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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021

Investing in Public Health Infrastructure to Address the Complexities of Homelessness.

John P Allegrante, David A Sleet

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
9citing papers in PubMed
4.9field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Homelessness and Public Health: A Focus on Strategies and Solutions.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

John P AllegranteDepartment of Health and Behavior Studies, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6281-3037
David A SleetSchool of Public Health, College of Health and Human Services, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182-4124, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6165-3289
Columbia University · USSan Diego State University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Homelessness is now recognized as a significant public health problem in North America and throughout advanced economies of the world. The causes of homelessness are complex but the lack of affordable housing, unemployment, poverty, addiction, and mental illness all contribute to the risk for homelessness. We argue that homelessness is increasingly exacerbated by system-wide infrastructure failures occurring at the municipal, state, and federal government levels and whose catastrophic impacts on population health and the response to the COVID-19 pandemic are the consequence of the decades-long devolution of government and neglect to invest in public infrastructure, including a modern public health system.

Indexed as

COVID-19Ill-Housed PersonsHumansPandemicsPublic HealthSARS-CoV-2environmenthomelessnessinfrastructurepovertypublic healthsocial determinants of health

Identifiers

PMID34444635
PMCPMC8394783
OpenAlexW3195076222

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Registered trials

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