The Expanded Care for Healthy Outcomes (ECHO) Project: addressing the spiritual care needs of homeless men in recovery.
As the nation's homeless population continues to rise, new practice models will need to address the specific health care needs of the homeless while providing cost-effective wellness-oriented quality care. This article describes the early development of one such model. The Expanded Care for Healthy Outcomes (ECHO) Project is an interdisciplinary curriculum/practice model that explores the vital intersection of spiritual and primary care in promoting health among homeless guests at the Pine Street Inn Nurses Clinics in Boston, Massachusetts. The authors describe the incorporation of spiritual assessment and care in clinical practice with homeless men to maximize patients' physical, psychosocial, and spiritual wellness.
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Boston College School of Nursing, Chestnut Hill, MA 02167, USA. brushb@bc.edu
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