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Health and well-being of the homeless in South African cities and towns

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Pages 63-83 | Published online: 05 Feb 2010

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Tara Carney, Jonathan Hopkins, Ria Laubscher & Nandi Siegfried. (2023) Factors associated with current substance use among a sample of homeless individuals in Cape Town, South Africa: a secondary data analysis. Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse 22:4, pages 741-754.
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Paul S. Germishuys, Selma Smith, Jannie Hugo, Edith Madela-Mntla & Tanita Botha. (2022) The demography and disease burden of the homeless shelter population of Tshwane during COVID-19. African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine 14:1.
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Jonathan Hopkins & Manjulaa Narasimhan. (2022) Access to self-care interventions can improve health outcomes for people experiencing homelessness. BMJ, pages e068700.
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Jennifer Dantas Moreno, Larissa Hellen Viégas Bennett & Silvia Ferrite. (2022) A utilização dos questionários do Washington Group on Disability Statistics para identificação da incapacidade auditiva: uma revisão sistemática. CoDAS 34:2.
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Deanne Johnston, Patricia McInerney & Jacqui Miot. (2020) Volunteering, health and the homeless – the cost of establishing a student-run primary healthcare clinic serving the inner-city homeless in South Africa. BMC Health Services Research 20:1.
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Benedict Osei Asibey, Elizabeth Conroy & Brahmaputra Marjadi. (2020) Health problems and healthcare service utilisation amongst homeless adults in Africa- a scoping review. BMC Public Health 20:1.
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Deanne Johnston, Patricia McInerney & Hilary Thurling. (2020) Experiences of the homeless accessing an inner-city pharmacy and medical student-run clinic in Johannesburg. Health SA Gesondheid 21:0.
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Veronica J. Thornton, Comfort B. Asanbe & Ellen‐ge D. Denton. (2019) Clinical risk factors among youth at high risk for suicide in South Africa and Guyana. Depression and Anxiety 36:5, pages 423-432.
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Nishikant Singh, Priyanka Koiri & Sudheer Kumar Shukla. (2018) Signposting invisibles. Chinese Sociological Dialogue 3:3, pages 179-196.
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Md Hasan Reza & Julia R. Henly. (2018) Health crises, social support, and caregiving practices among street children in Bangladesh. Children and Youth Services Review 88, pages 229-240.
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Susana Castaños-Cervantes. 2017. Well-being and Quality of Life - Medical Perspective. Well-being and Quality of Life - Medical Perspective.
Cynthia Watters & Paul O’Callaghan. (2016) Mental health and psychosocial interventions for children and adolescents in street situations in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review. Child Abuse & Neglect 60, pages 18-26.
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Jessica Woan, Jessica Lin & Colette Auerswald. (2013) The Health Status of Street Children and Youth in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review of the Literature. Journal of Adolescent Health 53:3, pages 314-321.e12.
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