‘When you are homeless, you are not thinking about your medication, but your food, shelter or heat for the night’: behavioural determinants of homeless patients' adherence to prescribed medicines

Public Health

Volumn 148, Issue , 2017, Pages 1-8

  Paudyal, V ^a   MacLure, K ^b   Buchanan, C ^c   Wilson, L ^c   Macleod, J ^d   Stewart, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NHS GRAMPIAN   (United Kingdom)

^d Aberdeen City Community Health Partnership   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adherence; Behaviours; Homeless; Prescription medicines; Theoretical Domains Framework (TDF); Vulnerable patients

Indexed keywords

METHADONE; PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; FOOD; HEALTH SERVICES; HOMELESSNESS; LIFESTYLE; MEDICINE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SHELTER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG STORAGE; FEMALE; FOOD; HEAT; HOME; HOMELESS PERSON; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; NIGHT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCRIPTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; THEFT; TREATMENT REFUSAL; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; FEMALE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 85016475240     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: 14765616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2017.03.002     Document Type: Article

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