Homeless and COVID-19 - lessons for the future
- Funded by Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development (ZonMW)
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Grant number: 1.043E+13
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Key facts
Disease
COVID-19Start & end year
20202022Known Financial Commitments (USD)
$256,884.35Funder
Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development (ZonMW)Principal Investigator
PendingResearch Location
NetherlandsLead Research Institution
Radboud University medical CenterResearch Priority Alignment
N/A
Research Category
Secondary impacts of disease, response & control measures
Research Subcategory
Social impacts
Special Interest Tags
N/A
Study Type
Clinical
Clinical Trial Details
Not applicable
Broad Policy Alignment
Pending
Age Group
Unspecified
Vulnerable Population
Other
Occupations of Interest
Social WorkersCaregiversPhysicians
Abstract
Project description Homeless people often have poor health. They have a high chance of becoming very ill from Corona. They usually do not visit ordinary GP practices, but they do visit street doctors. It is not known how often they get Corona or what the consequences of Corona measures are for them. Therefore, research is being done to find out the following: How often and how badly homeless people get Corona What other problems they come to street doctors with What are the consequences of the Corona measures How municipalities have applied the Corona measures in the shelter Corona causes more homelessness For this, interviews are held with homeless people, civil servants and social workers. Information is collected from street doctors about patients with Corona and their care for other patients. Furthermore, together with homeless people and other parties involved, advice is being devised for the minister and for social services, so that this research contributes to good care and shelter for homeless people in the future.