A web-based personal health information system for homeless youth and young adults

Michelle T. Dang; Kimberley D. Whitney; Maria Catrina D Virata; Melissa M. Binger; Elizabeth Miller

doi:10.1111/j.1525-1446.2011.00998.x

A web-based personal health information system for homeless youth and young adults

Michelle T. Dang, Kimberley D. Whitney, Maria Catrina D Virata, Melissa M. Binger, Elizabeth Miller

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Abstract

Runaway and homeless youth face multiple challenges to their health and experience inadequate access to health care services. This article describes a Web-based Personal Health Information System (PHIS) called Healthshack that was specifically designed to improve health care access and health outcomes for runaway and homeless youth at a community-based agency that served homeless youth and young adults up to age 24. The program was developed in partnership with homeless youth and piloted by public health nurses. Preliminary findings from the program indicate that a PHIS is acceptable to runaway and homeless youth and feasible to incorporate into the flow of a youth agency. Thus, a PHIS may be an innovative model of service delivery for other marginalized populations.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	313-319
Number of pages	7
Journal	Public Health Nursing
Volume	29
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1525-1446.2011.00998.x
State	Published - Jul 2012
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Homeless youth
Personal Health Information System
Runaway youth

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Nursing(all)

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