Lessons Learned through Implementing SARS-CoV-2 Testing and Isolation for People Experiencing Homelessness in Congregate Shelters

Scott, Emily E.; Rowan, Sarah; Chandler, Kaylanne; Fisher, Aimee; Hill, Brian T.; Hill, Jennifer; Marx, Grace E; Farrell, Ed; Wendel, Karen A.; Stella, Sarah A

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“…Fifteen studies were included ( Figure 1 ) ( 26–39 , 45 ). There were six observational studies ( 27 , 30 , 31 , 33 , 34 , 39 ), four pre−/post-intervention studies ( 26 , 32 , 38 , 45 ), two qualitative studies ( 35 , 37 ), and three modelling studies ( 27 , 28 , 34 ). Eleven of the included studies were from the US ( 27–34 , 37 , 38 , 45 ) and three from the UK ( 35 , 36 , 39 ).…”

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“…Four low-quality studies from the US and one from Canada looked at mitigating interventions that combined symptom screening, testing, and provision of accommodation for positive cases: two quasi-experimental studies ( 26 , 38 ), one observational study ( 27 ), and two modelling studies ( 28 , 29 ).…”

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“…This was reported to have served as an important tool for prompt screening and outbreak management. The second quasi-experimental study piloted the impact of a COVID-19 testing scheme on 52 residents of a homeless shelter in Colorado ( 38 ). The success of the programme, with 93% of cases being moved to isolation centres within 3 days of a positive test, prompted the formation of more widespread COVID-19 monitoring schemes in the area ( 38 ).…”

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“…The second quasi-experimental study piloted the impact of a COVID-19 testing scheme on 52 residents of a homeless shelter in Colorado (38). The success of the programme, with 93% of cases being moved to isolation centres within 3 days of a positive test, prompted the formation of more widespread COVID-19 monitoring schemes in the area (38). One observational study conducted across 10 US homeless shelters reported successful implementation of an intervention of testing and referral for isolation of positive cases (27).…”

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Interventions to mitigate the risks of COVID-19 for people experiencing homelessness and their effectiveness: a systematic review

Ogbonna,

Bull,

Spinks

et al. 2024

Front. Public Health

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ObjectivesPeople experiencing homelessness also experience poorer clinical outcomes of COVID-19. Various interventions were implemented for people experiencing homelessness in 2020–2022 in different countries in response to varied national guidance to limit the impact of COVID-19. It is important to understand what was done and the effectiveness of such interventions. This systematic review aims to describe interventions to mitigate the risks of COVID-19 in people experiencing homelessness and their effectiveness.MethodsA protocol was developed and registered in PROSPERO. Nine databases were searched for studies on interventions to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on people experiencing homelessness. Included studies were summarised with narrative synthesis.ResultsFrom 8,233 references retrieved from the database searches and handsearching, 15 were included. There was a variety of interventions, including early identification of potential COVID-19 infections, provision of isolation space, healthcare support, and urgent provision of housing regardless of COVID-19 infection.ConclusionThe strategies identified were generally found to be effective, feasible, and transferable. This review must be interpreted with caution due to the low volume of eligible studies and the low quality of the evidence available.

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Interventions to mitigate the risks of COVID-19 for people experiencing homelessness and their effectiveness: a systematic review

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“…In "Lessons Learned through Implementing Sars-Cov-2 Testing and Isolation for People Experiencing Homelessness in Congregate Shelters," Scott et al 2 describe how community-based organizations and city agencies, including clinical, public health, shelter, and municipal partners, in Denver collaborated to form the Denver COVID-19 Joint Task Force. At the onset of the pandemic this task force rapidly (over 2 weeks), jointly, and virtually (through daily videoconferencing) developed and implemented a pilot pandemic response for people experiencing homelessness living in congregate shelters, among the most high-risk of populations.…”

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Advancing COVID-19 Response through Community Participation: Lessons Learned from Community–Academic Research Partnerships for Health

Martínez¹,

McMaughan²,

Strelnick³

2022

Progress in Community Health Partnerships

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ways in which community partnerships advanced public health efforts in the context of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. COVID-19 disrupted everyday life around the globe. It overwhelmed health care as well as public health systems and immobilized economies. Moreover, and not by chance, COVID-19 amplified long-standing and pervasive racial and class inequities. Indeed, COVID-19 has had devastating impacts worldwide.We also saw communities across the country coalesce to ensure access to information and resources, provide mutual aid, and advocate for representation in local public health decision-making. Community partnerships are critical to public health preparedness, prevention, and intervention. Yet engaging in equitable partnership continues to pose challenges for many. The collection of articles presented in this issue contributes valuable lessons learned and best practices for engaging in meaningful community-academic partnerships designed to advance equitable pandemic response efforts. These practices include novel approaches for remote community engagement, as community-academic and community-public health department partnerships transitioned to virtual outreach and engagement efforts. Meanwhile, partnerships used both critical and asset-based frameworks, focusing work on advancing racial equity. As a result, the collection presents nuanced findings from populations that are all too often overlooked but bore the brunt of COVID-19's harms.Unlike past PCHP special issues, this "online-only," Open Access supplement does not have a foundation or government agency as a sponsor, but rather our editorial board agreed to gather all the accepted COVID-19 manuscripts that have been submitted since the beginning of the pandemic and invest the modest income we generate from the Johns Hopkins University Press from subscriptions and downloads into eliminating the paywall for access to what we have learned from COVID-19. Like other publications regarding COVID-19, we want access to these lessons to be freely available to the public. Providing Open Access is relatively expensive with printing hard copies, especially as the business model even for nonprofit academic publishers has shifted from library subscription income to paid downloads for individual articles. This issue features an even dozen articles that center on the lived experiences of people in communities impacted by COVID-19 and other pressing public health issues. The articles report on outcomes and lessons learned, presenting new frameworks associated with the establishment of community-academic partnerships. Given partnership development is highly relational and predicated on the building of trusting mutual relationships, COVID-19 has meant adaptation. Social distancing, fear, and uncertainty for lay people, scientists, and health professionals alike, posed real challenges, but also amplified the need for a collective approach.Building and maintaining trust and trustworthiness were discussed at all levels of the public health and health care s...

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Lessons Learned through Implementing SARS-CoV-2 Testing and Isolation for People Experiencing Homelessness in Congregate Shelters

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Interventions to mitigate the risks of COVID-19 for people experiencing homelessness and their effectiveness: a systematic review

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