Advancing effective street outreach to people experiencing unsheltered homelessness: Concepts for public health nursing

Homelessness, particularly unsheltered homelessness is a public health emergency in the U.S. Street outreach programs have demonstrated efficacy in connecting people to housing, initiating or retaining people in primary care, improving access to mental health services, and increasing treatment for s...

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Published in:Public health Nursing 2024-11, Vol.41 (6), p.1446-1452
Main Author: Doede, Megan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Community-Institutional Relations
Drug addiction
Effectiveness
Health services
Health Services Accessibility
homeless
Homeless people
Homelessness
Humans
Ill-Housed Persons
nursing
Outreach programs
Primary care
Public health
Public Health Nursing
street outreach
Substance use
Substance-Related Disorders
Teams
United States
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Summary:Homelessness, particularly unsheltered homelessness is a public health emergency in the U.S. Street outreach programs have demonstrated efficacy in connecting people to housing, initiating or retaining people in primary care, improving access to mental health services, and increasing treatment for substance use disorder. Effective outreach is generally characterized by trained, multidisciplinary teams that visit clients where they are, forming trusting relationships over time. Public health nurses working on outreach teams have opportunities to exercise their full scope and standards of practice and advance street outreach to the benefit of a distinctly marginalized group.
ISSN:0737-1209
1525-1446
1525-1446
DOI:10.1111/phn.13403