The role played by family physicians in providing health services for the sheltered homeless populations during COVID-19 lockdown in the Tshwane district

African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine

 
 
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Title The role played by family physicians in providing health services for the sheltered homeless populations during COVID-19 lockdown in the Tshwane district
 
Creator Madela-Mntla, Edith N. Renkin, Wayne Hugo, Johannes F. Germishuys, Paul S.
 
Subject Family Medicine; community-oriented primary care; COVID-19 family physicians; homeless population; homeless shelter; research report; health services; COVID-19; lockdown; Tshwane District
Description This short report describes the role that family physicians (FPs) (and family medicine registrars) played to provide care for the homeless people in shelters (both temporary and permanent) during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) lockdown in the City of Tshwane, South Africa. The lockdown resulted in the establishment of a large number of temporary shelters. The FPs took on the task to provide comprehensive and coordinated primary care, whilst extending their activities in terms of data management, quality improvement, capacity building and research. The FPs worked in teams with other healthcare providers and contributed a unique set of skills to the process. This report demonstrates the value of responding quickly and appropriately through communication, cooperation and innovation. It also demonstrates the large number of areas in which FPs can make a difference when engaged appropriately, with the necessary support and collaboration, thus making a positive impact in the already overburdened health services.
 
Publisher AOSIS
 
Contributor UP Department of Family Medicine, COPC Research Unit
Date 2021-10-28
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion — descriptive review
Format text/html application/epub+zip text/xml application/pdf
Identifier 10.4102/phcfm.v13i1.3060
 
Source African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine; Vol 13, No 1 (2021); 5 pages 2071-2936 2071-2928
 
Language eng
 
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Coverage Tshwane district, Gauteng, South Africa April - September 2020 Family physicians, diverse ages, races, ethnic groups and sexes
Rights Copyright (c) 2021 Edith Nonhlanhla Madela-Mntla, Wayne Renkin, Johannes Frederika Hugo, Paul Stefanus Germishuys https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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