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General Reports
 
         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries  
 
 
Characteristics of people attending psychiatric clinics in inner Sydney homeless hostels.
Nielssen OB, Stone W, Jones NM, et al 

Med J Aust
. 2018 Mar 5;208(4):169-173.
Abstract

Nurse-led primary health care for homeless men: a multimethods descriptive study.
Roche MA, Duffield C, Smith J, et al
Int Nurs Rev. 2017 Dec 21
Abstract

Australian homeless persons' experiences of social connectedness, isolation and loneliness.
Bower M, Conroy E, Perz J.
Health Soc Care Community. 2017 Oct 4.
Abstract

Results of a metabolic health clinic at a hostel for homeless men.
Nielssen O, Chudleigh A, Chen M,

Australas Psychiatry
. 2017 Jun;25(3):270-273.
Abstract

We didn't have to dance around it': opt-out HIV testing among homeless and marginalised patients.
Leidel S, Leslie G, Boldy D,  et al
 Aust J Prim Health. 2017 Apr 20.
 
Abstract

First examination of varying health outcomes of the chronically homeless according to Housing First configuration.
Whittaker E, Dobbins T, Swift W, et al
Aust N Z J Public Health. 2017 Jan 22.
Abstract

An audit of assessment and outcome of intervention at a quit smoking clinic in a homeless hostel.
Power J, Mallat C, Bonevski B, Nielssen O. 
Australas Psychiatry. 2015 Jul 2.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Discrimination and well-being amongst the homeless: the role of multiple group membership.
Johnstone M, Jetten J, Dingle GA, et al
Front Psychol. 2015 Jun 1;6:739.
Paper

Older people experiencing homelessness show marked impairment on tests of frontal lobe function.
Rogoz A, Burke D.
Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2015 May 31.
Abstract'

Is something better than nothing? Food insecurity and eating patterns of young people experiencing homelessness.
Crawford B, Yamazaki R, Franke E,  et al
Aust N Z J Public Health. 2015 Apr 22.
Abstract

Are oral health-related self-efficacy, knowledge and fatalism indicators for non-toothbrush ownership in a homeless population?
Jones K, Brennan D, Parker E,
Community Dent Health. 2016 Mar;33(1):48-53.
Abstract

Is there a role for pharmacists in multidisciplinary health-care teams at community outreach events for the homeless?
Chan V, Patounas M, Dornbusch D,  et al
Aust J Prim Health. 2015 Feb 27
Abstract

Oral health impacts and quality of life in an urban homeless population.
Ford P, Cramb S, Farah C.

Aust Dent J
. 2014 Jun;59(2):234-9
Abstract

Developing performance indicators for homeless outreach psychiatric services.
Holmes A, Bradley G, Carslie T, Lhuede K.

Australas Psychiatry
. 2014 Feb 4.
Abstract

An exploration of subjective wellbeing among people experiencing homelessness: a strengths-based approach.
Thomas Y, Gray MA, McGinty S.

Soc Work Health Care
. 2012 Oct;51(9):780-97
Abstract

Addressing smoking and other health risk behaviours using a novel telephone-delivered intervention for
homeless people: A proof-of-concept study.

Bonevski B, Baker A, Twyman L, et al

Drug Alcohol Rev
. 2012 Apr 4
Abstract

Homeless adults engagement in art: First steps towards identity, recovery and social inclusion.
Thomas Y, Gray M, McGinty S, Ebringer S.

Aust Occup Ther J
. 2011 Dec;58(6):429-36.
Abstract

Self-reported oral health of a metropolitan homeless population in Australia: comparisons with population-level data.
Parker E, Jamieson L, Steffens M, et al.
Aust Dent J. 2011 Sep;56(3):272-7.
Abstract

Homeless identities: enacted and ascribed(1).
Parsell C
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Br J Sociol
. 2011 Sep;62(3):442-61
Abstract

A 'snap shot' of the health of homeless people in inner Sydney: St Vincent's Hospital.
Chin CN, Sullivan K, Wilson SF.
Aust Health Rev. 2011 Feb;35(1):52-6.
Abstract

Housing/Social Services

         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries  
 

 

Two pathways through adversity: Predicting well-being and housing outcomes among homeless service users.
Walter ZC, Jetten J, Dingle GA,  et al

Br J Soc Psychol
. 2015 Sep 3.
Abstract

Examining women's agency in managing intimate partner violence and the related risk of homelessness: The role of harm minimisation.
Meyer S.

Glob Public Health
. 2015 Jun 25:1-13

Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
A place to call home: study protocol for a longitudinal, mixed methods evaluation of two housing first adaptations in Sydney, Australia.
Whittaker E, Swift W, Flatau P, et al
 
BMC Public Health
. 2015 Apr 9;15:342.
Paper

Homelessness and neuropsychological impairment: preliminary analysis of adults entering
outpatient psychiatric treatment.
Bousman CA, Twamley EW, Vella L, et al

J Nerv Ment Dis
. 2010 Nov;198(11):790-4
Abstract

Homelessness: patterns of emergency department use and risk factors for
re-presentation.
Moore G, Gerdtz MF, Hepworth G, Manias E.
Emerg Med J. 2010 Aug 3.
Abstract

 

Substance Abuse
 
         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries  
 
  Sexual Risk Behaviors, Sexual Offenses, and Sexual Victimization Among Homeless Youth: A Systematic Review of Associations With Substance Use.
Heerde JA, Hemphill SA.
 
