Primary Care Engagement Among Individuals with Experiences of Homelessness and Serious Mental Illness: an Evidence Map.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Experiences of homelessness and serious mental illness (SMI) negatively impact health and receipt of healthcare. Interventions that promote the use of primary care services for people with both SMI and homelessness may improve health outcomes, but this literature has not been evaluated systematically. This evidence map examines the breadth of literature to describe what intervention strategies have been studied for this population, elements of primary care integration with other services used, and the level of intervention complexity to highlight gaps for future intervention research and program development.

Methods

We followed an a priori protocol developed in collaboration with clinical stakeholders. We systematically searched the published literature to identif

SUBMITTER: Shepherd-Banigan M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9085989 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature