The health encounter as a treatable moment for homeless substance-using adults: The role of homelessness, health seeking behavior, readiness for behavior change and motivation for treatment

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1239-1243

  O'Toole, Thomas P ^a   Pollini, Robin A ^b   Ford, Daniel E ^a   Bigelow, George ^c  

^a Johns Hopkins Department of Medicine   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug abuse; Health seeking behavior; Homeless; Medical complications; Motivation for treatment; Readiness for change

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO CHANGE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 46049094157     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2008.04.015     Document Type: Article

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