The diversity of case management needs for the care of homeless persons.

Stephens, D; Dennis, E; Toomer, M; Holloway, J

[PDF-942.98 KB]

Details:

Alternative Title:

Public Health Rep

Personal Author:

Stephens, D ; Dennis, E ; Toomer, M ; Holloway, J ;

Description:

Health care providers have been attempting to meet the special needs of homeless people on a national level since 1984. The need to implement strategies specific to serving the diversity of services required by homeless people has been apparent. To devise appropriate strategies, clinical information was drawn from the Health Resources and Services Administration-Health Care for the Homeless (HRSA-HCH) projects, which were created in 1987 primarily to fill such a need. In addition, data gathered by the HCH projects (1984-87) funded by the Robert Wood Johnson and Pew Memorial Trust were used. It is suggested that the past mode of providing health care for the homeless has been found to be inadequate when confronting the complex problems of the homeless person of today. In general, health care providers need to focus more on case management activities, which may include activities not necessarily associated with the provision of health care services (for example, finding and providing food, clothing, shelter, and assessing entitlement eligibility) to achieve the ultimate goal--stabilization--and when possible, reintegration of the homeless person back into society.

Subject:

[+]

Pubmed ID:

1899934

Pubmed Central ID:

PMCnull

Document Type:

Journal Article

Collection(s):

Public Health Reports

Main Document Checksum:

[+]

Supporting Files:

No Additional Files

You May Also Like:

Enhancing mental health services for homeless persons: state proposals under the MHSH Block Grant Program.

Personal Author:

Salem, D A; Levine, I S;

Published Date:

1989 May-Jun

Source:

Public Health Rep. 104(3):241-246

Description:

The Mental Health Services for the Homeless Block Grant Program has made available more than $57 million to the States in fiscal years 1987-89 to encourage States to develop and strengthen community services for homeless mentally ill persons. Funds w...

File Type:

[PDF - 1.46 MB]
Primary health care and the Midwest flood disaster.

Personal Author:

Axelrod, C; Killam, P P; Gaston, M H; Stinson, N;

Published Date:

1994 Sep-Oct

Source:

Public Health Rep. 109(5):601-605

Description:

The Midwest flood disaster of 1993 ravaged communities across a 9-State area. Homes were destroyed, roads closed, and services disrupted. Economic costs, including loss of revenue from farming and loss of jobs, are estimated at more than $1 billion. ...

File Type:

[PDF - 999.07 KB]
Strategies to Reduce the Harmful Effects of Extreme Heat Events: A Four-City Study

Personal Author:

White-Newsome, Jalonne L.; McCormick, Sabrina; Sampson, Natalie; Buxton, Miatta A.; O’Neill, Marie S.; Gronlund, Carina J.; Catalano, Linda; Conlon, Kathryn C.; Parker, Edith A.;

Published Date:

Feb 13 2014

Source:

Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2014; 11(2):1960-1988.

Description:

Extreme heat events (EHEs) are becoming more intense, more frequent and longer lasting in the 21st century. These events can disproportionately impact the health of low-income, minority, and urban populations. To better understand heat-related interv...

File Type:

[PDF - 644.70 KB]
HRSA's long range plan for meeting the health care needs of the underserved.

Personal Author:

Harmon, R G

Published Date:

1991 Jan-Feb

Source:

Public Health Rep. 106(1):1

File Type:

[PDF - 144.55 KB]
Public Health Rep ; v. 107, no. 6 : Masthead

Published Date:

Nov-Dec 1992

Source:

Public Health Rep. 107(6)

File Type:

[PDF - 4.81 MB]