SynthesisBMC public health2019
Health assessments and screening tools for adults experiencing homelessness: a systematic review.
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Appropriate and acceptable health assessments for people experiencing homelessness.BMC public health · 2022Pooled it
- A comprehensive assessment of health hazards faced by people experiencing unsheltered homelessness in Denver, Colorado (October - November 2023).BMC public health · 2026Article
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- Health Deficits Among People Experiencing Homelessness in an Australian Capital City: An Observational Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Observational
- Health Status of People Who Are and Are Not Experiencing Homelessness: Opportunities for Improvement.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- Hospital Readmissions Among Patients Experiencing Homelessness: An Electronic Health Record Data Study.The Permanente journal · 2024Article
- Pain in People Experiencing Homelessness: A Scoping Review.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2023Article
- Exploring and Mapping Screening Tools for Cognitive Impairment and Traumatic Brain Injury in the Homelessness Context: A Scoping Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
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- The Unmet Rehabilitation Needs in an Inclusion Health Integrated Care Programme for Homeless Adults in Dublin, Ireland.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- A retrospective analysis of the health and social situation of homeless people in Berlin: study protocol.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2021Article
- Human immunodeficiency virus infection and syphilis among homeless people in a large city of Central-Western Brazil: prevalence, risk factors, human immunodeficiency virus-1 genetic diversity, and drug resistance mutations.The Brazilian journal of infectious diseases : an official publication of the Brazilian Society of Infectious DiseasesArticle
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Abstract
backgroundHomelessness is increasing globally. It results in poorer physical and mental health than age matched people living in permanent housing. Better information on the health needs of people experiencing homelessness is needed to inform effective resourcing, planning and service delivery by government and care organisations. The aim of this review was to identify assessment tools that are valid, reliable and appropriate to measure the health status of people who are homeless.
methodsData sources: A systematic literature search was conducted in PubMed (and Medline), PsychInfo, Scopus, CINAHL and ERIC from database inception until September 2018. Key words used were homeless, homelessness, homeless persons, vagrancy, health status, health, health issues, health assessment and health screening. The protocol was registered with PROSPERO. The National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia (NHMRC) hierarchy of evidence was applied; methodological quality of included articles was assessed using the McMaster critical appraisal tools and psychometric properties of the tools were appraised using the International Centre for Allied Health Evidence Ready Reckoner.
resultsDiverse tools and measures (N = 71) were administered within, and across the reviewed studies (N = 37), with the main focus being on general health, oral health and nutrition. Eleven assessment tools in 13 studies had evidence of appropriate psychometric testing for the target population in domains of quality of life and health status, injury, substance use, mental health, psychological and cognitive function. Methodological quality of articles and tools were assessed as moderate to good. No validated tools were identified to assess oral health, chronic conditions, anthropometry, demography, nutrition, continence, functional decline and frailty, or vision and hearing. However, assessments of physical constructs (such as oral health, anthropometry, vision and hearing) could be applied to homeless people on a presumption of validity, because the constructs would be measured with clinical indicators in the same manner as people living in permanent dwellings.
conclusionsThis review highlighted the need to develop consistent and comprehensive health assessment tools validated with, and tailored for, adults experiencing homelessness.
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