Charlottesville Health Access: A Locality-based Model of Health Care Navigation for the Homeless

被引:7
作者
Bishop, Steven E. [1 ]
Edwards, James M. [1 ]
Nadkarni, Mohan
机构
[1] Univ Virginia, Sch Med, Charlottesville, VA 22903 USA
关键词
Homeless; navigation; students; health care access;
D O I
10.1353/hpu.0.0219
中图分类号
R19 [保健组织与事业(卫生事业管理)];
学科分类号
摘要
The authors describe Charlottesville Health Access (CHA), an initiative to get people who are homeless into the health care system. A community homeless shelter worked with faculty and students from the Univ. of Virginia Schools of Medicine and Nursing to create and run the program.
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页数:6
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