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Rurality or distance to care and the risk of homelessness among Afghanistan and Iraq veterans [PDF]
, 2017 INTRODUCTION: To date, no studies have examined the relationship of rurality and distance to nearest VA facility to risk of homelessness. METHODS: We examined differences in the rate of homelessness within a year of a Veteran's first encounter with
Brignone, Emily +8 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 +3 more
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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 +3 more
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Critical Social Work, 2005 Research indicates that homelessness is dynamic and that a significant number of homeless people have experienced multiple episodes of homelessness. This episodic nature of homelessness implies that the issue for such people is not only getting housing ...
Uzo Anucha
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BMC Women's Health, 2022 Background Women experiencing homelessness have complex and multifaceted healthcare needs and yet they are an underserved population across healthcare services.
Sophie Nadia Gaber +3 more
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Causes of women’s homelessness in Ukraine
Наукові Записки Наукма: Соціологія, 2018 This paper investigates the specific aspects of women’s homelessness in the big cities of Ukraine. Men prevail among the street homeless people, and homeless people are often seen as male.
Daria Popova
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Mental Readiness for Frontline Workers in Homelessness Services in Ottawa, Canada
International Journal on Homelessness, 2021 This study investigated factors related to competency by assessing the mental readiness among highly recognized frontline workers in homelessness services (FWHSs) by means of self-completed questionnaires.
Judy McDonald, Katherine Hale
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Needles in a haystack: screening and healthcare system evidence for homelessness [PDF]
, 2017 Effectiveness of screening for homelessness in a large healthcare system was evaluated in terms of successfully referring and connecting patients with appropriate prevention or intervention services.
Brignone, Emily +5 more
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Who’s Homeless and Whose Homeless?
Social Inclusion, 2020 What does the persistent construction of ‘the homeless’ and the revitalised term ‘our homeless’ include, imply, and exclude in Swedish political debate? And how is it politically and morally related to other houseless groups in the country? These questions are approached through an analysis of minutes from the Swedish Parliament 2015–2019.
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Canadian Medical Education JournalWe co-facilitated a mandatory community-led experiential learning activity for medical students with the Alliance to End Homelessness Ottawa that demonstrates the feasibility and positive impact of incorporating community-led learning into the medical ...
Lina Shoppoff +9 more
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