When basic supplies are missing, what to do? Specific demands of the local street population in times of coronavirus – a concern of social psychiatry

Neto, Modesto Leite Rolim; Souza, Ricardo Inácio de; Quezado, Rosa Magda Martins; Mendonça, Elayne Cristina Santos; Araújo, Tallys Iury de; Luz, Dayse Christina Rodrigues Pereira; Santana, Willma José de; Sampaio, Juliana; Carvalho, Poliana Moreira de Medeiros; Arrais, Tereza Maria Siqueira Nascimento; Landim, José Marcondes Macêdo; Silva, Claúdio Gleideston Lima da

doi:10.1016/j.psychres.2020.112939

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“…The apparition of SARS-CoV-2 has caused a thorough reassessment of health care services for the whole global population, in different countries. Neto et al (2020), describe the causes by which one of the groups most affected by the pandemic is that of HP, 1 of them being that their lack of accommodation is an obstacle for their isolation.…”

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COVID pandemic as an opportunity for improving mental health treatments of the homeless people

Martin

Andrés

Bullón

et al. 2020

Int J Soc Psychiatry

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Background: Homeless population has been severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Their living conditions, comorbidity with different pathologies and a greater frequency of mental disorders, make this population vulnerable. Method: We implemented a program of serial visits in a hostel for confined homeless of the city council social services, for the monitoring and treatment of mental disorders and substance abuse problems. Accompanied by serial phone and email contacts. Results: A highly significant percentage (63%) had mental disorders or substance abuse, requiring pharmacological intervention, and 37% began follow-up in resources of the Mental Health and Addiction network of the Psychiatric Service at the end of the program. Hospital emergency service visits were drastically reduced. None of them were infected with COVID-19. An individualized Social plan was drawn up in order to reintegrate them with support in the community. Conclusions: The Results have been really positive, meeting all the objectives and opening up developing new programs in the future, in the pandemic outbreak and out of it.

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COVID pandemic as an opportunity for improving mental health treatments of the homeless people

Martin

Andrés

Bullón

et al. 2020

Int J Soc Psychiatry

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“…By mid-May 2020, only within the 6 months from Wuhan detection, there have been more than 4.36 million cases reported worldwide in more than 200 countries and territories, resulting in more than 297,000 deaths [5]. Undisputedly, the coronavirus pandemic is posing profound challenges to our healthcare infrastructure, economic systems, social and cultural life but also to our private lives and personal freedom [6][7][8][9].…”

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Smart textiles and wearable technologies – opportunities offered in the fight against pandemics in relation to current COVID-19 state

Ivanoska-Dacikj

Stachewicz

2020

Reviews on Advanced Materials Science

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Recent outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the world dramatically, posing profound challenges to our healthcare infrastructure, economic systems, social and cultural life but also to our freedom. What this pandemic made us realize so far, is that, despite the tremendous advances in medicine and pharmacy, in the initial moments, which are crucial in the containment of spreading of any pandemic, the key role is played by the non-pharmaceutical measures. These measures are the ones that bridge the time between pandemic outbreaks and the development of drugs or vaccines and are crucial for the number of human lives spared. Smart textiles and novel materials as part of the personal protective equipment (PPE) and telemedicine are crucial factors in the healthcare system. Here, we present an overview on the use of textiles in the fight against pandemics, in the past and current COVID-19, we analyze the morphology of the commonly used face masks, made of cotton and typically used polypropylene (PP). We also present the perspective that smart textiles, wearable technologies and novel materials are offering in the fight against future pandemics, mainly as part of the personal protective equipment and telemedicine.

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“…Since March 2020, the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has spread over more than 200 countries and territories worldwide (1). Homeless people are a vulnerable group who may potentially be exposed to this infection and have potentially more severe outcomes than in the general population, due to their poor living conditions, the higher prevalence of comorbidity, and mental and physical conditions impaired by substance or alcohol abuse (2)(3)(4)(5)(6). Crowded conditions in shelters without specific preventive measures could facilitate viral transmission (7,8).…”

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Screening of SARS-CoV-2 among homeless people, asylum-seekers and other people living in precarious conditions in Marseille, France, March–April 2020

Hoang

Goumballa

et al. 2020

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150/150 words)Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 infection among sheltered homeless and other vulnerable people might provide the information needed to prevent its spread within accommodation centres. In March-April, we enrolled 411 homeless individuals, 77 asylum-seekers, 58 people living in precarious conditions, and 152 employees working in these accommodation centres and collected nasal samples. SARS-CoV-2 carriage was assessed by quantitative PCR. Overall, 49 (7.0%) people were positive for SARS-CoV-2, including 37 homeless individuals (of 411, 9.0%), 12 employees (of 152, 7.9%). SARS-CoV-2 positivity correlated with symptoms, although 51% of positive patients did not report respiratory symptoms or fever. Among homeless people, being young (18-34 years) (OR: 3.83 [1.47-10.0], p=0.006) and being housed in one specific shelter ], p<0.0001) were independent factors associated with the SARS-CoV-2 positivity rates (11.4% and 20.6%, respectively). The survey reveals the role of collective housing in relation to viral transmission within centres.

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When basic supplies are missing, what to do? Specific demands of the local street population in times of coronavirus – a concern of social psychiatry

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COVID pandemic as an opportunity for improving mental health treatments of the homeless people

COVID pandemic as an opportunity for improving mental health treatments of the homeless people

Smart textiles and wearable technologies – opportunities offered in the fight against pandemics in relation to current COVID-19 state

Screening of SARS-CoV-2 among homeless people, asylum-seekers and other people living in precarious conditions in Marseille, France, March–April 2020

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