Journal articles: 'People in homelessness'

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Rosenthal, Doreen, and Mary Jane Rotheram-Borus. "Young people and homelessness." Journal of Adolescence 28, no. 2 (April 2005): 167–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2005.03.004.

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Rankin, Sara K. "Punishing Homelessness." New Criminal Law Review 22, no. 1 (2019): 99–135. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/nclr.2019.22.1.99.

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Homelessness is punishing to those who experience it, not just from the inherent and protracted trauma of living exposed on the street, but also due to widespread and pervasive laws that punish people for being homeless. People experiencing homelessness, particularly chronic homelessness, often lack reasonable alternatives to living in public. Yet cities throughout the country are increasingly enacting and enforcing laws that punish the conduct of necessary, life-sustaining activities in public, even when many people have no other option. These laws are frequently challenged in court and often struck down as unconstitutional. But legally sound, cost-effective, and non-punitive alternatives to ending chronic homelessness exist. This article exposes some of the problems with criminalization laws, not only for people experiencing homelessness, but also for the broader community. It discusses how current approaches often make chronic homelessness worse and explains why non-punitive alternatives, especially Housing First and permanent supportive housing, are the most cost-effective means of addressing chronic homelessness. Ultimately, this article urges cities and their constituents to stop punishing homelessness and instead to start solving it.

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Schneider, Barbara. "Sourcing homelessness: How journalists use sources to frame homelessness." Journalism 13, no. 1 (September 20, 2011): 71–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1464884911421573.

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This article describes a content and qualitative analysis of quotations from sources in Canadian newspaper items on homelessness. Experts dominate as sources on homelessness. Homeless people are not completely deprived of a voice, but are limited to the devalued voice of experience. Quotes from homeless people themselves promote a narrative of homelessness that marginalizes the people who experience it and contributes to their social exclusion.

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Bramley, Stephanie, Caroline Norrie, and Jill Manthorpe. "Gambling-related harms and homelessness: findings from a scoping review." Housing, Care and Support 21, no. 1 (March 19, 2018): 26–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/hcs-02-2018-0003.

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Purpose People experiencing homelessness are being identified as a potentially vulnerable group in relation to gambling-related harm. The purpose of this paper is to explore the links between gambling-related harm and homelessness. Design/methodology/approach A scoping review of the English-language literature was conducted in 2016-2017 using a wide range of international sources. Qualitative content analysis was employed to code and identify key themes within the literature. Findings Five themes were identified: emerging knowledge about why people experiencing homelessness may participate in gambling; emerging knowledge about the prevalence of gambling within the homeless population; the likelihood that gambling-related harm is under-reported within the homeless population; emerging knowledge about the extent that people experiencing homelessness access gambling support services; and limited awareness about the potential impact of gambling participation among people experiencing homelessness. Originality/value The paper reviews research concerning the links between gambling, gambling-related harm and homelessness, which may be relevant to those working with people experiencing homelessness.

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de Campos, Ariane Graça, Elivane da Silva Victor, Molly Seeley, and Eliseth Ribeiro Leão. "Pain in Brazilian people experiencing homelessness." PAIN Reports 4, no. 6 (2019): e792. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/pr9.0000000000000792.

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Kerman, Nick, Michelle Lem, Mike Witte, Christine Kim, and Harmony Rhoades. "A Multilevel Intervention Framework for Supporting People Experiencing Homelessness with Pets." Animals 10, no. 10 (October 13, 2020): 1869. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani10101869.

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Approximately one in 10 people experiencing homelessness have pets. Despite the psychosocial benefits derived from pet ownership, systemic and structural barriers can prevent this group from meeting their basic needs and exiting homelessness. A multilevel framework is proposed for improving the health and well-being of pet owners experiencing homelessness. Informed by a One Health approach, the framework identifies interventions at the policy, public, and direct service delivery levels. Policy interventions are proposed to increase the supply of pet-friendly emergency shelters, access to market rental housing and veterinary medicine, and the use of a Housing First approach. At the public level, educational interventions are needed to improve knowledge and reduce stigma about the relationship between homelessness and pet ownership. Direct service providers can support pet owners experiencing homelessness by recognizing their strengths, connecting them to community services, being aware of the risks associated with pet loss, providing harm reduction strategies, documenting animals as emotional support animals, and engaging in advocacy. By targeting policies and service approaches that exacerbate the hardships faced by pet owners experiencing homelessness, the framework is a set of deliberate actions to better support a group that is often overlooked or unaccommodated in efforts to end homelessness.

