Correction: Robrigado et al. Bridge Healing: A Pilot Project of a New Model to Prevent Repeat "Social Admit" Visits to the Emergency Department and Help Break the Cycle of Homelessness in Canada. 2023, 6845.

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Bridge Healing: A Pilot Project of a New Model to Prevent Repeat "Social Admit" Visits to the Emergency Department and Help Break the Cycle of Homelessness in Canada.

Homelessness continues to be a pervasive public health problem throughout Canada. Hospital Emergency Departments (EDs) and inpatient wards have become a source of temporary care and shelter for homeless patients. Upon leaving the hospital, homeless patients are not more equipped than before to find permanent housing.

Homelessness and Public Health: A Focus on Strategies and Solutions.

On any given night, hundreds of thousands of people are homeless in the United States and Canada [...

Combatting Homelessness in Canada: Applying Lessons Learned from Six Tiny Villages to the Edmonton Bridge Healing Program.

Emerging evidence shows that homelessness continues to be a chronic public health problem throughout Canada. The Bridge Healing Program has been proposed in Edmonton, Alberta, as a novel approach to combat homelessness by using hospital emergency departments (ED) as a gateway to temporary housing. Building on the ideas of Tiny Villages, the Bridge Healing Program provides residents with immediate temporary housing before transitioning them to permanent homes.

Empowering Students and Influencing Policy Change Through Experiential Public Health Advocacy Education.

Background: Public health advocacy is central to the work of many health professionals, including nurses. Although deemed to be a core competency for public health practitioners, courses described in the literature often lack a focus on experiential learning, which is an essential component to acquiring public health advocacy skills.

Method: This article describes an innovative, 12-week graduate course that provides students with a combination of theory and experiential learning through an opportunity to engage in political advocacy, community mobilization, and media engagement on a current public health issue.

Natural disasters and healthcare: Lessons to be learned.

Natural disasters are on the increase. How healthcare systems respond to their communities' need for medical attention after such events will be very challenging. The situation is even more complicated when such facilities are forced to unexpectedly close and evacuate because they are in harm's way.

Time for Lifestyle Medicine to Take Injury Prevention Seriously.

Over 2 decades ago, the United States National Academy of Sciences described injuries as "the most under-recognized major public health problem facing the nation." Our progress since then has been limited. Injuries still account for nearly 1 out of every 10 deaths in the world, and the global burden of injury is projected to increase over the next decade, predominately in low- and middle-income countries.

Canadian Medical Association Perspectives on End-of-Life in Canada.

The Canadian Medical Association (CMA) is the representative body for the physicians of Canada. Over the past year, the association has been devoting significant time and resources to considering the important issues involved in care at the end of life. It has conducted a series of public town hall meetings across the country to allow Canadians to express their view on these issues, the only organization to have done so.

The effect of wrist guards on wrist and arm injuries among snowboarders: a systematic review.

Objective: To systematically review studies that examined the effectiveness of wrist guards in preventing wrist injuries among snowboarders.

Data Source: MEDLINE (1966-March 2005), EMBASE (1988-March 2005), Cochrane (2005 Issue 1), Sport Discus (1975-March 2005) were searched using variations of the term "snowboard." PubMED was searched for the year 2005 to capture any recently published studies not yet indexed in MEDLINE.

Health promotion and disease prevention in the emergency department: a feasibility study.

Background: Health promotion and disease prevention have been increasingly recognized as activities that may be within the scope of emergency medicine. The purpose of this feasibility study was to identify health risks and offer immediate interventions to adult patients who have drug and/or alcohol problems, incomplete immunization, are overdue for a Pap (Papanicolaou) smear, and/or are smokers.

Methods: The study took place in a busy tertiary Emergency Department (ED) serving an inner-city population with a significant proportion of patients who are homeless, substance abusers, working poor, and/or recent immigrants.