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The European Journal of Public Health 2008 18(1):5-6; doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckm107
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© The Author 2008. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Public Health Association. All rights reserved.

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Integrated care for homeless people—sharing knowledge and experience in practice, education and research: Results of the networking efforts to find Homeless Health Workers

Igor van Laere1 and James Withers2

1 GGD Municipal Public Health Service, Dr Valckenier Outreach Practice for Homeless People, 1000 CE Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2 Mercy Health System, Operation Safety Net, 1400 Locust Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, USA

Correspondence: Igor van Laere, GGD Municipal Public Health Service, Dr.Valckenier Outreach Practice for Homeless People, Postbus 2200, 1000 CE Amsterdam, The Netherlands, e-mail: ivlaere@ggd.amsterdam.nl

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‘Everything we do, is a drop in the ocean. But, if we don't do it, that drop will be lost for ever’

                Mother Teresa

Over the last dozen years, as doctors for homeless people in Pittsburgh, USA and Amsterdam, the Netherlands, we have been networking internationally and travelled the streets to find social and medical workers who bring care to homeless people. We felt the need to reach out on the streets to meet homeless people and their problems, and to reach into mainstream services, academic centres and research institutes, to meet the needs of professionals in housing, social and medical work to deliver integrated care.1,2 We sought knowledge and experience to be integrated in practice, education and research, to better serve homeless people.3–6


   Networking for homeless people
 
The networking efforts resulted in . . . [Full Text of this Article]


   Integrated care for homeless people
 

   Helping homeless people is helping policy makers and managers
 

   Mission to reach out and reach in for homeless people
 

   Health and homelessness information
 

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