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Sadzaglishvili, Shorena, Stuart Scharf, and Tinatin Kalandadze. "Descriptive Study of Roofless People in the Post Soviet Georgia." Journal of Sociological Research 9, no. 1 (December 16, 2017): 15. http://dx.doi.org/10.5296/jsr.v9i1.12179.

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Homelessness is a complex problem, resulting from a combination of housing and social exclusion processes. This paper discusses the major factors contributing to homelessness in the post soviet Georgia. Though there is no consensus on understanding conceptual typology, the causes and complexity of homelessness, there are currently three categories of homeless people identified as “homeless” in Georgia. Among them so called “Roofless” people are the most vulnerable groups who need special attention while there is no national strategy on homelessness in place. Mixed methods were used to study homeless people living in a special shelter in Tbilisi. In total, 70 homeless (Mean Age =48, Male – 64%, Female – 36%) were interviewed by semi-structural questionnaire.The results showed that a structural factor - unemployment (90%) is the major cause of homelessness. The other factors include: lack of support system (69%), relationship problems or family breakdown (66%), health problems (64%), mental problems (44%), internal migration (39%), leaving prison (26%), substance abuse (16%). The profile of homeless persons in Georgia is a middle-aged single man; however, the numbers of homeless women, elderly and younger people as well as families with children are growing.Furthermore the paper suggests that understanding the local contexts of poverty can assist government for building the proper national strategy on homelessness and facilitate social inclusion of the most disadvantaged groups of people.

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Tavecchio, L. W. C., M. A. E. Thomeer, and W. Meeus. "ATTACHMENT, SOCIAL NETWORK AND HOMELESSNESS IN YOUNG PEOPLE." Social Behavior and Personality: an international journal 27, no. 3 (January 1, 1999): 247–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.2224/sbp.1999.27.3.247.

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Homelessness in young people is partially explained within the framework of attachment theory. The relationship between family background, parenting style, experiences of separation and loss, and quality of the attachment relationship was examined in a group of homeless youths (n=108) and two comparison groups, i.e. residential youths ( n=85) and a large control group of youths from the ‘standard’ population (n=1228). Also, data regarding the influence of social support were obtained. Results indicate that growing up in a family with divorced parents, and especially a lack of parental responsiveness and emotional support are significant factors in the genesis of homelessness. Social support systems can, however, act as a protective factor and thus prevent the development of homelessness.

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Yu, Andy. "Equity and Homelessness." Canadian Journal of Law & Jurisprudence 33, no. 1 (February 2020): 245–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cjlj.2019.37.

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I argue that homelessness calls for equitable intervention. The motivation for such intervention involves the state’s provision of the system of property rights. This will be one that is responsible for but can also solve homelessness. The nature of the equitable interest responds to this motivation. There is a negative equitable right for the state not to exercise its right to exclude people from state-owned property against homeless people. There is also a positive equitable right for the state to provide housing to the homeless, or at least take steps towards doing so.

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Scott, Jan. "Homelessness and Mental Illness." British Journal of Psychiatry 162, no. 3 (March 1993): 314–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjp.162.3.314.

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In Great Britain 1–2 million people may be homeless. Most homeless people are men, but about 10–25% are women, of whom about half are accompanied by children. Significant mental illness is present in 30–50% of the homeless: functional psychoses predominate; acute distress and personality dysfunction are also prevalent. Co-morbidity of mental illness and substance abuse occurs in 20%, and physical morbidity rates exceed those of domiciled populations. The homeless mentally ill also have many social needs. Pathways to homelessness are complex; deinstitutionalisation may be only one possible cause of the increase in the number of homeless people. There is much recent research estimating the extent of mental illness and the characteristics of selected subgroups of accessible homeless people. The evaluation of potential service solutions has received less attention. This review outlines the research, highlights current views on the definition and classification of homeless populations, and offers some guidelines on avenues which need to be explored.

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MacKenzie, Onagh W., M. Catherine Trimbur, and Rahul Vanjani. "An Isolation Hotel for People Experiencing Homelessness." New England Journal of Medicine 383, no. 6 (August 6, 2020): e41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1056/nejmc2022860.

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Crane, Maureen, and Anthony M. Warnes. "Homelessness among older people and service responses." Reviews in Clinical Gerontology 20, no. 4 (July 27, 2010): 354–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0959259810000225.

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SummaryThis paper reviews the limited evidence on the causes of homelessness in old age and on the circumstances and problems of older homeless people, and it describes the few services dedicated to the group. Health care and social care professionals rarely encounter homelessness among the many problems of older people that present to them, but in many developed countries there is evidence that the number of older homeless people has recently been growing. Some among them have been homeless intermittently or continuously for years, but many became homeless for the first time in later life. The reasons for becoming homeless and the problems and needs of the group are exceptionally diverse. Many have been estranged from their family or have no living relatives, and they have a high prevalence of health problems and functional limitations. Although services for homeless people in general have improved since the early 1990s, few have targeted the needs of older people.

