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This Health Needs Assessment brings into focus the health and wellbeing needs of people who are homeless and directly draws on the experiences of over 349 homeless people from across Nottinghamshire. It gives responsible commissioners and providers the opportunity to better understand the prevalence of the poor health conditions our homeless community experience and provides recommendations for how better to address these in the future.
Domestic violence and abuse is defined as any incident or pattern of incidents of controlling, coercive or threatening behaviour, violence or abuse between those aged 16 or over who are, or have been, intimate partners or family members regardless of gender or sexuality. This includes, but is not limited to psychological, physical, sexual, financial and emotional abuse. The definition includes so called 'honour based' violence, female genital mutilation (FGM) and forced marriage. Sexual violence is defined as any sexual act, attempted sexual act, unwanted sexual comments or advances, acts to traffic, or acts directed against a person's sexuality using coercion by any person regardless of their relationship to the victim. This includes but is not limited to acts committed at home or work, sexual assault, rape, sexual coercion and sexual bullying.
This Health Needs Assessment aims to: provide an understanding of the health need in Nottinghamshire County and Nottingham City related to healthcare associated infections, specifically focussing on those aspects relevant to community infection prevention and control; summarise existing evidence of effective practices and service models that will reduce incidence and spread of these infections in community settings; make evidence based recommendations about the scope and priorities of community infection prevention and control.