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dc.contributor.authorGlynn, R W
dc.contributor.authorLynn, E
dc.contributor.authorGriffin, E
dc.contributor.authorFitzgerald, M
dc.contributor.authorWard, M
dc.date.accessioned2017-11-02T10:17:21Z
dc.date.available2017-11-02T10:17:21Z
dc.date.issued2017-10
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10147/622628
dc.descriptionThis work aims to contribute to the evidence base regarding the health of those who experience homelessness in Ireland by collating data on methadone use, drug-related deaths and emergency department presentations due to self-harm. Data from the Central Methadone Treatment List (CTL), National Self-Harm Registry Ireland and the National Drug-Related Deaths Index were analysed. The percentage on the CTL registered as being of no fixed abode (NFA) or homeless increased from 2% to 7% from 2011-2014. The absolute number of presentations with deliberate self-harm from those of NFA increased by 49% from 2007-2014. The number of drug-related deaths amongst those of NFA or homeless and who died in Dublin fluctuated from 2004-13 with an overall upward trend. There is an urgent need to adequately resource and coordinate those services which aim to address factors (social and health inequalities, mental ill-health and addiction) which lead people into – and prevent them exiting from - homelessness.en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherIrish Medical Journalen
dc.subjectINFECTION CONTROLen
dc.subjectHEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENTen
dc.subjectIMMUNISATIONen
dc.subjectDRUG ADDICTIONen
dc.subjectSELF HARMen
dc.subjectHOMELESSNESSen
dc.subject.otherINFECTIOUS DISEASESen
dc.subject.otherPUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENTen
dc.subject.otherENVIRONMENT AND HEALTHen
dc.subject.otherHEALTH PROTECTIONen
dc.subject.otherHEALTH IMPROVEMENTen
dc.subject.otherHEALTH SERVICE PLANNINGen
dc.subject.otherHEALTH STATUSen
dc.subject.otherPUBLIC INFORMATIONen
dc.titleSelf-Harm, Methadone Use and Drug-Related Deaths amongst Those Registered As Being of No Fixed Abode or Homeless in Irelanden
dc.typeArticleen
dc.identifier.journalIrish Medical Journalen


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