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Crane, Maureen, and Anthony M. Warnes. "Older People and Homelessness: Prevalence and Causes." Topics in Geriatric Rehabilitation 16, no. 4 (June 2001): 1–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00013614-200106000-00003.

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Thomas, Yvonne, Marion Alexandra Gray, and Sue McGinty. "The occupational wellbeing of people experiencing homelessness." Journal of Occupational Science 24, no. 2 (April 3, 2017): 181–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14427591.2017.1301828.

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Lynch, Philip. "Human rights lawyering for people experiencing homelessness." Australian Journal of Human Rights 10, no. 2 (December 2004): 59–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1323238x.2004.11910782.

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Joly, Louise, Claire Goodman, Katherine Froggatt, and Vari Drennan. "Interagency Working to Support the Health of People Who Are Homeless." Social Policy and Society 10, no. 4 (August 5, 2011): 523–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1474746411000273.

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Interagency working is a recurrent theme in homelessness policy literature, but is ill defined and rarely addressed in UK homelessness research. This article draws on findings from a study that explored how interagency working is achieved between statutory and voluntary sector services concerned with improving the health of people experiencing homelessness. We argue that a focus on the health needs and behaviours perceived as being a risk to the general population directly influences interagency working and how professional networks organise themselves. The findings are discussed with reference to the impact of social policy on the health of people who are homeless.

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Bowpitt, Graham, Peter Dwyer, Eva Sundin, and Mark Weinstein. "Comparing Men's and Women's Experiences of Multiple Exclusion Homelessness." Social Policy and Society 10, no. 4 (August 5, 2011): 537–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1474746411000285.

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This article explores gender as a variable in multiple exclusion homelessness in England. Much past research has taken insufficient account of the gender of homeless people, especially the predominance of men in the single homeless population and of women heading homeless households with dependent children. Drawing on qualitative data generated in a study of multiple exclusion homelessness in London and Nottingham, the article considers three ways in which gender may act as a homelessness variable: in people's susceptibility to homelessness, in their experiences of homelessness and in their encounters with accommodation services. By comparing the accounts of homeless men and women with complex support needs with evidence from staff working for support agencies, the overall aim of the article is to offer a critical examination of the gendered assumptions of homelessness policy and practice.

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Clarke, Anna. "The Prevalence of Rough Sleeping and Sofa Surfing Amongst Young People in the UK." Social Inclusion 4, no. 4 (October 20, 2016): 60–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.17645/si.v4i4.597.

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Whilst data on statutory homelessness is well recorded in the UK, there is a lack of data on informal homelessness (such as ‘sofa surfing’) and rough sleeping, other than that which relies on partial information and street counts. This paper presents findings from a recent online survey of young people and helps to fill this gap. It found that rates of sofa surfing and rough sleeping among young people were much higher than previously thought. Twenty-six percent of young people (aged 16–25) had slept rough at some point in their life and 35 percent had ‘sofa surfed’ (stayed with friends or family on their floor or sofa because they had nowhere else to go). The paper explores the implications of this for how we conceptualise homelessness. It suggests that homelessness may often be neither cause nor consequence of wider forms of exclusion, but that we may need to explore further the factors that enable some people to move swiftly out of homelessness more easily than others.

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JONES, MARION E., MICHEAL L. SHIER, and JOHN R. GRAHAM. "Intimate Relationships as Routes into and out of Homelessness: Insights from a Canadian City." Journal of Social Policy 41, no. 1 (September 15, 2011): 101–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0047279411000572.

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AbstractThe literature on homelessness tends to focus on risk factors in people's social and personal lives that contribute to their situation of being without a permanent home. Alternatively, the following describes innate factors of intimate relationships that contribute to a situation of homelessness for men and women. We conducted interviews with 61 people experiencing homelessness in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. We were particularly interested in documenting with greater specificity their perceptions of their individual pathways to and from homelessness. Three themes emerged from the data describing the intersection between respondents’ intimate relationships and their situation of homelessness: (1) relationship breakdown; (2) the role and impact of having intimate partners during a period of homelessness; and (3) the nature of the intimate relationship and its impact on housing. The data suggest that aspects of intimate relationships should be considered by social service agencies when addressing a person's situation of homelessness.

