ReviewLancet (London, England)2018
What works in inclusion health: overview of effective interventions for marginalised and excluded populations.
Review in Lancet (London, England), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 3 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 200 papers, 17 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Transitioning Youth Out of Homelessness: A Mixed Methods Community-Based Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of a Rent Subsidy and Mentoring Intervention in Three Canadian Cities
Relationships in Good Hands Trial: Clinical and Cost-effectiveness of Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy for Abused and Neglected Young Children With Maltreatment-associated Problems and Their Parents
Assessment of Lifestyle Parameters and Biomarkers of Biochemistry and Physiology to Address Health Inequalities: An Exploratory Cohort Study
Who cites it
200 citing papers in PubMed, 17 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 427 citations in OpenAlex.
- Health professionals' knowledge and understanding of inclusion health: a systematic literature review.Health policy and planning · 2026Pooled it
- Exploring the trauma experiences of people working in homelessness: mixed-methods systematic review.BMJ open · 2025Pooled it
- Harms associated with injecting in public spaces: a global systematic review and meta-analysis.The International journal on drug policy · 2025Pooled it
- Interventions to reduce inequalities for pregnant women living with disadvantage in high-income countries: an umbrella review.BMC public health · 2025Pooled it
- What are the functionalities and features of mobile health record apps supporting persons experiencing social exclusion? A systematic literature review.Frontiers in digital health · 2025Pooled it
- Tackling Inequalities in Access to Medicines for People Experiencing Homelessness: A Meta-Ethnography and Qualitative Systematic Review.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2024Pooled it
- Mental and physical health morbidity among people in prisons: an umbrella review.The Lancet. Public health · 2024Pooled it
- Interventions to improve health and the determinants of health among sex workers in high-income countries: a systematic review.The Lancet. Public health · 2023Pooled it
- Homelessness, unstable housing, and risk of HIV and hepatitis C virus acquisition among people who inject drugs: a systematic review and meta-analysis.The Lancet. Public health · 2021Pooled it
- What treatment and services are effective for people who are homeless and use drugs? A systematic 'review of reviews'.PloS one · 2021Pooled it
- Cardiovascular disease in homeless versus housed individuals: a systematic review of observational and interventional studies.Heart (British Cardiac Society) · 2020Pooled it
- Clinical guideline for homeless and vulnerably housed people, and people with lived homelessness experience.CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2020Guideline
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- The impact of interventions for youth experiencing homelessness on housing, mental health, substance use, and family cohesion: a systematic review.BMC public health · 2019Pooled it
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- Morbidity and mortality in homeless individuals, prisoners, sex workers, and individuals with substance use disorders in high-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Lancet (London, England) · 2018Pooled it
- Effectiveness of a resilience, gender equity and mental health group intervention for young people living in informal urban communities in North India: a cluster randomized controlled trial.Global health action · 2025Trial
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Authors and funding
10 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Inclusion health is a service, research, and policy agenda that aims to prevent and redress health and social inequities among the most vulnerable and excluded populations. We did an evidence synthesis of health and social interventions for inclusion health target populations, including people with experiences of homelessness, drug use, imprisonment, and sex work. These populations often have multiple overlapping risk factors and extreme levels of morbidity and mortality. We identified numerous interventions to improve physical and mental health, and substance use; however, evidence is scarce for structural interventions, including housing, employment, and legal support that can prevent exclusion and promote recovery. Dedicated resources and better collaboration with the affected populations are needed to realise the benefits of existing interventions. Research must inform the benefits of early intervention and implementation of policies to address the upstream causes of exclusion, such as adverse childhood experiences and poverty.
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