Screening Clinics for the Homeless: Evaluating Outcomes
| Autor: | Carol L. Macnee, Jean Croce Hemphill, Jacqueline Letran |
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| Rok vydání: | 1996 |
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Adult
Male Program evaluation medicine.medical_specialty Pediatrics Tuberculosis Adolescent Anemia Health Status Individual health Risk Factors Prevalence medicine Humans Mass Screening Community Health Services Mass screening Aged Community and Home Care High prevalence business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Middle Aged medicine.disease Middle age Primary Prevention Family medicine Ill-Housed Persons Female Baccalaureate nursing business Program Evaluation |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Community Health Nursing. 13:167-177 |
| ISSN: | 1532-7655 0737-0016 |
| DOI: | 10.1207/s15327655jchn1303_4 |
| Popis: | This study evaluated the outcomes of a series of health-screening clinics specifically developed to target the homeless population. Problems screened during this study were selected because of the high prevalence of each among the homeless and included hypertension, diabetes, anemia, tuberculosis, and foot problems. Screening clinics were developed and implemented by faculty and senior baccalaureate nursing students. Data were collected with a screening form that focused on risk factors and individual health history and by chart review. Two hundred fourteen clients were screened in 17 different screening clinics. Participation in the clinics ranged from 33 clients at a hypertension-screening clinic to 0 at one of the foot-screening clinics. Abnormalities were identified in 22% of the clients who were screened, and documentation was found that 80% of those with abnormalities received follow-up. Overall, the screening clinics appear to be an effective approach to disease prevention in a homeless population. |
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