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Roca, Pablo, Sonia Panadero, Sara Rodríguez-Moreno, Rosa María Martín, and José Juan Vázquez. "The revolving door to homelessness. The influence of health, alcohol consumption and stressful life events on the number of episodes of homelessness." Anales de Psicología 35, no. 2 (April 13, 2019): 175–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.6018/analesps.35.2.297741.

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Objectives.- To analyse the impact of different variables on repeated episodes of homelessness. Method.- The study was conducted based on data obtained from a representative sample of homeless people in Madrid (Spain) (n = 188). Results.- Suffering from a serious or chronic illness has an effect on the revolving door to homelessness, which is mediated by a highly negative subjective perception of the individual's own health, which is in turn mediated by suffering from a disability. Excessive alcohol consumption has an effect on the revolving door to homelessness, mediated by access to treatment for problems caused by alcohol consumption. Suffering from a serious or chronic illness correlates with having problems caused by excessive alcohol consumption. Experiencing multiple stressful life events has a direct effect on the revolving door to homelessness. Conclusions.- To prevent the revolving door to homelessness, it is necessary to remove the barriers that hinder access to normal health resources which are experienced by people suffering from social exclusion, while implementing ongoing support programmes for homeless people or those at risk of homelessness, which primarily deal with health issues.

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Calvo, Fran, Oriol Turró-Garriga, Carles Fàbregas, Rebeca Alfranca, Anna Calvet, Mercè Salvans, Cristina Giralt, et al. "Mortality Risk Factors for Individuals Experiencing Homelessness in Catalonia (Spain): A 10-Year Retrospective Cohort Study." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 4 (February 11, 2021): 1762. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18041762.

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(1) Background: Current evidence suggests that mortality is considerably higher in individuals experiencing homelessness. The aim of this study was to analyze the mortality rate and the mortality risk factors in a sample of individuals experiencing homelessness in the city of Girona over a ten-year period. (2) Methods: We retrospectively examined the outcomes of 475 people experiencing homelessness with the available clinical and social data. Our sample was comprised of 84.4% men and 51.8% foreign-born people. Cox’s proportional hazard models were used to identify mortality risk factors between origin groups. (3) Results: 60 people died during the ten-year period. The average age of death was 49.1 years. After adjusting for demographic characteristics and the duration of homelessness, the risk factors for mortality were origin (people born in Spain) (HR = 4.34; 95% CI = 1.89–10.0), type 2 diabetes (HR = 2.9; 95% CI = 1.62–5.30), alcohol use disorder (HR = 1.9; 95% CI = 1.12–3.29), and infectious diseases (HR = 1.6; 95% CI = 1.09–2.39). Our results show a high prevalence of infectious and chronic diseases. Type 2 diabetes emerges as an important risk factor in homelessness. The average age of death of individuals experiencing homelessness was significantly lower than the average age of death in the general population (which is greater than 80 years). (4) Conclusions: Foreign-born homeless people were generally younger and healthier than Spanish-born homeless people. Chronic diseases were controlled better in Spanish-born people, but this group showed an increased risk of mortality.

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Macdonald, Stephen J., and Lesley Deacon. "‘No sanctuary’: Missed opportunities in health and social services for homeless people with dyslexia?" Social Work and Social Sciences Review 17, no. 3 (May 19, 2015): 78–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.1921/swssr.v17i3.800.

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This paper examines the relationship between dyslexia, homelessness and access to health and social services. This is a quantitative study analysing data from the Multiple Exclusion Homelessness across the United Kingdom Survey. Data was collected from 443 participants who had experienced some form of homelessness in the UK. A comparison was made between people with dyslexia and those homeless people without this condition. The data findings in this paper appear to reveal that people with dyslexia are overrepresented within the survey’s homeless population. It may be expected that people with dyslexia might not come in contact with health professionals and social workers as support for this condition generally takes place within an educational environment. Yet this study seems to indicate that homeless people with dyslexia have greater contact with health professionals and social workers compared with non-dyslexic homeless people. This paper suggests that health and social services need to consider conditions like dyslexia in order to develop support for this particular group of people that have experienced homelessness.

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Beer, Andrew, Lyrian Daniel, Emma Baker, and Laurence Lester. "The Shifting Risk of Homelessness among Persons with a Disability: Insights from a National Policy Intervention." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 18 (September 7, 2020): 6512. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17186512.

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Persons with a disability are at a far higher risk of homelessness than those without. The economic, social and health challenges faced by disabled people are addressed, in Australia, by the recently implemented National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). Using nationally representative, longitudinal household panel data, we construct the Index of Relative Homelessness Risk (IRHR) to track how the risk of homelessness for disabled persons has changed since the introduction of the NDIS. We find that, overall, fewer persons with a disability face moderate risk of homelessness but that many more face high risk. We conclude that the NDIS has not effectively protected disabled people from the risk of homelessness. We reflect on the implications of these findings for policy interventions.

