Table 3.
Desire for health information by ED patients experiencing homelessness (% of adults in each group with desire for various health information).
| “If we offered you free health information, which topics would you be interested in receiving?”(Check all that apply) | Homeless ≥1 timesa, n (% of total n=249 who said “Yes”) |
Homeless 0 timesa, n (% of total n=5531 who said “Yes”) |
OR | 95% CI |
| Healthy weight / nutrition / weight loss | 156 (62.7) | 3626 (65.56) | 0.88 | 0.67-1.14 |
| Mental health | 125 (50.2) | 1755 (31.73) | 2.16 | 1.68-2.79 |
| Smoking | 106 (42.6) | 1101 (19.91) | 2.98 | 2.30-3.86 |
| Alcohol | 54 (21.7) | 719 (13.00) | 1.85 | 1.35-2.53 |
| Pregnancy | 39 (15.7) | 639 (11.55) | 1.42 | 1.00-2.02 |
| Drugs / substance abuse | 59 (23.7) | 553 (10.00) | 2.79 | 2.06-3.79 |
| Domestic violence | 47 (18.9) | 490 (8.86) | 2.39 | 1.72-3.33 |
| Managing chronic disease | 119 (47.8) | 2518 (45.53) | 1.09 | 0.84-1.41 |
aParticipants were asked: “How many times have you been homeless in the last year?”