Homelessness and the response to emerging infectious disease outbreaks: Lessons from SARS

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 402-410

  Leung, Cheryl S ^a   Ho, Minnie M ^a   Kiss, Alex ^b   Gundlapalli, Adi V ^c,d   Hwang, Stephen W ^a,e  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c Wasatch Homeless Health Care Inc   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contact tracing; Disease outbreaks; Homeless persons; Human; Influenza; Patient isolation; Quarantine; Severe acute respiratory syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTACT EXAMINATION; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH SERVICE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERVIEW; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; STAFF TRAINING;

CANADA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DISASTER PLANNING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ISOLATION; QUARANTINE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

EID: 42549085745     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-008-9270-2     Document Type: Article

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