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Olivet, Jeffrey, Catriona Wilkey, Molly Richard, Marc Dones, Julia Tripp, Maya Beit-Arie, Svetlana Yampolskaya, and Regina Cannon. "Racial Inequity and Homelessness: Findings from the SPARC Study." ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 693, no. 1 (January 2021): 82–100. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0002716221991040.

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This study examines racial inequities and homelessness in the United States through mixed methods research in eight communities. We compare the race and ethnicity of those experiencing homelessness to the general population and to people in poverty, and we also explore how race and ethnicity are associated with housing outcomes. Interviews with 195 individuals of color explore pathways into homelessness and drivers of outcomes. We find that Black/African Americans and Native Americans were the most overrepresented among those experiencing homelessness in each community, and interview data suggest that factors associated with homelessness for people of color include barriers to housing and economic mobility, racism and discrimination within homeless services, and involvement in multiple systems, including criminal justice. How race and ethnicity were associated with outcomes varied for youth, single adults, and families. We argue that researchers and policy-makers need to address homelessness with attention to racial justice.

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Loosemore, Martin, Jemma Bridgeman, Hugh Russell, and Suhair Zaid Alkilani. "Preventing Youth Homelessness through Social Procurement in Construction: A Capability Empowerment Approach." Sustainability 13, no. 6 (March 12, 2021): 3127. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13063127.

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Homelessness is a serious and growing problem in the UK, exacerbated by the COVID-19 crisis. The latest figures estimate that 160,000 households are at risk of the worst forms of homelessness. Employment is widely recognised as being critical to reducing homelessness, yet there has been no research into the role that the construction industry, as a major UK employer, can play in reducing this problem. The aim of this paper is to address this gap in knowledge and contribute to the emerging social procurement debate in construction by exploring the role that construction employment can play in reducing the risk of homelessness. Mobilising Sen’s and Nussbaum’s capabilities empowerment approach, an in-depth case study is presented of a construction employment program in Wales, UK, which was aimed at supporting young people who had experienced or who were at risk of homelessness. Contributing to the emerging social value and social procurement debate in construction and drawing on documentary analysis and interviews with young people who were homeless or at risk of homelessness who went through the program, findings indicate that these young people became empowered in ways which reduced their risk of homelessness. It is concluded that the capabilities empowerment framework is valuable in explaining how employment in the construction industry can reduce the risks of homelessness for disadvantaged youth with a care-experienced background or who were known to the criminal justice system.

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Wexler, MD, MPH, Bryan, and Mary-Elise Smith, MD, MA. "Disaster response and people experiencing homelessness: Addressing challenges of a population with limited resources." Journal of Emergency Management 13, no. 3 (May 1, 2015): 195. http://dx.doi.org/10.5055/jem.2015.0233.

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In this article the authors provide an overview of some issues that inhibit disaster planning and response for people experiencing homelessness and discuss the planning process conducted for this population in Worcester, MA. People experiencing homelessness face numerous challenges in preparing for disasters both natural and human caused. Similarly, providers attempting to aid these individuals must recognize and overcome various factors that hamper efforts to provide assistance. People experiencing homelessness lack the general resources many in the United States take for granted, including food, shelter, communication methods, and transportation. The population also has an increased prevalence of medical and psychiatric conditions. These factors amplify the typical difficulties in preparedness, communication, sheltering, and training for disasters. With these principles in mind, the authors reviewed the literature for best practices, identified potential stakeholders, and developed an annex to help address organization and delivery of care to those experiencing homelessness during a disaster.

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Fenge, Lee-Ann, Wendy Cutts, and Jon Seagrave. "Understanding homelessness through poetic inquiry: Looking into the shadows." Social Work and Social Sciences Review 19, no. 3 (October 4, 2018): 119–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1921/swssr.v19i3.1194.

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Homeless people often have multiple and complex needs resulting in deep social exclusion. Homelessness research represents a contested arena and one in which it is important to place the human experience of homelessness at the heart of the process. This paper reports on the Seldom Heard Voices project which used poetic inquiry as a qualitative research tool to examine the experience of homelessness. A performance poet, a group of homeless people attending a homeless hostel, and academics from social science backgrounds worked together to explore the lived experience of homelessness creating insights into wellbeing, identity, and belonging. This paper presents an overview of the project and considers how ‘poetic’ writing can engage seldom heard voices, providing a context for understanding the lived experience of homelessness through the words of participants, alongside the reflective narrative of the poet working with them. The project methodology is considered and the themes arising from two poems and the poet’s narrative is discussed.Keywords: homelessness; social services; poetic inquiry; arts-based research

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Šikić-Mićanović, Lynette, Suzana Sakić, and Stephanie Stelko. "Kvaliteta usluga za beskućnike: prikaz trenutnog stanja i izazova u Hrvatskoj." Revija za socijalnu politiku 27, no. 3 (December 15, 2020): 233–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.3935/rsp.v27i3.1693.

