title: Making international links to further interprofessional learning: a student-led initiative for the homeless population.
abstract: Supporting homeless people to recovery requires interprofessional collaborative responses. In North America interprofessional student groups have supported traditional services to address the needs of homeless populations. We report on the first two years of designing and developing an interprofessional student-led response to support homeless people in the UK. The project began with working in partnership with local statutory and voluntary services; and was affirmed through interviews with local homeless people. The findings identified that many avoided going to the services provided and 90% would welcome clinical services from interprofessional groups of students. The results have led to the launch of project LIGHT (Leicester Initiative Good Health Team) and today interprofessional student groups run health promotion activities for this population.
authors: Department of Medical and Social Care Education, University of Leicester , Leicester , UK and.
authors: Robyn
authors: R
authors: Goodier
authors: Shiv
authors: S
authors: Uppal
authors: Harriet
authors: H
authors: Ashcroft
mesh_terms: D000437:Alcoholism / Q000453:epidemiology; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D006281:Health Occupations / Q000193:education*; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006703:Ill-Housed Persons; D006801:Humans; D038622:Internationality; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008603:Mental Health; D010348:Patient Care Team; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011584:Psychology / Q000193:education; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology; D012947:Social Work / Q000193:education; D006113:United Kingdom
keywords: Homeless people; interprofessional student clinic; mixed methods