Experience of primary care among homeless individuals with mental health conditions. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 The delivery of primary care to homeless individuals with mental health conditions presents unique challenges. To inform healthcare improvement, we studied predictors of favorable primary care experience among homeless persons with mental health ...
Joya G Chrystal +13 more
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Cognitive Dysfunction, Brain Volumes, and Traumatic Brain Injury in Homeless Persons. [PDF]
Neurotrauma Rep, 2021 Although homeless persons experience traumatic brain injury (TBI) frequently, little is known about the structural and functional brain changes in this group.
Cusimano MD +7 more
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Exploratory attitude survey of homeless persons regarding telecare services in shelters providing mid- and long-term accommodation: The importance of trust. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2022 BackgroundWith the expansion of digital health, it is imperative to consider intervention techniques in order not to be the cause of even more social health inequalities in underserved populations struggling with chronic diseases.
Győrffy Z +8 more
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Serosurvey of Anti-Toxoplasma gondii Antibodies in Homeless Persons of São Paulo City, Southeastern Brazil. [PDF]
Front Public Health, 2020 Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii has been extensively studied in a variety of different human populations. However, no study has focused on homeless populations. Accordingly, the present study aimed to assess the seroprevalence of anti-T.
Felipetto LG +12 more
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Improving the Attitudes to Homeless Persons in a Family Medicine Residency. [PDF]
J Prim Care Community Health, 2020 Introduction: Family medicine providers are at the forefront of serving homeless persons. It is important to prepare family medicine residents for this responsibility during residency.
Zha M, Olson CL, Goulet C.
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Serosurvey of anti-treponema pallidum (syphilis), anti-hepatitis C virus and anti-HIV antibodies in homeless persons of São Paulo city, southeastern Brazil. [PDF]
Braz J Infect Dis, 2021 Homeless persons have been considered as one of the most susceptible populations to sexually transmitted infections. In Brazil, these population experienced an increase of 140% from 2012 to 2020.
Felipetto LG +9 more
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Bartonella quintana and Typhus Group Rickettsiae Exposure among Homeless Persons, Bogotá, Colombia. [PDF]
Emerg Infect Dis, 2017 In 2015, we investigated Bartonella quintana and typhus group rickettsiae in body lice from homeless persons in Bogotá, Colombia. We found B. quintana–infected body lice and seroprevalence of this microorganism in 19% of homeless persons and typhus group
Faccini-Martínez ÁA +7 more
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BMC Psychiatry, 2022 Background Within the last five years the number of homeless persons in Germany has more than doubled, with many suffering from mental illnesses that require treatment. Whether the mental illness itself led to losing shelter or whether the state of being
Ida Sibylle Haussleiter +6 more
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Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2023 Background: Homeless people have difficulties in their basic necessities such as food, clothing, and shelter and they are prone to physical abuse and assault.
Janaki R. Kalyanasundaram +2 more
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Active Tuberculosis among Homeless Persons, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1998–2007
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2011 While tuberculosis (TB) in Canadian cities is increasingly affecting foreign-born persons, homeless persons remain at high risk. To assess trends in TB, we studied all homeless persons in Toronto who had a diagnosis of active TB during 1998–2007.
Kamran Khan +10 more
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