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How can health services effectively meet the health needs of homeless people?
- Authors:
- WRIGHT Nat M.J., TOMPKINS Charlotte N.E.
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of General Practice, 56(525), April 2006, pp.286-293.
- Publisher:
- Royal College of General Practitioners
This systematic review aims to critically evaluate the international literature relating to the health care of homeless people and discusses the effectiveness of treatment interventions. Medline, EMBASE, CINAHL, Web of Science and the Cochrane Library databases were reviewed using key terms relating to homelessness, intervention studies, drug misuse, alcohol misuse and mental health. The review was not limited to publications in English. It included searching the Internet using key terms, and grey literature was also accessed through discussion with experts.