Trauma Violence Abuse
. 2016 Dec;17(5):468-489.
Abstract

From substance use to homelessness or vice versa?
McVicar D, Moschion J, van Ours JC.  et al 

Soc Sci Med
. 2015 Jul;136-137:89-98.
Abstract

Multiply disadvantaged: Health and service utilisation factors faced by homeless injecting drug consumers in Australia.
Whittaker E, Swift W, Roxburgh A, et al

Drug Alcohol Rev
. 2015 Mar 18.
Abstract

The interplay of rural issues, mental illness, substance use and housing problems.
Jones R, Reupert A, Sutton K, Maybery D.
J Ment Health. 2014 Sep 22:1-6
Abstract

Positive and negative features of a computer assisted drug treatment program delivered by mentors to homeless drug users
living in hostels.

Neale J, Stevenson C.
J Subst Abuse Treat. 2014 Jun 14.
Abstract

Housing Instability among People Who Inject Drugs: Results from the Australian Needle and Syringe Program Survey.
Topp L, Iversen J, Baldry E,  et al
J Urban Health. 2012 Jun 26.
Abstract

Housing Instability among People Who Inject Drugs: Results from the Australian Needle and Syringe Program Survey
Topp L, Iversen J, Baldry E,  et al

J Urban Health
. 2012 Jun 26.

Abstract

 

Violence

         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries  
 
 
What differentiates homeless persons who died by suicide from other suicides in Australia? A comparative analysis using a unique mortality register.
Arnautovska U, Sveticic J, De Leo D.
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol. 2014 Apr;49(4):583-9.
Abstract

What differentiates homeless persons who died by suicide from other suicides in Australia? A comparative analysis using a unique mortality register.
Arnautovska U, Sveticic J, De Leo D.
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol. 2013 Oct 8.
Abstract

 

Special Populations

Indigenous

         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries  

  Economic evaluation of 'Return to Country': A remote Australian initiative to address indigenous homelessness.
Kinchin I, Jacups S, Hunter G, Rogerson B.
Eval Program Plann. 2016 Apr 2;56:69-75.
Abstract

Older Persons

         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries  
 

 
Causes of homelessness among older people in Melbourne, Australia.
Rota-Bartelink A, Lipmann B.
Aust N Z J Public Health. 2007 Jun;31(3):252-8
Abstract
Juveniles

         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries  
 
 
Sexual Risk Behaviors, Sexual Offenses, and Sexual Victimization Among Homeless Youth: A Systematic Review of Associations With Substance Use.
Heerde JA, Hemphill SA.
 
Trauma Violence Abuse
. 2016 Dec;17(5):468-489.
Abstract

A scoping study: children, policy and cultural shifts in homelessness services in South Australia: are children still falling through the gaps?
Parry YK, Grant J, Burke L.
  et al
Health Soc Care Community
. 2015 Nov 25.
Abstract

The Primary Aare Health Care Service Experiences and  Needs of  Homeless Youth :
A Narrative Synthesis of Current Evidence
Dawson A, Jackson D.
Contemp Nurse
. 2012 Oct 15

Abstract
 

Women

         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries  
 
  Examining women's agency in managing intimate partner violence and the related risk of homelessness: The role of harm minimisation.
Meyer S.
Glob Public Health. 2015 Jun 25:1-13
Abstract

Mentally Ill
 

         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries  
 
 
Housing First: permanent supported accommodation for people with psychosis who have experienced chronic homelessness.
Holmes A, Carlisle T, Vale Z, et al
Australas Psychiatry. 2016 Oct 11.
Abstract

Mental illness and housing outcomes among a sample of homeless men in an Australian urban centre.
Spicer B, Smith DI, Conroy E,  et al
Aust N Z J Psychiatry. 2014 Dec 19.
Abstract

The interplay of rural issues, mental illness, substance use and housing problems.
Jones R, Reupert A, Sutton K, Maybery D.
J Ment Health. 2014 Sep 22:1-6
Abstract

Mental health care on the streets: An integrated approach.
Lee S, Castella A, Freidin J, Kennedy A,
 
Aust N Z J Psychiatry
. 2010 Jun;44(6):505-12.
Abstract


New Zealand
 

         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries  
 
 
Being healthy in unhealthy places: Health tactics in a homeless lifeworld.
Stolte O, Hodgetts D.

J Health Psychol
. 2013 Sep 20.
Abstract

Making the invisible visible: A Photovoice exploration of homeless women's health and lives in
|central Auckland.

Bukowski K, Buetow S.

Soc Sci Med
. 2010 Dec 14.
Abstract

The mobile hermit and the city: Considering links between places, objects, and identities
in social psychological research on homelessness.
Hodgetts DJ, Stolte O, Chamberlain K, Radley A, et al
 
Br J Soc Psychol
. 2010 Jun;49(Pt 2):285-303.
Abstract



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