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Infections and Homelessness: Risks of Increased Infectious Diseases in Displaced Women
Bassam H. Rimawi, Meena Mirdamadi, Joseph F. John Jr.
Homelessness is a major problem that affects every continent on the globe, with estimates of up 100 million people worldwide who are homeless at any given time. Of concern, homeless women may be placed at higher risk for certain stressors, such as...
Housing for Infectious TB Patients Who are Homeless: An Alternative Housing Program
C. Turner, M. Chambers
The resurgence of tuberculosis (TB) in the United States in the 1980s and early 1990s has been well documented. This problem was particularly severe in cities such as New York where the TB case rate nearly tripled over a 15-year period from the late...
Hospitalization Costs Associated with Homelessness in New York City
Sharon Salit, Evelyn Kuhn, Arthur Hartz, Jade Vu, Andrew Mosso
Homelessness has been show to have a high cost particularly in the field of medical care.  This resource studies hospitalization cost of homelessness in New York City in 1992 and 1993. Background: Homelessness is believed to be a cause of health...
1. The Challenges of Pandemic Planning in the Context of Homelessness
Stephen Gaetz, Kristy Buccieri
In the context of growing concerns about the seeming inevitability of an influenza pandemic, all levels of government in Canada, as well as a broad range of institutions, have been working to develop disaster management plans. The H1N1 pandemic of...
Conclusion
Rebecca Schiff
The main objective of disaster management is to have an effective plan in place before the event occurs. However, emergency planning is often not prioritized in the allocation of time and resources; particularly for health and social service...
Prevalence of HIV, HBV, and HCV and Related Risk Factors amongst Male Homeless People in Lorestan Province, the West of Iran
Amin Doosti-Irani, Hamid Mokhaeri, Ali Chegini Sharafi, Mohammad Reza Aghasadeghi, Morteza Hajimiragha, Mohammad Saki, Mohammad Hassan Kayedi, Ehsan Mostafavi
Background: Homeless people are at a higher risk of blood-born infectious diseases. The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of HIV, HBV, HCV and related risk factors among male homeless people. Study design: A cross-sectional study....
Clinical and autopsy findings of the homeless
Miodrag Radunović, Nemanja Radojević, Velimir Rakočević, Jelena Vučinić, Ivana Čurović
Introduction/Objective A population of homeless people has been growing rapidly over the past decades, and is a part of regular repertoire in daily autopsy practice. The paper aims to establish contingent of autopsy findings specific for homeless...
The association between residential eviction and syringe sharing among a prospective cohort of street-involved youth
Andreas Pilarinos, Mary Clare Kennedy, Ryan McNeil, Huiru Dong, Thomas Kerr, Kora DeBeck
Background Syringe sharing is a high-risk practice associated with the transmission of infectious diseases, such as HIV and HCV. While youth who contend with housing instability are known to be more likely to engage in high-risk substance use, the...
Factors and Medical Issues Associated with Homeless Urban Malaysians: A Qualitative Study
Nurul Mahfuzah Ahmad Yani, Nur Zakirah Zahari, Nur Fatini Haziqah Abu Samah, Muhammad Ammar Faidhi Mohamed Azahar, Siti Munira Yasin, Mohd Shahril Ahmad Saman, Nor Aini, Mohd Noor
Homeless people are often connected with a variety of health problems due to their improper hygiene and personal care. According to Lebrun ‐ Harris et al., individuals who are homeless are recognised to have worse physical and emotional health...
Characteristics of adherence to methadone maintenance treatment over a 15-year period among homeless adults experiencing mental illness
MiladParpouchi, AkmMoniruzzaman, Stefanie N.Rezansoff, AngelaRussolillo, Julian M.Somers
Methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) has important protective effects related to reduced illicit opioid use, infectious disease transmission, and overdose mortality. Adherence to MMT has not been examined among homeless people. We measured MMT...
Epidemiology of Tuberculosis among Homeless Persons, Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia, 2007–2010
Diana Milena, Castañeda-Hernández, AdriánBolívar-Mejía, Alfonso J.Rodríguez-Morales
Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the most important infectious diseases globally and its occurrence among risk groups —those with HIV/AIDS, indigenous populations, and individuals living in crowded conditions and/or extreme poverty such as homeless...
Global Coronavirus Resources and Guidance For Homeless Services
OVERVIEW To support your efforts in protecting people experiencing homelessness from the coronavirus and in response preparations, we have collected some guidance and resources from around the world. The coronavirus guidance points to the...