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Opioid-related overdose deaths among people experiencing homelessness, 2017 to 2021: A population-based analysis using coroner and health administrative data from Ontario, Canada

International Journal of Population Data Science
Objective We aimed to measure the change in proportion of opioid-related overdose deaths attributed to people experiencing homelessness and to compare the opioid-related fatalities between individuals experiencing homelessness and not experiencing ...
Richard Booth, Salimah Shariff, Brooke Carter, Stephen Hwang, Aaron Orkin, Cheryl Forchuk, Tara Gomes   +6 more
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Hospital-to-Shelter/Housing Interventions for Persons Experiencing Homelessness

International Journal on Homelessness, 2021
Persons with lived and living experiences of homelessness (PWLEs) commonly use hospitals and emergency departments to access healthcare yet support for transitions from hospital to shelter/housing can be challenging to access.
Sarah Canham, Joe Humphries, Kishore Seetharaman, Karen Custodio, Celine Mauboules, Chloe Good, Dustin Lupick, Harvey Bosma   +7 more
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Experiences and Strategies of Women Affected by Street Homelessness in Zagreb

Revija za Sociologiju, 2022
NGOs and those working with people experiencing homelessness often suggest that homelessness is less common among women than men, which is confirmed by the available statistics.
Paula Greiner
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COVID-19 prevalence and infection control measures at homeless shelters and hostels in high-income countries: a scoping review

Systematic Reviews, 2022
Background The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately impacted homeless populations and service workers, especially within homeless shelter/hostel settings.
Justine Levesque, Jordan Babando, Nathaniel Loranger, Shantel Johnson, David Pugh   +4 more
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Counting the Undercounted: Enumerating Rural Homelessness in Canada

International Journal on Homelessness, 2022
Until recently, homelessness in Canada was largely considered to be an urban phenomenon. This assumption has been reinforced by homelessness interventions that primarily focus on urban areas.
Rebecca Schiff, Ashley Wilkinson, Terrilee Kelford, Shane Pelletier, Jeannette Waegemakers Schiff   +4 more
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Preventing Youth Homelessness in the Context of Covid-19: Complexities and Ways Forward

International Journal on Homelessness, 2022
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has magnified detrimental social and health experiences and consequences for youth at risk of or experiencing homelessness.
Melissa Perri, Jacqueline Sohn
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An evidence-based co-occurring disorder intervention in VA homeless programs: outcomes from a hybrid III trial

BMC Health Services Research, 2018
Background Evidence-based treatment for co-occurring disorders is needed within programs that serve homeless Veterans to assist with increasing engagement in care and to prevent future housing loss.
David A. Smelson, Matthew Chinman, Gordon Hannah, Thomas Byrne, Sharon McCarthy   +4 more
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Correlates of Acquiring a Traumatic Brain Injury before Experiencing Homelessness: An Exploratory Study

Social Sciences, 2022
The rates of traumatic brain injury (TBI) are significantly higher among individuals experiencing homelessness compared to the general population.
Stephanie Chassman, Katie Calhoun, Blair Bacon, Sara Chaparro Rucobo, Emily Goodwin, Kim Gorgens, Daniel Brisson   +6 more
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The homeless [PDF]

Postgraduate Medical Journal, 1996
Summary The medical literature on homeless people tends to concentrate on their biographic characteristics or clinical problems without enough attention being given to the social and environmental contexts which they have to survive. This article summarises the literature on the role of social factors in the causation and outcome of ...
W, Abdul-Hamid, C, Cooney
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Homelessness and the meaning of home: rooflessness or rootlessness? [PDF]

, 1992
This paper has several objectives. These are: (1) to analyse the meaning of homelessness in the light of recent contributions on the meaning of home: (2) to criticize some current perspectives on homelessness as a social problem; (3) to identify and ...
Balchin, Biebuyck, Bramley, Brannen, Byrne, Clapham, Dahrendorf, Dickens, Dobash, Drake, Edgell, Gurney, Heidegger, Houlihan, Jowell, Leonard, Lewis, Malpass, Marshall, Martin, Marx, Minford, Munro, Oakley, Osborn, Pahl, Pahl, Pahl, Randall, Rex, Ryan, Saunders, Saunders, Saunders, Smith, Somerville, Walby, Watson   +37 more
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