Infectious Diseases Among People Experiencing Homelessness: A Systematic Review of the Literature in the United States and Canada, 2003-2022

CJ Waddell, CS Saldana… - Public Health …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Homelessness increases the risk of acquiring an infectious disease. We conducted a
systematic review of the literature to identify quantitative data related to infectious diseases …

Hepatitis C Virus exposure and infection in the Perinatal Period

M Varol, N Licka Dieye, M Zang, D Handa… - Current Pediatric …, 2023 - benthamdirect.com
Background: Hepatitis C virus infection is a leading cause of blood-borne hepatitis disease
worldwide. Hepatitis C is a silent liver disease that, without treatment, leads to late-onset …

[PDF][PDF] Shelter‐based integrated model is effective in scaling up hepatitis C testing and treatment in persons experiencing homelessness

M Khalili, J Powell, HH Park, D Bush… - Hepatology …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) prevalence is high among people experiencing homelessness, but
barriers to scaling up HCV testing and treatment persist. We aimed to implement onsite HCV …

Exploratory assessment: Nurse‐led community health worker delivered HCV intervention for people experiencing homelessness

A Nyamathi, BE Salem, D Lee, Z Yu… - Public Health …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background Getting and maintaining Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) cure is challenging
among people experiencing homelessness (PEH) as a result of critical social determinants …

Prevalence of HCV Infection Among People Experiencing Homelessness in Madrid, Spain

P Ryan, J Valencia, D Sepúlveda-Crespo… - JAMA network …, 2024 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Hepatitis C virus (HCV) microelimination aims to detect and treat hidden
infections, especially in at-risk groups, like people experiencing homelessness (PEH) with …

Estimating hepatitis C prevalence in the United States, 2017-2020

EW Hall, H Bradley, LK Barker, K Lewis, J Shealey… - Hepatology, 2024 - journals.lww.com
Conclusions: Despite years of an effective cure, estimated prevalence of hepatitis C in 2017–
2020 remains unchanged from 2013–2016 when using comparable methodology. When …

Treating people where they are: Nurse‐led micro‐elimination of hepatitis C in supported housing sites for networks of people who inject drugs in Victoria, Canada

M Selfridge, T Barnett, K Lundgren… - Public Health …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract To achieve the World Health Organization's goal of eliminating hepatitis C (HCV) by
2030 requires enhanced HCV testing and treatment among people who use drugs (PWUD) …

Innovating the model for student pharmacists to increase access to hepatitis C testing (project IMPACT)

J Januszka, V Notarianni, E Devenny… - Journal of the American …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Previous initiatives have described the feasibility of conducting point-of-care
testing (POCT) for hepatitis C virus (HCV) within community pharmacies. Limited research …

Reopening a student-run free clinic during the COVID-19 pandemic to provide care for people experiencing homelessness

C Weiss, A Traczuk, R Motley - Academic Medicine, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Problem Student-run free clinics (SRFCs) provide health and outreach services to
underserved populations while offering medical students opportunities for service and …

Filling gaps and setting boundaries: examining utilization of health and social services at JeffHOPE Student Run Clinics

R Wang, A Guth, A Tate, M Ly… - Journal of Primary Care …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
The objective of this study was to describe the frequency that healthcare and social support
services offered by JeffHOPE, a student run clinic for people experiencing homelessness in …