没有庇护的无家可归和健康:一篇文学评论
Jessica Richards1, Randall Kuhn1
1Department of Community Health Sciences, Jonathan and Karin Fielding School of Public Health, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California.
AJPM focus
|October 4, 2023
概括
无家可归的无家可归者与更糟糕的健康状况有关,包括较高的慢性疾病,精神疾病和药物滥用率,与有庇护的个人相比. 需要紧急干预,以解决这些独特的健康负担.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 社会科学 社会科学 社会科学
- 医疗保健服务研究 医疗服务研究
背景情况:
- 全球城市面临着越来越多的无家可归.
- 无家可归的人的健康状况更差.
- 无家可归的人面临着不同的,可能更大的健康风险.
研究的目的:
- 评估和总结有关无家可归者的现有证据及其对健康的影响.
主要方法:
- 使用PubMed.com进行了文献搜索.
- 审查中包括了42项关于无家可归和健康的研究.
主要成果:
- 无家可归的人群表现出更高的慢性疾病,严重的精神疾病和药物滥用率.
- 无家可归的无家可归与慢性无家可归,心理健康和物质使用问题的恶化有关.
- 尽管有很大的健康需求,但无家可归的人使用医疗保健服务较少,并且往往没有保险.
结论:
- 住所状况对健康结果产生重大影响,影响住房和医疗服务分配.
- 需要进一步的纵向研究,以了解无家可归的持续时间和健康之间的关系.
- 迫切需要针对无家可归人口独特的健康挑战的干预措施.
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