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Publisher: Canadian Observatory on Homelessness
Publication Date: 2010
What is the most effective way to deliver point-of-first-contact or primary health care to homeless persons? A number of new models of payment and organization have been used in Canada over the last two decades, but there is little literature on whether they meet the needs of homeless persons. The researchers interviewed key informants in primary care programs targeting homeless individuals and concluded that the disproportionate burden of illnes...
Publisher: Canadian Observatory on Homelessness
Publication Date: 2009
The researchers investigated the relationship between traumatic brain injury and current health conditions in a representative sample of homeless people. They asked 601 men and 303 women at homeless shelters and meal programs in 2004–2005 in Toronto about any head injury that left the person dazed, confused, disoriented or unconscious. They found that lifetime prevalence among homeless participants was 53% for any traumatic brain injury and 12% f...
Publisher: Canadian Observatory on Homelessness
Publication Date: 2009
This chapter provide an overview of previous research on homelessness and the relationship between homelessness and health (particularly in Canada), to spur discussion on directions for future research. Homeless people suffer from higher levels of disease and the causal pathways linking homelessness and poor health are complex. Efforts to reduce homelessness and improve health include biomedical, educational, environmental and policy strategies....