Health and Social Care in the Community is an essential journal for anyone involved in nursing, social work, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, general practice, health psychology, health economy, primary health care and the promotion of health.

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Enacted Stigma and Adverse Mental Health in Chinese Gay and Bisexual Men

Wenjian Xu, Roufei Leng, Wenxin Zhao, Jing Zhang, 
  •  17 July 2025
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Telehealth as a Care Solution for Homebound People: Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis of Healthcare Utilization, Quality of Life, and Well‐Being Outcomes

Maria Alejandra Pinero de Plaza, Aarti Gulyani, Lemma N. Bulto, Regina Allande-Cussó, Vincent Pearson, Belinda Lange, Tania Marin, Lemlem Gebremichael, Shannon Brown, Hila Dafny, Shelda Sajeev, Norma Bulamu, Alline Beleigoli, Katie Nesbitt, Penelope McMillan, Robyn Clark, Matthew Tieu, Alison Kitson, Stephanie Champion, Sonia Hines, Jeroen M. Hendriks, 
  •  14 July 2025
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“Not Having the Energy to Even Live”: A Feminist Disability Perspective on Long COVID and Caregiving

Julia Smith, Alice Mũrage, Kayli Jamieson, Kaylee A. Byers, 
  •  14 July 2025
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The Place of Research in the Professional Identity of Practitioners and Managers in Adult Social Care

Lisa Dibsdall, Karen Gray, Linda Sumpter, Ailsa Cameron, Paul Willis, Jon Symonds, Mat Jones, Christie Cabral, Geraldine MacDonald, 
  •  12 July 2025
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General Practice Care in Residential Aged Care Homes: A Systematic Scoping Review

Kate H. Marshall, Mary A. Burns, Diane L. Riddiford-Harland, Christopher J. Poulos, Roslyn G. Poulos, Andrew Montague, Ebony T. Lewis, Russell Pearson, Joel J. Rhee, 
  •  9 July 2025
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Social isolation, loneliness and health in old age: a scoping review

Emilie Courtin, Martin Knapp, 
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  •  28 December 2016
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Interventions to reduce social isolation and loneliness among older people: an integrative review

Clare Gardiner PhD BSc (Hons), Gideon Geldenhuys BNurs, Merryn Gott PhD MA (Oxon), 
  •  147-157
  •  13 July 2016
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What approaches to social prescribing work, for whom, and in what circumstances? A realist review

Kerryn Husk PhD, Kelly Blockley MSc, Rebecca Lovell PhD, Alison Bethel PG Dip, Iain Lang MFPH, DPhil, Richard Byng MRCGP, PhD, Ruth Garside PhD, 
  •  309-324
  •  9 September 2019
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Barriers and facilitators of disclosing domestic violence to the healthcare service: A systematic review of qualitative research

Rebecca L. Heron, Maarten C. Eisma, 
  •  612-630
  •  13 January 2021
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Homeless persons' experiences of health- and social care: A systematic integrative review

Pernilla Omerov PhD, RN, Åsa G. Craftman PhD, RN, Elisabet Mattsson RNM, Anna Klarare PhD, MNEd, RN, 
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  •  16 September 2019
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