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

Publisher: Blackwell Scientific Publications Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 8501498 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1525-1446 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 07371209 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Public Health Nurs Subsets: MEDLINE

Original Publication: [Boston, MA] : Blackwell Scientific Publications, [c1984-

Ill-Housed Persons* ; Public Health Nursing* ; Community-Institutional Relations*; Humans ; United States ; Substance-Related Disorders ; Health Services Accessibility

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.
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Keywords: homeless; nursing; street outreach

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