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A 7 page research paper that discusses the homeless, mental health, interventions and their efficacy. This review of literature focuses on describing and evaluating public health interventions as to their efficacy and orientation. The theoretical criteria used for this evaluation draws on Orem’s self-care deficit nursing theory, which describes how individuals utilize self-care agency in order to maintain their “bio-psycho-socio-cultural spiritual needs, health and well-being” (Hurst, et al 2005, p. 11). Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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are homeless, with no place to sleep, no shelter from the elements (Federal report, 2007). The report was based on a "geographically representative sampling of 80 communities" and it indicated
that men makeup 65 percent of the adult homeless population and they are between the ages of 31 and 50 (Federal report, 2007). Additional statistics include the fact that
59 percent are minority members and 75 percent live in cities (Federal report, 2007). While this indicates a serious problem, other sources, such as Caton, et al (2005), put the
number of homeless Americans much higher. They assert that it has been approximated that homeless population constitutes 1 percent of all Americans, that is, "some 2 to 3 million people"
(Caton, et al, 2005, p. 1753). Considering this problem, the following review of literature focuses describing and evaluating public health interventions as to their efficacy and orientation. The theoretical
criteria used for this evaluation draws on Orems self-care deficit nursing theory, which describes how individuals utilize self-care agency in order to maintain their "bio-psycho-socio-cultural spiritual needs, health and well-being"
(Hurst, et al 2005, p. 11). Health care behaviors are defined in this theoretical framework as the steps that individuals utilize to "take good care of themselves" by "performing the
necessary health-related behaviors" required for meeting "ones therapeutic self-care demand (needs)" (Hurst, et al 2005, p. 11). Using Orems theory, the profiled interventions are evaluated according to the nursing roles
of manager, advocate, teacher and caregiver. Significance of the problem: Homelessness has been related to increased vulnerability to premature mortality rates and increased levels of morbidity, despite the
fact that homeless people are frequent users of the healthcare system via emergency departments (EDs), etc. (OToole, et al, 2004). In a study that involved 531 homeless adults, which was
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