Vanessa Brcic
University of British Columbia
10 Papers
3 Citations
Vanessa Brcic is an academic researcher from University of British Columbia. The author has contributed to research in topics: Mental health & Government. The author has an hindex of 6, co-authored 10 publications. Previous affiliations of Vanessa Brcic include The College of Family Physicians Canada.
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Papers
Effectiveness of permanent supportive housing and income assistance interventions for homeless individuals in high-income countries: a systematic review.
Tim Aubry,Gary Bloch,Vanessa Brcic,Ammar Saad,Olivia Magwood,Tasnim Abdalla,Qasem Alkhateeb,Edward Xie,Christine Mathew,Terry Hannigan,Chris Costello,Kednapa Thavorn,Kednapa Thavorn,Vicky Stergiopoulos,Peter Tugwell,Kevin Pottie +15 more
TL;DR: Permanent supportive housing and income assistance interventions were effective in reducing homelessness and achieving housing stability and long-term effects on physical and mental health, substance use, and quality of life outcomes were unclear.
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Development of a tool to identify poverty in a family practice setting: a pilot study.
TL;DR: Asking patients directly about poverty may help identify patients with increased needs in primary care, and developing and field-test questions for use as a poverty case-finding tool to assist primary care providers in identifying poverty in clinical practice.
Clinical guideline for homeless and vulnerably housed people, and people with lived homelessness experience.
Kevin Pottie,Claire Kendall,Tim Aubry,Olivia Magwood,Anne Andermann,Ginetta Salvalaggio,David Ponka,Gary Bloch,Vanessa Brcic,Eric Agbata,Kednapa Thavorn,Terry Hannigan,Andrew Bond,Susan Crouse,Ritika Goel,Esther S. Shoemaker,Jean Zhuo Jing Wang,Sebastian Mott,Harneel Kaur,Christine Mathew,Syeda Shanza Hashmi,Ammar Saad,Thomas Piggott,Neil Arya,Nicole Kozloff,Michaela Beder,Dale Guenter,Wendy Muckle,Stephen W. Hwang,Vicky Stergiopoulos,Peter Tugwell +30 more
TL;DR: Homeless and vulnerably housed populations are heterogeneous and continue to grow in numbers in urban and rural settings as forces of urbanization collide with gentrification and austerity policies.
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Caring for patients with lived experience of homelessness
Anne Andermann,Gary Bloch,Ritika Goel,Vanessa Brcic,Ginetta Salvalaggio,Shanell Twan,Claire Kendall,David Ponka,Kevin Pottie +8 more
TL;DR: Family physicians can directly address the physical health, mental health, and social needs of patients who are homeless or vulnerably housed and can advocate for broader action on the underlying structural causes of homelessness.
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Practice and payment preferences of newly practising family physicians in British Columbia
TL;DR: Examination of remuneration model preferences of newly practising family physicians in British Columbia found alternatives to fee-for-service payment models were perceived as contributing to fewer frustrations with billing systems, improved quality of work life, and better quality of patient care.
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