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Developing a Model for Organizing Substance-Dependent Homeless and Street Women in Kermanshah: A Qualitative Approach with Grounded Theory [PDF]

open access: yesResearch on Addiction, 2021
Objective: The aim of this study was to develop a model for organizing substance-dependent homeless and street women in Kermanshah. Method: The present study was conducted using the grounded theory method.
Nader Naderi   +2 more
doaj  

Towards a contextual approach to the place–homeless survival nexus: An exploratory case study of Los Angeles County

open access: yes, 2009
The characteristics of the immediate locale greatly affect the ability of homeless people to adapt to life on the street and in shelters, with different types of places nurturing different circumstances for survival.
Marr, Matthew D.   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Interventions to improve the mental health of women experiencing homelessness: A systematic review of the literature.

open access: yesPLoS ONE
BackgroundHomelessness is a growing public health challenge in the United Kingdom and internationally, with major consequences for physical and mental health.
Joanna Anderson   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Towards a psychosocial and cultural definition of Mexican homeless girls: a qualitative approach

open access: yesAnales de Psicologia
Homeless women are one of the most vulnerable groups worldwide since they are victims of labor and sexual exploitation, abuse, discrimination and marginalization at a higher rate than the rest of the population.
Susana Castaños-Cervantes   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Homeless Agency: review of funding. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
In 2005 the Homeless Agency distributed approximately €37.1 million of State funds to voluntary and statutory homeless providers for people who are homeless in Dublin. This funding comes from the Health Service Executive and the Department of Environment,
Homeless Agency
core  

The psychosocial toll of Dublin III on asylum seekers in the Netherlands

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract The Dublin III Regulation determines which EU Member State is responsible for examining asylum claims, but its implementation carries significant consequences for those subjected to it. This study examines how Dublin III, as implemented in the Netherlands, affects asylum seekers' psychosocial wellbeing using Silove′s Adaptation and Development
Imen El Amouri
wiley   +1 more source

Negotiating contested spaces and places: Narratives of social suffering and resistance in racialized Cape Town communities

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract This study employs a schizocartographic approach to explore community narratives of space, memory, and violence in Kraaifontein, Cape Town. Through participants' accounts, ordinary places—gardens, shops, blocks, sports grounds, and streets—emerge as ambivalent geographies where trauma, resilience, and belonging intersect.
Guido Veronese   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Processes of care and outcomes for homeless patients hospitalised for cardiovascular conditions at safety-net versus non-safety-net hospitals: cross-sectional study

open access: yesBMJ Open, 2021
Objectives Evidence suggests that homeless patients experience worse quality of care and poorer health outcomes across a range of medical conditions. It remains unclear, however, whether differences in care delivery at safety-net versus non-safety-net ...
Atsushi Miyawaki   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Homeless lives in New Zealand: The case of central Auckland [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Homelessness is a pressing and increasingly visible concern in New Zealand. Many people sleeping rough are male and of Maori or Pacific descent. This research focuses on understanding the nature of resilience through the lived experiences of homeless ...
Groot, Shiloh Ann Maree   +6 more
core  

Freedom dreaming of migrant justice: Critical reflections on counterspaces and institutional violence in the university

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract US universities are built on stolen land and sustained through hierarchies of power that produce what migrant justice scholars name as b/order regimes. As institutions that claim to be sites of learning and inclusion, universities are fraught with contradictions as simultaneously sites of dispossession, exclusion, and control.
Sara L. Buckingham   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

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