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Foot Conditions among Homeless Persons: A Systematic Review. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 IntroductionFoot problems are common among homeless persons, but are often overlooked. The objectives of this systematic review are to summarize what is known about foot conditions and associated interventions among homeless persons.MethodsA literature ...
Matthew J To +2 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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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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Homelessness and COVID-19: Leaving No One Behind
Annals of Global Health, 2021 The United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development promotes the “Leaving no one behind” principle and sets goals in areas of critical importance.
Massimo Ralli +2 more
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A practice research study concerning homeless service user involvement with a programme of social support work delivered in a specialized psychological trauma service [PDF]
, 2015 Homeless people are a population known to be highly vulnerable to trauma, in triggering events to becoming homeless and the considerable social isolation, discrimination, and adversity suffered when homeless.
Archard, P.J., Murphy, David
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Tuberculosis and homelessness in Montreal: a retrospective cohort study
BMC Public Health, 2011 Background Montreal is Canada's second-largest city, where mean annual tuberculosis (TB) incidence from 1996 to 2007 was 8.9/100,000. The objectives of this study were to describe the epidemiology of TB among homeless persons in Montreal and assess ...
Tan de Bibiana Jason +8 more
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Impact of housing on the survival of persons with AIDS
BMC Public Health, 2009 Background Homeless persons with HIV/AIDS have greater morbidity and mortality, more hospitalizations, less use of antiretroviral therapy, and worse medication adherence than HIV-infected persons who are stably housed.
Vittinghoff Eric +5 more
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