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THE QUALITY OF HOMELESSNESS SERVICES: AN OVERVIEW OF THE CURRENT SITUATION AND CHALLENGES IN CROATIA Although homelessness is a multifaceted phenomenon that has aroused interest in the Croatian scientific community over the last decade, the quality of homelessness services has not been explored so far. Based on a qualitative research that included key participants in the homelessness sector, this theme is problematized through various aspects of service quality. Following an introduction and a description of the method used, this paper describes the legal regulation of quality of services for homeless people, as well as the problems that homelessness services providers encounter in practice in relation to legal documents. More specifically, this paper analyses: the availability of services for homeless people, financing models, quality of accommodation facilities, quality of social services and quality control. All these aspects of service quality are supplemented by a number of first-hand practical experiences as well as some examples of good practice. Key words: homeless people, social services, (night) shelters, regulation, service quality.

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Przygoda, Daniel. "Selected issues of homelessness in the criminological aspect." Praca Socjalna 35, no. 1 (February 29, 2020): 154–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0014.1183.

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The article presents the issue of homelessness in the criminological aspect. The author presents the relationship between homelessness and crime. The study indicates also factors contributing to homelessness. Homeless people commit crimes, but they are also often victims. The article also presents a historical perspective to clarify applicable legal solutions.

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Dorney-Smith, Samantha, Kendra Schneller, Serena Aboim, Maxine Radcliffe, Nicky Tanner, Rosa Ungpakorn, Ruth O’Brien, and Amy Hall. "Meeting the healthcare needs of people experiencing homelessness." Nursing Standard 34, no. 1 (January 4, 2019): 27–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.7748/ns.2018.e11155.

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Evans, Nick. "Homelessness among older people is ‘ticking time bomb’." Nursing Older People 29, no. 10 (November 30, 2017): 8–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.7748/nop.29.10.8.s7.

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Bonds, Eric, and Leslie Martin. "Treating People Like Pollution: Homelessness and Environmental Injustice." Environmental Justice 9, no. 5 (October 2016): 137–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/env.2016.0021.

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Jain, Sachin H., John Baackes, and James J. O’Connell. "Homeless Special Needs Plans for People Experiencing Homelessness." JAMA 323, no. 10 (March 10, 2020): 927. http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2019.22376.

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Gaboardi, Marta, Massimo Santinello, and Marybeth Shinn. "Beyond behaviour: rethinking integration for people experiencing homelessness." Health & Social Care in the Community 29, no. 3 (February 9, 2021): 846–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/hsc.13314.

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Cooper, Danielle. "Medical Respite Programs for People who Experience Homelessness." Delaware Journal of Public Health 7, no. 3 (July 2021): 112–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.32481/djph.2021.07.017.

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Hughes, Caroline, Iolo Madoc-Jones, Odette Parry, and Sarah Dubberley. "A place to call our own: perspectives on the geographical and social marginalisation of homeless people." Journal of Adult Protection 19, no. 3 (June 12, 2017): 105–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jap-09-2016-0022.

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Purpose Notwithstanding heightened awareness of the issues faced by homeless people, the notion that homelessness is the result of individual failings and weaknesses persists. The purpose of this paper is to challenge that perception by giving voice to this marginalised group and exploring the mechanisms through which they made and remade as homeless and may be protected. Design/methodology/approach Semi-structured interviews (n=23) were carried out with a sample of homeless people who had accessed a range of homelessness services in the study area. Findings It is argued that largely deprived of the private sphere, which arguably renders them in most need of public space, homeless people find themselves most subject to scrutiny, surveillance, social disapprobation and exclusion. Research limitations/implications The authors reiterate that rather than simply being associated with rooflessness, homelessness is as a function of ongoing geographical marginalisation and social alienation. Practical implications The authors suggest that dedicated spaces for homeless people to occupy during the day continue to be in need of development because, whilst not unproblematic, they can disrupt processes associated with homelessness. Social implications Further resources should be directed towards homelessness and the issues that arise during daytime for homeless people. Originality/value The paper supports the literature which highlights the spatial practices by which stigmatised groups come to be separated from mainstream society.

