title: Assessing Impact of Community Health Nurses on Improving Primary Care Use by Homeless/Marginally Housed Persons.
abstract: This study invited a cross-sectional sample of 112 homeless/marginally housed adults in New Haven, CT to respond to a structured survey questionnaire. Seventy-six individuals responded. Among them, 39 (51%) had utilized primary care services during the preceding 2 years. Multivariate logistic regression analysis adjusting for age, sex, ethnicity, housing status, health insurance status, and self-reported health status found that having utilized primary care services was significantly associated with having regular contact with a community health nurse. This finding indicates that community health nurses may have a significant influence in increasing primary care service utilization by homeless and marginally housed individuals.
authors.affiliation: a Morse College, Yale University , New Haven , Connecticut.
authors.forename: Zhuo
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Su
authors.forename: Kaveh
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Khoshnood
authors.forename: Susan H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Forster
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003237:Connecticut; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006703:Ill-Housed Persons; D006798:Housing; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D024802:Nurse's Role; D064691:Nurses, Community Health; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D058996:Quality Improvement; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires