Influenzalike Illness Among Homeless Persons [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2006 To the Editor: We report rates of influenzalike illness (ILI) and influenza vaccination among homeless persons at 3 shelter clinics in New York City examined from 1997 through 2004. Little is understood regarding the prevalence and transmission of influenza among the homeless (1).
Scott J. Bucher +2 more
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One health approach on serosurvey of anti-Leptospira spp. in homeless persons and their dogs in South Brazil. [PDF]
One Health, 2022 Although leptospirosis has been described as a worldwide bacterial zoonosis primarily affecting vulnerable populations, to date no study has focused on concomitant serosurvey of homeless persons and their dogs.
do Couto AC +11 more
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Personal Hygiene Practices among Urban Homeless Persons in Boston, MA. [PDF]
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2017 Persons experiencing homelessness in the United States experience significant barriers to self-care and personal hygiene, including limited access to clean showers, laundry and hand washing facilities. While the obstacles to personal hygiene associated with homelessness may increase risk of infectious disease, hygiene-related behaviors among people ...
Leibler JH +4 more
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Tuberculosis, vulnerabilities, and HIV in homeless persons: a systematic review. [PDF]
Rev Saude Publica, 2022 OBJECTIVE Analyze, systematize, and compile social, individual, and programmatic vulnerability factors associated with tuberculosis and HIV in homeless persons.
Gioseffi JR, Batista R, Brignol SM.
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Volunteerism Among Homeless Persons With Developmental Disabilities [PDF]
Journal of Social Work in Disability & Rehabilitation, 2010 People with developmental disabilities have been historically excluded from mainstream society. Using the strength-based perspective, volunteerism was explored among homeless persons with self-reported developmental disabilities. It was hypothesized that volunteerism would be associated with indicators of healthy community integration.
Larry G, Morton +2 more
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Room for one homeless person [PDF]
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 2003 The inverse care law1 is only a special medical case of the general law that those most in need are least likely to receive it. Homeless people have often been regarded as being a special group of “undeserving poor” for whom only …
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Factors associated with unsuccessful tuberculosis treatment among homeless persons in Brazil: A retrospective cohort study from 2015 to 2020. [PDF]
PLoS Negl Trop Dis, 2023 Silva Rodrigues OA +5 more
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Key causes and long-term trends related to emergency department and inpatient hospital admissions of homeless persons in England. [PDF]
Int J Emerg Med, 2023 Paudyal V +4 more
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Expression of Concern: Evidence That Head and Body Lice on Homeless Persons Have the Same Genotype. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2022 PLOS ONE Editors.
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