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Louie, Anna D., Chibueze A. Nwaiwu, Julia Rozenberg, Debolina Banerjee, Gillian J. Lee, Dewahar Senthoor, and Thomas J. Miner. "Providing Appropriate Pancreatic Cancer Care for People Experiencing Homelessness: A Surgical Perspective." American Society of Clinical Oncology Educational Book, no. 41 (June 2021): e20-e28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1200/edbk_100027.

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People experiencing homelessness are particularly vulnerable when diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Patients with lower socioeconomic status have worse outcomes from pancreatic cancer as the result of disparities in access to treatment and barriers to navigation of the health care system. Patients with lower socioeconomic status, or who are vulnerably housed, are less likely to receive surgical treatment even when it is recommended by National Comprehensive Cancer Network guidelines. This disparity in access to surgical care explains much of the gap in pancreatic cancer outcomes. There are many factors that contribute to this disparity in surgical management of pancreatic cancer in people experiencing homelessness. These include a lack of reliable transportation, feeling unwelcome in the medical setting, a lack of primary care and health insurance, and implicit biases of health care providers, including racial bias. Solutions that focus on rectifying these problems include utilizing patient navigators, addressing implicit biases of all health care providers and staff, creating an environment that caters to the needs of patients experiencing homelessness, and improving their access to insurance and regional support networks. Implementing these potential solutions all the way from the individual provider to national safety nets could improve outcomes for patients with pancreatic cancer who are experiencing homelessness.

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Jones, Katy, Anya Ahmed, Iolo Madoc-Jones, Andrea Gibbons, Michaela Rogers, and Mark Wilding. "Working and Homeless: Exploring the Interaction of Housing and Labour Market Insecurity." Social Policy and Society 19, no. 1 (October 30, 2019): 121–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1474746419000332.

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Alongside an increasing focus on ‘prevention’, moving homeless adults into work is frequently considered an important part of helping them overcome homelessness and sustain an ‘independent’ life. However, a growing evidence base shows that work does not always offer the means to escape poverty, and many in employment face housing insecurity. Relatedly, there is increasing concern about the phenomenon of ‘in-work homelessness’. Drawing on new data from a study of people’s experience of homelessness in Wales, this article considers the hitherto underexplored topic of being both in work and homeless. The article provides a critical examination of how homelessness policy operates in practice, through presenting evidence of the experiences of a marginalised group (namely, working homeless people as users of homelessness services). It also considers how policy and practice could be modified to improve outcomes for homeless people and how prevention could play out in other contexts and welfare regimes.

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De Oliveira, Bruno. "On the news today: challenging homelessness through participatory action research." Housing, Care and Support 21, no. 1 (March 19, 2018): 13–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/hcs-01-2018-0002.

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Purpose How can people with lived experience of homelessness actively participate in contesting their marginalisation? The purpose of this paper is to suggest that involving people who are homeless in participatory action research (PAR) is one such strategy. This paper shows that such an approach can have a significant impact on empowering people with direct of experience of homelessness to challenge prevailing social discourses, particularly in terms of the way in which the local media presents homelessness as a social issue. Design/methodology/approach A PAR approach informed the design, development and dissemination of the study on which this paper is based. Analytically, it is underpinned by Foucauldian discourse analysis (FDA). FDA, with its focus on power relations in society, is noted to be particularly useful for analysing local media representations of homeless people. Findings The research reported here found that academic practitioners and homeless people can work together to challenge media discourses, which serve to marginalise people affected by homelessness. Research limitations/implications The research reported here served to challenge some of the ways in homeless people are victimized and stigmatized. Practical implications The research reported here has the potential to inform future research concerned with understanding media presentations of homeless people. It can be seen as a model for how people affected by a particularly pernicious social issue can contribute to research in ways that go beyond researching for the sake of research. Originality/value The research reported here provides evidence of the emancipatory value of research that seeks to bring academic practitioners and homeless people together in a partnership to challenge vital social issues such as the power of the local media to frame understandings of homelessness.

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Chotkowska, Katarzyna. "Causes of homelessness, attempts to improve their situation and hopes for the future – analysis of individual in-depth interviews of homeless men with higher education." Praca Socjalna 35, no. 1 (February 29, 2020): 71–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0014.1178.

