to inform operational and policy developments relating to family homelessness in the Dublin Region

International Journal of Population Data Science, 2018
Background Since 2014 Ireland has seen an unprecedented growth in the number of families being accommodated in emergency accommodation, particularly in the Dublin Region.
Holly Morrin, Bernie O'Donoghue Hynes
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