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Espaces in/habitables. Pratiques, affects et récits de femmes entre un projet d’habitat solidaire pour femmes sans-abri et la ville (Bruxelles, 2017-2019)

open access: yesEspace populations sociétés, 2021
This article is based on the research I conducted about homeless women in Brussels, aimed at understanding how the various spatial dimensions of the city participate in the construction and deconstruction of power relations.
Elisabetta Cinzia Rosa
doaj   +1 more source

Homelessness kills: an analysis of the mortality of homeless people in early twenty-first century England, 2012 [PDF]

open access: yes, 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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Looking back on childhood experiences of homelessness: Stories of ongoing residential instability and resilience

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Families' experience of homelessness is typically examined from the perspective of parents during or shortly after a shelter stay. Parents complain about rules, surveillance, crowding, and challenges to parenting in both homeless shelters and in doubling up with other households (sharing the others' homes), and relief when they attain their ...
Marybeth Shinn   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Overrepresentation of Women Veterans Among Homeless Women

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Public Health, 2003
Objectives. This study estimated the proportion of veterans among homeless women and their risk of homelessness relative to that of nonveterans. Methods. Data came from 2 surveys of homeless women (1 clinical and 1 nonclinical) and 1 survey of domiciled women. Results. The proportion of veterans (4.4%, 3.1%) among homeless women was greater than the
Gail, Gamache   +2 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Immigration detention centers as torturing environments: Ethical reckonings, radical refusals, and implications for a psychology of resistance

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper examines psychologists' ethical dilemmas in immigration detention centers. Using critical psychology, border, and detention scholarship, it highlights psychologists' historical complicity in state violence, from the U.S. Enhanced Interrogation Program to current border regimes.
Francesca Esposito   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

PTSD, Complex PTSD, and Childhood Abuse: Gender Differences among a Homeless Sample

open access: yesJournal for Social Action in Counseling and Psychology, 2019
The current study examined the potential relationship between homelessness, gender, and occurrence of Post-Traumatic Distress Disorder (PTSD) and Complex PTSD.
Sabina de Vries   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Tōku tūrangawaewae: Culture, identity, and belonging for Māori homeless people [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
To be Māori is to have a tūrangawaewae (a place of strength and belonging, a place to stand). If so, is it conceivable that Māori are homeless in our own homeland? This presentation focuses on the experiences of two Māori homeless people who took part in
Groot, Shiloh Ann Maree   +3 more
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Suicidal attempts and stressful life events among women in a homeless situation in Madrid (Spain). [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
The objective of this article is to analyze the relationship between suffering from stressful life events (SLE) and subsequent suicidal behavior among women in a homeless situation, examining the differences in the number and characteristics of SLE ...
Vázquez Cabrera, José Juan   +1 more
core   +1 more source

Occupational Conditions and Well‐Being Among Informal Waste Pickers in Hong Kong: A Comparative Study of 2018 and 2023

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Industrial Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Informal waste pickers play a crucial role in urban recycling systems but often face precarious employment and systematic marginalization. This study examines the evolving demographic, occupational, and health trends of informal waste pickers in Hong Kong between 2018 and 2023.
Siu‐Ming Chan   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

HCV screening in a cohort of HIV infected and uninfected homeless and marginally housed women in San Francisco, California

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2017
Background Hepatitis C virus (HCV) screening has taken on new importance as a result of updated guidelines and new curative therapies. Relatively few studies have assessed HCV infection in homeless populations, and a minority include women.
Kimberly Page   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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