Results 61 to 70 of about 4,422,923 (294)

‘The silent battles’: exploratory study on substance use and mental health among homeless women accessing services from shelter homes in New Delhi, India

BJPsych International
Background Homelessness is a complex, multidimensional and often underrecognised public health concern. Women experiencing homelessness are often vulnerable to chronic stress, violence, mental health problems, substance use and poorer quality of life ...
Priyanka Saha, Atul Ambekar, Shalini Achra, Pinki Sevda, Arpit Parmar, Alok Agrawal   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Geriatric Homelessness: Association with Emergency Department Utilization

Canadian Geriatrics Journal, 2016
Background Homeless adults frequently use emergency departments (EDs), yet previous studies investigating ED utilization by the older segment received little attention.
Ana Hategan, Daniel Tisi, Mariam Abdurrahman, James A. Bourgeois   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pathways through homelessness among women in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: A qualitative study.

PLoS ONE, 2020
BackgroundThere has been a paradigm shift in understanding homelessness. The shift is from the belief that homelessness results from lack of secure housing towards the view which explains homelessness in terms of the complex interactions of factors which
Kibrom Haile, Halima Umer, Tolesa Fanta, Addis Birhanu, Edao Fejo, Yirga Tilahun, Habtamu Derajew, Agitu Tadesse, Gebreselassie Zienawi, Asrat Chaka, Woynabeba Damene   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prevalence of HAV Ab, HEV (IgG), HSV2 IgG, and Syphilis Among Sheltered Homeless Adults in Tehran, 2012 [PDF]

International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 2018
Background This study investigated the prevalence for hepatitis A virus (HAV), hepatitis E virus (HEV), herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV2) and syphilis among homeless in the city of Tehran.
Fatemeh Jahanbakhash, Fahimeh Bagheri Amiri, Abbas Sedaghat, Noushin Fahimfar, Ehsan Mostafavi   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Going it alone: single, low needs women and hidden homelessness [PDF]

, 2008
In early 2006 WISHIN (Women’s Information Support and Housing in the North) was approached by North East Housing Service (NEHS) who were concerned about the number of single women over 35, without dependents who were ringing their service for assistance ...
Andrea Sharam
core  

Service provision and barriers to care for homeless people with mental health problems across 14 European capital cities [PDF]

, 2012
Background Mental health problems are disproportionately higher amongst homeless people. Many barriers exist for homeless people with mental health problems in accessing treatment yet little research has been done on service provision and quality of care
Greacen, Tim, Straßmayr, Christa, Jacek Moskalewicz, Soares, Joaquim, Kluge Ulrike, Barry Margaret M, Priebe, Stefan, Schene, AH, Holcnerova, Petra, Gaddini, Andrea, Soares Joaquim J F, Diaz-Olalla, Jose Manuel, Petra Holcnerová, Soares, JJF, Gaddini Andrea, Barry, Margaret M, Aleksandra Matanov, Margaret M Barry, Barry, Margaret M., Barros, H, Greacen, T, Greacen Tim, Canavan, Reamonn, Díaz-Olalla José, Barros, Henrique, Kluge, U, Schene, Aart, Moskalewicz, Jacek, Aart H Schene, Manuel Diaz-Olalla, J, Priebe, S, Matanov, Aleksandra, Schene, Aart H., Nicaise Pablo, Canavan Réamonn, Nicaise, Pablo, Soares, Joaquim J. F.,, Henrique Barros, Canavan, R, Ulrike Kluge, Strassmayr, C, Nicaise, P, Réamonn Canavan, Barros Henrique, Barry, MM, Tim Greacen, Soares, Joaquim J. F., Joaquim J F Soares, Priebe Stefan, Barry, Margaret, Gabor Edina, Stefan Priebe, Matanov Aleksandra, Gabor, E, José Manuel Díaz-Olalla, Holcnerova, P, Holcnerová Petra, Matanov, A, Schene Aart H, Moskalewicz Jacek, Christa Straßmayr, Andrea Gaddini, Schene, Aart H, Pablo Nicaise, Gabor, Edina, Kluge, Ulrike, Edina Gabor, Soares, Joaquim J F, Moskalewicz, J, Straßmayr Christa, Gaddini, A   +70 more
core   +2 more sources

Family Dispute Resolution in Australia: The Under‐Servicing of Indigenous, Migrant and Refugee Families Experiencing Family Violence

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Improving access to legal services for Indigenous, migrant and refugee women is critical to addressing family violence. In this context, Family Dispute Resolution (FDR) has long been discussed as a solution for separating families. This paper presents key findings of a research evaluation of an Australian Government $8.37 million pilot project
Siobhan McDonnell, Alyson Wright
wiley   +1 more source

‘We Are Australia’: Unpacking Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People's Understandings and Experiences of Australian Identity

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are the oldest living custodians in the world. However, Australian identity has been purposefully established to exclude Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, contributing to systemic oppression and harmful consequences. Understanding the perspectives and experiences of Aboriginal and Torres
Jack Farrugia, Jonathan Bullen
wiley   +1 more source

Quantifying the Sites of Government, Commercial, and Personal Systems‐Perpetrated Financial Abuse

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study explores the institutional systems through which post‐separation financial abuse is perpetrated. While existing measures seek to quantify the harms experienced by women post‐separation, this study draws on financial, welfare and legal service casefiles to identify where such harms occur. Drawing on 76 de‐identified Victorian service
Kay Cook, Adrienne Byrt, Rachael Burgin, Georgina Dimopoulos   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

‘Shelter is a Dignity’: Rental Racism, Stress and Housing (In)justice

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Australia's private rental sector is in crisis, and culturally and racially minoritised renters face compounded harms through both covert and everyday direct forms of rental racism. Drawing on five community‐based focus groups in Melbourne (n = 37), the paper explores how racism manifests across the rental pathway and how it structures the ...
Erika Martino, Ilan Wiesel, Ang Li, Rebecca Bentley   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source