Weber Jillian, Lee Rebecca C, Martsolf Donna
Cincinnati VA Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
College of Nursing, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
Public Health Nurs. 2017 Sep;34(5):505-511. doi: 10.1111/phn.12338. Epub 2017 Jul 4.
The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development estimates that almost 50,000 veterans are homeless on any given night. Homeless veterans are at greater risk of health disparities than their housed counterparts due to the multifactorial nature of their health and social needs. The Department of Veterans Affairs, in collaboration with more than a dozen other federal agencies, has concentrated efforts to improve the health of this vulnerable population while enacting a plan to eliminate veteran homelessness within the near future. Understanding the unique health needs of veterans who are homeless allows the profession of nursing to better support these efforts. The purpose of this literature review was to provide comprehensive knowledge to nurses about the health of homeless veterans for their use in clinical practice, research, and in contributing to the positive health outcomes for this vulnerable population.
美国住房和城市发展部估计，每晚约有5万名退伍军人无家可归。由于无家可归退伍军人健康和社会需求的多因素性质，他们比有住房的退伍军人面临更大的健康差距风险。退伍军人事务部与其他十几个联邦机构合作，集中精力改善这一弱势群体的健康状况，同时制定了一项计划，在不久的将来消除退伍军人无家可归的现象。了解无家可归退伍军人独特的健康需求，有助于护理专业更好地支持这些工作。这篇文献综述的目的是为护士提供关于无家可归退伍军人健康状况的全面知识，供他们在临床实践、研究中使用，并为改善这一弱势群体的健康状况做出贡献。
