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Dee Menezes
Researcher at University College London
Publications - 22
Citations - 273
Dee Menezes is an academic researcher from University College London. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 6, co-authored 18 publications receiving 141 citations.
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Causes of death among homeless people: a population-based cross-sectional study of linked hospitalisation and mortality data in England
Robert W Aldridge,Dee Menezes,Dan Lewer,Dan Lewer,Michelle Cornes,Hannah Evans,Ruth Blackburn,Richard Byng,Michael Clark,Spiros Denaxas,James Fuller,Nigel Hewett,Alan Kilmister,Serena Luchenski,Jill Manthorpe,Martin McKee,Joanne Neale,Alistair Story,Michela Tinelli,Martin Whiteford,Fatima Wurie,Andrew Hayward +21 more
TL;DR: The high burden of amenable deaths in homeless people recently admitted to hospitals in England with specialist integrated homeless health and care schemes highlights the extreme health harms of homelessness and the need for greater emphasis on prevention of homeless and early healthcare interventions.
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Health-related quality of life and prevalence of six chronic diseases in homeless and housed people: a cross-sectional study in London and Birmingham, England
Dan Lewer,Robert W Aldridge,Dee Menezes,Clare Sawyer,Paola Zaninotto,Martin Dedicoat,Imtiaz Ahmed,Serena Luchenski,Andrew Hayward,Alistair Story +9 more
TL;DR: Differences in health between housed and homeless people are better understood as a ‘cliff’, and the exception was problems related to anxiety, which were substantially more common in homeless people than any of the housed groups.
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'HepCheck Dublin': an intensified hepatitis C screening programme in a homeless population demonstrates the need for alternative models of care.
John S. Lambert,John S. Lambert,Ross Murtagh,Dee Menezes,Austin O'Carroll,Carol Murphy,Walter Cullen,Tina McHugh,Gordana Avramovic,Willard Tinago,Marie Claire Van Hout +10 more
TL;DR: This study demonstrates that the current hospital-based model of care is inadequate in addressing the specific needs of a homeless population and emphasises the need for a community-based treatment approach.
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From peer-based to peer-led: redefining the role of peers across the hepatitis C care pathway: HepCare Europe.
Julian Surey,Julian Surey,Dee Menezes,Marie Francis,John Gibbons,Binta Sultan,Ala Miah,Ibrahim Abubakar,Alistair Story +8 more
TL;DR: Highly trained peer support workers working as part of a specialist outreach clinical team help to identify a high proportion of individuals exposed to HCV, achieve high rates of engagement with treatment services and maintain high levels of treatment success amongst a population with complex needs.
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Initial Impacts of COVID-19 on Sexual Behaviour in Britain: Findings from a Large, Quasi-Representative Survey (Natsal-COVID)
Catherine H Mercer,Soazig Clifton,Julie Riddell,Clare Tanton,L. Freeman,Andrew Copas,Emily Dema,Raquel Bosó Pérez,Jo Gibbs,Wendy Macdowall,Dee Menezes,Mary-Clare Ridge,Chris Bonell,Pam Sonnenberg,Nigel Field,Kirstin R Mitchell +15 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined sexual activity, frequency, and satisfaction following lockdown in Britain in March 2020 and compared to pre-lockdown, finding that most participants (86.7%) reported some form of sex in the four months following lockdown with physical activities more commonly reported than virtual activities.