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The American Journal of Medicine, 2021 The tattered ranks of America's homeless are swelling, and the economic recovery that made this Christmas merrier than last for most Americans has not brought them even a lump of coal. In Detroit, auto sales are stronger but the city estimates homelessness is up 50 percent.
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American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract Large‐scale land reforms constitute a substantial redistribution of wealth and reallocation of agricultural land, which is a major form of asset and production input in developing countries. While land redistribution (from the rich to the poor) remains a highly controversial issue, extensive evidence on its effect is limited.
Devashish Mitra +3 more
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Preventing avoidable deaths in people who are homeless through evidence-based vaccination strategies
, 2021 The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has had a disproportionate impact on people who are homeless. The baseline prevalence of COVID-19 in people who are homeless globally is estimated at 2.1 per cent (in comparison to 1.9 per cent in the United Kingdom ...
McCosker, Laura
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Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 2008 We employ data from the National Survey of Homeless Assistance Providers and Clients to examine the character and correlates of hunger among homeless people. Our analysis, couched in an adaptation framework, finds more support for the differentiation hypothesis than for the leveling hypothesis: Complex patterns of food insecurity exist at the ...
Barrett A, Lee, Meredith J, Greif
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American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract Substance use, specifically opioid and methamphetamine use, is of increasing concern among American Indian (AI) populations in the Great Plains. This community‐driven participatory study investigated the impacts of substance use and community‐defined needs in treating addiction.
Brynn Luger +8 more
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Multimorbidity of mental health and substance use disorders among housed and homeless U.S. veterans
Scientific ReportsHousing can be an important social determinant of mental health, which is why it is important to understand how mental health disorders (MHDs) and substance use disorders (SUDs) cluster and vary by housing instability.
Jack Tsai +2 more
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BMJ Open Quality, 2020 We carried out a quality improvement (QI) project (QIP), aiming to improve the quality, safety and equity of healthcare provided for homeless patients attending the emergency department (ED).
Laura Hunter +3 more
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Homelessness kills: an analysis of the mortality of homeless people in early twenty-first century England, 2012 [PDF]
, 2012 This study is the first that investigates the mortality of homeless people for all causes of death at the national level in England. It looked at national death records and matched the postcode given in each of them to the known addresses of homeless ...
Bethan Thomas
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American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract This study investigates the longitudinal impact of socioeconomic instability on teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted infection (STI) diagnosis among adolescents and young adults (AYA) living in an agricultural region and examines pathways including supportive family and social structures, decision making autonomy in romantic relationships ...
Marie C. D. Stoner +11 more
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Harm Reduction JournalBackground In 2021–2022, encampments in a downtown Boston neighborhood reached record heights, increasing the visibility of drug use and homelessness in the city.
Corinne A. Beaugard +4 more
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