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Population-based surveillance for invasive pneumococcal disease in homeless adults in Toronto. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2009
BACKGROUND: Identification of high-risk populations for serious infection due to S. pneumoniae will permit appropriately targeted prevention programs. METHODS: We conducted prospective, population-based surveillance for invasive pneumococcal disease and ...
Agron Plevneshi, Tomislav Svoboda, Irene Armstrong, Gregory J Tyrrell, Anna Miranda, Karen Green, Donald Low, Allison McGeer, Toronto Invasive Bacterial Diseases Network   +8 more
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The prevalence of mental disorders among homeless people in high-income countries: An updated systematic review and meta-regression analysis.

PLoS Medicine, 2021
BackgroundHomelessness continues to be a pressing public health concern in many countries, and mental disorders in homeless persons contribute to their high rates of morbidity and mortality. Many primary studies have estimated prevalence rates for mental
Stefan Gutwinski, Stefanie Schreiter, Karl Deutscher, Seena Fazel   +3 more
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Common mental disorders and resilience in homeless persons [PDF]

Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem, 2019
Objective: To identify common mental disorders and resilience in homeless persons. Method: Cross-sectional study with 49 homeless persons, assisted in the Casa da Acolhida Adulta and the Specialized Reference Center in a municipality in the Northeast of
Anna Cláudia Freire de Araújo Patrício, Richardson Augusto Rosendo da Silva, Rossini Freire de Araújo, Rôseane Ferreira da Silva, Géssica Thais de Sousa Nascimento, Thays Domingos de Brito Rodrigues, Maria Amanda Pereira Leite   +6 more
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Risk Factors for Human Lice and Bartonellosis among the Homeless, San Francisco, California, USA

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2014
Homeless persons in San Francisco, California, USA, have been shown to have head and body lice infestations and Bartonella quintana infections. We surveyed a self-selected population of homeless persons in San Francisco to assess infestations of head and
Denise L. Bonilla, Charsey Cole-Porse, Anne Kjemtrup, Lynn M. Osikowicz, Michael Y. Kosoy   +4 more
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Service provision and barriers to care for homeless people with mental health problems across 14 European capital cities

, 2012
Background Mental health problems are disproportionately higher amongst homeless people. Many barriers exist for homeless people with mental health problems in accessing treatment yet little research has been done on service provision and quality of care
Greacen, Tim, Straßmayr, Christa, Jacek Moskalewicz, Soares, Joaquim, Kluge Ulrike, Barry Margaret M, Priebe, Stefan, Schene, AH, Holcnerova, Petra, Gaddini, Andrea, Soares Joaquim J F, Diaz-Olalla, Jose Manuel, Petra Holcnerová, Soares, JJF, Gaddini Andrea, Barry, Margaret M, Aleksandra Matanov, Margaret M Barry, Barry, Margaret M., Barros, H, Greacen, T, Greacen Tim, Canavan, Reamonn, Díaz-Olalla José, Barros, Henrique, Kluge, U, Schene, Aart, Moskalewicz, Jacek, Aart H Schene, Manuel Diaz-Olalla, J, Priebe, S, Matanov, Aleksandra, Schene, Aart H., Nicaise Pablo, Canavan Réamonn, Nicaise, Pablo, Soares, Joaquim J. F.,, Henrique Barros, Canavan, R, Ulrike Kluge, Strassmayr, C, Nicaise, P, Réamonn Canavan, Barros Henrique, Barry, MM, Tim Greacen, Soares, Joaquim J. F., Joaquim J F Soares, Priebe Stefan, Barry, Margaret, Gabor Edina, Stefan Priebe, Matanov Aleksandra, Gabor, E, José Manuel Díaz-Olalla, Holcnerova, P, Holcnerová Petra, Matanov, A, Schene Aart H, Moskalewicz Jacek, Christa Straßmayr, Andrea Gaddini, Schene, Aart H, Pablo Nicaise, Gabor, Edina, Kluge, Ulrike, Edina Gabor, Soares, Joaquim J F, Moskalewicz, J, Straßmayr Christa, Gaddini, A   +70 more
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Attacking the public health crisis of hepatocellular carcinoma at its roots

Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022
Abstract As the third most common cause of cancer‐related death worldwide with significant mortality rates in the United States, hepatocellular carcinoma has strong association with cirrhosis and chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) with a growing at‐risk population from the rise in chronic liver disease from alcohol use and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.
Hannah M. Lee, Steven D. Lidofsky, Tamar H. Taddei, Lisa J. Townshend‐Bulson   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Health disparities in chronic liver disease

Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022
Abstract The syndemic of hazardous alcohol consumption, opioid use, and obesity has led to important changes in liver disease epidemiology that have exacerbated health disparities. Health disparities occur when plausibly avoidable health differences are experienced by socially disadvantaged populations.
Ani Kardashian, Marina Serper, Norah Terrault, Lauren D. Nephew   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Funeral for a Homeless Vagrant? Religious and Social Margins

Religions, 2021
A “homeless vagrant” was the term used by Protestant clergy of the first half of the twentieth century for a man without name, family or history who died on the street.
Lucy Bregman
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Predicting uptake of housing services: The role of self-categorization in the theory of planned behaviour. [PDF]

, 2003
: The theory of planned behaviour (TPB) and self-categorization theory (SCT) were used to predict homeless people's (n = 80) uptake of housing support services.
Armitage, Christopher J., Christian, Julie, Armitage, CJ, Abrams, D., Abrams, Dominic, Armitage, C J; id_orcid, Christian, J., Abrams, D   +7 more
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Health Care Use Among Patients Presenting to Emergency Department for Gout Flares in Ontario, Canada: A Population‐Based Health Systems Analysis

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective We characterized emergency department (ED) gout visits and identified patient characteristics and health services patterns contributing to ED presentations. Methods We conducted a population‐based study of ED gout visits in Ontario, Canada, between 2014 and 2023.
Timothy S. H. Kwok, Samantha Morais, William K. Silverstein, Clare L. Atzema, Gregory Choy, Priyanka Chandratre, Ping Li, Jessica Widdifield   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source