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Emergency shelters in Vancouver, Canada

Journal of Community Health, 1993
The shelter experiences, employment history, income and social service needs utilization were examined among 124 emergency shelter users in Vancouver, British Columbia. Thirty-six (30.5%) reported this as their first experience with living in a shelter; the length of stay in the present shelter ranged from one to 90 days.
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At Home from Emergency Shelters to Temporary Living

The Plan Journal, 2023
The right to housing is recognised as a primary right for the realisation of every person, as is the right of displacement, understood as the right to move to improve one’s living conditions. Today, people with unstable living and working conditions due to a multiplicity of social and/or geopolitical factors, are hosted in precarious housing located on
Barbara Angi, Irene Peron, Barbara Badiani   +2 more
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Mental Health Training in Emergency Homeless Shelters

Community Mental Health Journal, 2001
The prevalence of mental illness among homeless persons points to the importance of providing mental health training to emergency shelter staff. The authors report on their own work and argue that such training offers the potential to significantly improve shelter staffs ability to respond to the needs of shelter residents with mental illness, and to ...
A, Vamvakas, M, Rowe
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Sustainability and Resilience: Shelter in Emergencies

Global Journal of Enterprise Information System, 2017
Millions of shelters are lost every year due to disasters. During shelter construction and recovery interventions, a number of factors should be considered during planning and designing to ensure sustainability and resilience. This paper makes recommendations for safe and sustainable shelter recovery programming.
Eilia Jafar, Fauzia Siddiqui
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Disability and public shelter in emergencies

Environmental Hazards, 2011
This paper reviews current practice regarding people with disabilities in public (or communal) emergency shelter management. It shows that provision for disabled people generally fails to meet their needs and describes the main problem areas. These problems are set in the context of management and staff failings as well as underlying weaknesses in ...
John Twigg, Maria Kett, Helen Bottomley, Lin Tze Tan, Hussam Nasreddin   +4 more
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Emergency and Disaster Planning at Ohio Animal Shelters

Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science, 2010
Results of a cross-sectional study to determine the level of emergency and disaster response planning at Ohio nonhuman animal shelters and the role Ohio agencies have in emergency and disaster response planning in their communities indicated a lack of preparedness coupled with underutilization of the agencies as a resource. A total of 115 agencies (68%)
Shanna M, Decker, Linda K, Lord, William L, Walker, Thomas E, Wittum   +3 more
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Sheltering homeless families: Beyond an emergency response

New Directions for Mental Health Services, 1986
AbstractEconomic misfortune and the seuerity of the housing crisis do not entirely account for homelessness among families. To respond to their complex social welfare and mental health needs, the long‐term policy response must include a range of superuised, supported, and independent (with supports) housing options.
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Tsunami survival: Emergency shelters needed

New Scientist, 2011
Japan was well prepared to withstand a tsunami, but better shelters are sorely needed – we look at some of the ...
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Study on Designs of Emergency Lodging Field in Emergency Shelter

Applied Mechanics and Materials, 2013
According to the Chinese National Standard has been completed the "Provisions for design code of emergency shelter", the paper proposed designs of emergency lodging field according to refuge capacity, lodging site, fire control, evacuation and emergency supplementary facilities.
Jian Yu Chu, You Po Su, Ling Li Chen
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Beyond Domestic Violence Shelter: Factors Associated With Housing Placements for Survivors Exiting Emergency Shelters

Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2019
Domestic violence (DV) shelters are a critical resource for many survivors facing housing instability. Although DV shelter programs may address an array of survivor needs, DV survivors often identify the most pressing concerns as the need for safe housing and the financial resources to maintain housing.
Amanda M. Stylianou, Changnary Pich
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