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            ‐19 precautions: easier said than done when patients are homeless

Wood, Lisa; Davies, Andrew; Khan, Zana

doi:10.5694/mja2.50571

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“…As we know from public health advocacy, having local data is often critical to compelling action. So, we did some speedy analysis of these risk factors in Homeless Healthcare GP data and wrote a rapid Letter to the Editor of the Medical Journal of Australia (MJA) 14 . That published letter also emphasised how impossible it is to follow the precautions around staying home, frequent handwashing and social distancing if you live on the streets.…”

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Homelessness: the imperative for a public health response

Wood

2020

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

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I t is a great honour to have been invited by the Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA) to give the 2020 Douglas Gordon oration for its third Prevention Conference. Foremost, I would like to respectfully acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of this land on which Borloo (Perth) is located, the Whadjuk people of Noongar country, and pay respect to their Elders, past, present and emerging. Given the topic of this oration, I also want to acknowledge that, sadly, homelessness is enormously over-represented among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Australia, and this has to be addressed if we are to Close the Gap.

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Homelessness: the imperative for a public health response

Wood

2020

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

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“…As a matter of fact, the fear of contracting COVID-19 seems not to be as high as concerns about the psychological and social impact of the pandemic, as reported in a United Kingdom survey ( Mental health Covid-19, 2020 ). Particular groups appear to be at higher risk for this kind of mental health impact, including frontline healthcare workers, the elderly, children, college students, the LGBTQ+ community, homeless individuals and those in economic vulnerability, rural community, foreigners and psychiatric patients ( Holmes et al, 2020 ; Khan et al, 2020 ; Salerno et al, 2020 ; Wood et al, 2020 ). Indeed, the emotional stress linked to the current scenario may potentially aggravate previous psychiatric conditions or may precipitate its symptomatology ( Yao et al, 2020 ).…”

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Emotional, Behavioral, and Psychological Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic

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The emergence of SARS-CoV-2 in December 2019 prompted consternation in many parts of the world. Due to its fast dissemination, the World Health Organization declared a pandemic in March 2020. Aiming to contain the spread of the virus, leaders of many countries restrained social movement, targeting to flatten the curve of contamination with social distancing. This review aimed to analyze how human behavior has changed throughout this period. We also approached the key components of the emotional reaction to the pandemic, how internal and external factors, such as personality traits, gender, the media, the economy and the governmental response, influence the social perception of the pandemic and the psychological outcomes of the current scenario. Moreover, we explored in depth the groups at increased risk of suffering mental health burden secondary to these circumstances. These include the healthcare professionals, elderly individuals, children, college students, black subjects, latin and LGBTQ+ communities, economically disadvantaged groups, the homeless, prisoners, the rural population and psychiatric patients. We also discussed several measures that might minimize the emotional impact derived from this scenario. It is crucial that the health authorities, the government and the population articulate to assist the vulnerable groups and promote emotional and psychological support strategies. Moreover, it is fundamental that the population is provided with accurate information concerning the COVID-19 pandemic.

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“…In strategy (c), we performed an extensive search for articles that related COVID-19 to homelessness on the Spell, Scielo, and Google Scholar platforms. For this strategy, we decided to track the reliability of the sources of articles and reports published by the COVID-19 index of the Publons platform (https://publons.com/publon/covid-19/?sort_by=date&title=homeless, retrieved on April 17, 2020), although the urgency of the publications and the restricted search term led us to find reference only to articles by Tsai and Wilson, (2020); Kirby, (2020); Wood, Davies, and Khan (2020). Considering the comparative analysis together with the other data we analyzed in Brazil, we found it plausible to also include the analysis by Aguiar et al (2020) regarding government strategies in Portugal and the document issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), published on April 2, 2020, with guidelines for service providers on how to assist people experiencing homelessness during the COVID-19 pandemic.…”

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“…Similarly to Brazil, Australia faces challenges that range from the provision of simple hygiene conditions, such as handwashing, to ensuring the possibility of isolation and access to health services and PPE for this population group (Wood et al, 2020). However, despite the obstacles, the country has yet to propose a plan specifically aimed at PEH (Kirby, 2020), and so has the United States (Tsai & Wilson, 2020).…”

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População em situação de rua e COVID-19

Honorato

Oliveira

2020

Rev. Adm. Pública

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Resumo O objetivo deste trabalho é propor sugestões práticas para a atuação no atendimento à população em situação de rua diante da pandemia da COVID-19 no Brasil. Com base numa pesquisa qualitativa contendo entrevistas com profissionais da área, análise de informações levantadas num portal de notícias de amplitude nacional e levantamento de artigos, relatórios de pesquisa e documentos informativos de outros países, sugerimos algumas estratégias que podem contribuir para a atuação da gestão municipal, sobretudo no âmbito da assistência social e nos equipamentos de assistência às pessoas em situação de rua no Brasil. Nossos resultados são parciais, embora incluam um panorama comparativo que permite inclusão de estratégias, ao que parece, ainda não implementadas no país. Destacamos também algumas questões que precisam ser repensadas pelos governos federal, estadual e municipal diante da urgência da implementação de políticas durante a pandemia da COVID-19.

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COVID ‐19 precautions: easier said than done when patients are homeless

Cited by 58 publications

References 3 publications

Homelessness: the imperative for a public health response

Homelessness: the imperative for a public health response

Emotional, Behavioral, and Psychological Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic

População em situação de rua e COVID-19

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