A5101578033- Homelessness and Social Issues
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism
- Health Policy Implementation Science
- HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
- Healthcare Quality and Management
- Medical Coding and Health Information
- Chronic Disease Management Strategies
- Community Health and Development
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues
- Clinical practice guidelines implementation
- HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
- Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Mental Health and Patient Involvement
Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program
2018-2020
University of Leeds
2018
Morriston Hospital
2010
To the Editor: Implementation of advice to public and general practitioners on minimising risk COVID-19 exposure transmission is immensely difficult for people experiencing homelessness health services working with them. Yet this a population group more vulnerable infection than most.1 The elevated factors are substantial, as have much higher prevalence comorbidity chronic disease compared same age who housed.2 illustrate further, among 4000 active patients seen by Homeless Healthcare...
Background: Although the poor health of people experiencing homelessness is increasingly recognised in discourse, there a dearth research that has quantified nature and magnitude chronic issues morbidity among homelessness, particularly Australian context. Methods: Analysis medical records 2068 “active” patients registered with specialist homeless service Perth, Western Australia as 31 December 2019. Results: Overall, 67.8% had at least one physical condition, 67.5% mental 61.6% alcohol or...
Purpose Homelessness is a colossal issue, precipitated by wide array of social determinants, and mirrored in substantial health disparities revolving hospital door. Connecting people to safe secure housing needs be part the system response. The paper aims discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach This mixed-methods presents emerging findings from collaboration between an inner city hospital, specialist homeless medicine GP service Western Australia’s inaugural Housing First...
Interpreting evaluations of complex interventions can be difficult without sufficient description key intervention content. We aimed to develop an implementation package for primary care which could delivered using typically available resources and adapted target determinants behaviour each four quality indicators: diabetes control, blood pressure anticoagulation atrial fibrillation risky prescribing. describe the development prospective verification change techniques (BCTs) embedded within...
This study explored opt-out HIV testing in an Australian general practice. The aims were to: (1) determine the effect of approach on number tests performed; and (2) explore acceptability from healthcare providers' perspective. A prospective mixed-methods over a 2-year period (March 2014-March 2016) was conducted. Implementation based theoretical framework that developed specifically for this study. setting Homeless Healthcare, health service Perth, Western Australia. conducted during control...
Introduction: Clinical coding is important for financial payment, planning, provision of healthcare services, monitoring health trends, audit, research and clinical governance. Coding among NHS trusts performed by non-clinicans. The authors carried out an audit at Morriston Hospital, Swansea, to compare the difference between way in which coders a surgeon coded orthopaedic procedures. Hospital also receives tertiary referrals more complex procedures that standard district general hospitals...
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