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. 2021 Apr 6;30(1):11–26. doi: 10.1111/hsc.13380

TABLE 2.

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Include if article: Exclude if article:
  • Identifies or supports a particular response to a potentially transmissible disease
  • Is related or potentially applicable to homeless settings or populations
  • Identifies a need/consideration applicable for homeless
  • Is related to services/interventions (incl. screening/protocols/programmes, but not tests/diagnostics for a specific disease)
  • Related to supporting vulnerable pop health (or secondary impacts, like mental health)
  • Additional diseases beyond search terms may fit (e.g. Hepatitis A)
  • Does not identify or support any particular health response (exclude if only a vague need is posited)
  • Cannot be clearly applied to homeless settings (i.e. focus is addictions or mental health broadly)
  • Reviews drug or test efficacy only (and not a broader treatment or vaccination approach)
  • Is related to prevalence/risk only
  • Is specific to is HIV/AIDS (and sexually transmitted diseases broadly), Hepatitis C in most cases, mites/bugs, or gastrointestinal diseases

Abbreviation: HIV, human immunodeficiency virus.