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Understanding Homelessness [PDF]
Housing, Theory and Society, 2013 This paper reviews the literature on understanding homelessness. It criticizes approaches that ignore, distort or diminish the humanity of homeless people, or else, add little to our understanding of that humanity. In particular, it rejects what it calls “epidemiological” approaches, which deny the possibility of agency for homeless people, insofar as ...
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THE ASPECTS OF HOMELESSNESS IN THE EXPERIENCES OF FORMER PRISONERS STAYING IN POST-PENITENTIARY AID CENTRES [PDF]
ProbacjaHomelessness is one of the experiences of people with criminal records and its scale is not precisely known. The concept of homelessness and its selected dimensions were explained, as well as the risk factors for homelessness among prisoners and former ...
Katarzyna Lenart-Kłoś
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Youth in Central and Eastern Europe, 2021 The purpose of this paper is indicate the new research directions on reasons of homelessness, especially of young people. The most important question is if knowledge of this reasons we can only repeat or should evolve and consider about the role of ...
Karolina Gajda
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BMJ OpenObjectives Cancer is a leading cause of death in unhoused adults. We sought to examine the association between housing status, stage at diagnosis and all-cause survival following cancer diagnosis at a public hospital.Design Retrospective cohort study ...
Elizabeth Wick +8 more
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Outsiders Within: Claiming Discursive Space at National Homelessness Conferences in Canada
Social Inclusion, 2016 Homelessness in Canada is a large and growing problem affecting more than 235,000 men, women, youth, and families per year, in urban, suburban, rural and Northern communities.
Emily Paradis
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Back Home Again: LaPorte County, Indiana, Plan to End Homelessness [PDF]
, 2009 The Social IMPACT Research Center (IMPACT), a program of Heartland Alliance, worked with leaders in LaPorte County, Indiana to create a Plan to End Homelessness for the county. Plans to End Homelessness help communities determine and implement key system
Alyssa Nogaski +3 more
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Facilitators and barriers to neighborhood social integration
American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract Social isolation has reached concerning rates, particularly in the wake of the COVID‐19 pandemic. Social integration is critical to combatting social isolation and loneliness by promoting a sense of community and belonging. Yet, most existing research centers on fostering close personal relationships within family and friend networks.
Joelle Fuchs +6 more
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What is the Problem of Homelessness in Japan? Conceptualisation, Research, and Policy Response
International Journal on Homelessness, 2021 The definition of homelessness and the policies responding to it differ from society to society, as does understanding a state of being "homeless", all of which are socially constructed.
Masami Iwata
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American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract The provision of residential and community‐based services for individuals with serious mental illness (SMI) has become increasingly important following the deinstitutionalization movement. Much of the existing research on supportive housing focuses on housing outcomes rather than exploring how the program helps its residents thrive in the ...
Kenna E. Dickard, Greg Townley
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Health ExpectationsObjectives The National Framework for Inclusion Health identified the need for collaborative action between the NHS and third sector health to improve access and outcomes for Inclusion Health groups. Clinical psychology trainee placements in homelessness
Rebecca J. Ward +2 more
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