ArticleBMJ open2022
How COVID-19 has impacted access to healthcare and social resources among individuals experiencing homelessness in Canada: a scoping review.
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Vaccine acceptance, determinants, and attitudes toward vaccine among people experiencing homelessness: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC infectious diseases · 2023Pooled it
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- The Effect of COVID-19 on Length of Stay in Hospital and Patient Population Following Burn Injury.Journal of burn care & research : official publication of the American Burn Association · 2026Article
- Insights from COVID-19 pandemic-era innovations at the intersection of homelessness and substance use: in-depth qualitative interviews with key informants.Harm reduction journal · 2026Article
- Digital Interventions for Older People Experiencing Homelessness: Systematic Scoping Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Article
- Factors That Contribute to the Mental Health of Black Youth during COVID-19 Pandemic.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- The collateral damage of the COVID-19 pandemic on homeless people in the Netherlands; a qualitative study on the impact of health and care.Frontiers in medicine · 2024Article
- Homelessness in the district of Nipissing of Ontario, Canada before, at the onset and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a trend analysis (2018-2021).BMC public health · 2023Article
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Abstract
objectivesIn Canada, individuals experiencing homelessness (IEH) rely on public health and social services for healthcare, food and basic necessities. The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected marginalised populations, in part by impacting their access to such services. We performed a scoping review to identify from the published literature how access to services has changed for Canadian IEH during the pandemic. DATA SOURCES: OVID Medline, Web of Science, Sociological Abstracts, CINAHL and OVID EmCare databases, and websites for the Salvation Army, Homeless Hub, Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness, Canadian Network for the Health and Housing of People Experiencing Homelessness and BC Centre for Disease Control. STUDY
designWe used the scoping review methodology developed by the Joanna Briggs Institute framework and defined access to healthcare and social services using the 10-component Levesque framework. Academic databases and grey literature searches were used, with the final searches for each taking place 24 May and 1 June 2021, respectively. Data were compiled into an Excel spreadsheet. Title and abstract screening and full-text review were completed by two independent reviewers (RG and MM). Data extraction was completed by MM and cross checked by RG.
resultsIn total, 17 academic and grey literature articles were included. Positive and negative changes in service access were reported in the literature. During the COVID-19 pandemic, access to social and healthcare resources was generally reduced for Canadian IEH. A new component of access, digital connectivity, was identified. Unexpectedly, coordination and collaboration of services improved, as did the number of outreach services.
conclusionsPositive changes to service access such as improved coordination of services should be scaled up. Further work should be done to improve access to digital technologies for IEH.
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