ArticleThe British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners2003
Homelessness: a problem for primary care?
Article in The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners, 2003. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.
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- Critical illness among patients experiencing homelessness: a retrospective cohort study.Critical care (London, England) · 2023Article
- Medical centres for the homeless in Hamburg - consultation reasons and diagnoses compared to primary care patients in the regular health care system.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2023Article
- Homelessness in pregnancy: perinatal outcomes.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2021Article
- Developing an Embedded Nursing Service within a Homeless Shelter: Client's Perspectives.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Follow-Up Rates at a Free Ophthalmology Clinic at a Homeless Shelter.Journal of academic ophthalmology (2017) · 2021Article
- Risk factors for unplanned hospital admission in a specialist homeless general practice population: case-control study to investigate the relationship with tri-morbidity.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2020Article
- COPD and asthma in patients with opioid dependency: a cross-sectional study in primary care.NPJ primary care respiratory medicine · 2020Article
- Health status of the homeless in Dublin: does the mobile health clinic improve access to primary healthcare for its users?Irish journal of medical science · 2019Article
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- East London's Homeless: a retrospective review of an eye clinic for homeless people.BMC health services research · 2016Article
- The health of homeless people in high-income countries: descriptive epidemiology, health consequences, and clinical and policy recommendations.Lancet (London, England) · 2014Review
- Multimorbidity in a marginalised, street-health Australian population: a retrospective cohort study.BMJ open · 2014Article
- What differentiates homeless persons who died by suicide from other suicides in Australia? A comparative analysis using a unique mortality register.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2014Article
- The reality of homeless mobility and implications for improving care.Journal of community health · 2013Article
- Applying the chronic care model to homeless veterans: effect of a population approach to primary care on utilization and clinical outcomes.American journal of public health · 2010Article
- Unique health care utilization patterns in a homeless population in Ghent.BMC health services research · 2010Article
- Homelessness and health: what can be done in general practice?Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine · 2004Article
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Abstract
Homelessness is a social problem that affects all facets of contemporary society. This paper discusses the concept of homelessness in terms of its historical context and the dominance of the pervasive 'victim blaming' ideologies, which, together with the worldwide economic changes that have contributed to a fiscal crisis of the state, and the resultant policies and circumstances, have led to an increase in the number of 'new homeless' people. This paper attempts to challenge the dominant political discourse on homelessness. The widespread healthcare problems and heterogeneity of homeless people have a particular impact on health services, with many homeless people inappropriately accessing local accident and emergency (A&E) departments because of barriers inhibiting adequate access to primary care. A number of primary care schemes have been successfully implemented to enable the homeless to have better access to appropriate care. However, there is no consistency in the level of services around the United Kingdom (UK), and innovations in service are not widespread and by their nature they are ad hoc. Despite the successes of such schemes, many homeless people still access health care inappropriately. Until homeless people are fully integrated into primary care the situation will not change. The question remains, how can appropriate access be established? A start can be made by building on some of the positive work that is already being done in primary care, but in reality general practitioners (GPs) will be 'swimming against the tide' unless a more integrated policy approach is adopted to tackle homelessness.
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