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Analysis of the causes of homelessness and attempts to change their situation among homeless people with higher education are the purpose of the presented article. Losing home among people with higher education is not a common topic of research and analysis. In society, a homeless person is associated rather with an uneducated person. In order to analyze the reasons, the general situation and actions taken to overcome homelessness, five individual in-depth interviews with homeless men from the Mazovia region were carried out. All respondents completed university studies. Among the respondents, the main causes of homelessness are addictions and conflicts in marriage. The respondents admit that it is difficult for them to improve their situation, especially in terms of raising professional qualifications. They have education, so they mostly wonder what other actions they could take. Completed studies show that leaving homelessness, even with a university degree, is not easy. There is no effective system of help for homeless people in this group of people – they are offered jobs or courses and training definitely not corresponding to their possibilities and education.

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Martineau, Stephen, and Jill Manthorpe. "Safeguarding adults reviews and homelessness: making the connections." Journal of Adult Protection 22, no. 4 (July 2, 2020): 181–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jap-02-2020-0004.

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Purpose This paper presents the results of a thematic analysis of safeguarding adults reviews (SARs) where homelessness was a factor to illuminate and improve safeguarding practice and the support of adults who are homeless in England. Design/methodology/approach SARs were identified from a variety of sources and a thematic analysis was undertaken using data extraction tables. Findings In addition to identifying shortcomings in inter-agency co-operation, SARs highlighted a failure to recognize care needs and self-neglect among people with experience of homelessness and evidenced difficulties in engagement between professionals and people with experience of homelessness. Research limitations/implications The authors may have failed to find some SARs in this category (there is no central registry). SARs vary in quality and in detail; some were not full reports. The approach to people’s experience of homelessness was broad and covered more than the circumstances of people who were rough sleeping or living on the streets. Originality/value This paper contributes to the current practice debates and policy initiatives in respect of homelessness and safeguarding in England. It may have wider relevance in the rest of the UK and internationally.

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Abdul-Hamid, Walid, and Colm Cooney. "Homelessness, Mental Illness and the Law." Medicine, Science and the Law 37, no. 4 (October 1997): 341–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/002580249703700410.

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One major difficulty that faces both researchers and practitioners who work with the homeless is the lack of definitions and frameworks that assist better understanding of such people's problems and society's response to them. This article reviews the legislation dealing with homeless people's social, civil and legal problems. We tried to give this legislation's historic and social background, including a section on psychiatric disorders in this group because of then-relevance to current debate on homeless offenders. We then reviewed the legislation relevant to homeless people in general and the homeless mentally ill in particular, including the recently introduced court diversion schemes.

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Clarke, Andrew, and Cameron Parsell. "The potential for urban surveillance to help support people who are homeless: Evidence from Cairns, Australia." Urban Studies 56, no. 10 (September 25, 2018): 1951–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0042098018789057.

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Numerous studies have documented how surveillance practices, such as CCTV, are deployed to support ‘revanchist’ responses to homelessness wherein punitive policing and urban design practices are used to exclude people who are homeless from prime urban areas. However, few studies have considered the capacity of surveillance to facilitate supportive responses to homelessness. In this paper, we explore this supportive capacity through an ethnographic case study of responses to homelessness in the regional Australian city of Cairns. We demonstrate that, whilst surveillance is deployed to police the homeless in Cairns, it is also used to facilitate social services to access and engage with them, for example by using CCTV as a means to coordinate supportive street outreach activities. We conclude from this that there is no necessary relationship between surveillance and punitive/revanchist responses to homelessness, therefore efforts should be made to document and promote its positive uses alongside critiquing its punitive ones.

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Kelly, Brian L. "Music-Based Services for Young People Experiencing Homelessness: Engaging Strengths and Creating Opportunities." Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Services 98, no. 1 (January 2017): 57–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1606/1044-3894.2017.9.

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This study explores a music studio in a transitional living program for young people experiencing homelessness. Using an ethnographic approach, data were collected to explore: (a) young people's experiences in the music studio, (b) the meanings they attach to their experiences, and (c) whether involvement in the studio engages their strengths. Study findings present a compelling narrative that supports the use of music-based services for young people experiencing homelessness as a way to engage their strengths and foster important opportunities for connection, engagement, and creative expression. Findings highlight the importance of challenging prescriptive notions of homeless youth and developing services that engage their strengths.

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Nilsson, Sandra, Thomas Munk Laursen, Carsten Hjorthøj, and Merete Nordentoft. "O8.6. RISK OF HOMELESSNESS AFTER DISCHARGE FROM PSYCHIATRIC WARDS." Schizophrenia Bulletin 46, Supplement_1 (April 2020): S20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/schbul/sbaa028.047.

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Abstract Background Homelessness is an increasing societal problem in most high-income countries and often linked to mental illness and substance use disorders. However, there are few high-quality studies examining the risk of homelessness following discharge from in-patient psychiatric treatment. such information might be used as documentation for the need of structural changes to prevent homelessness in people with severe mental illness. We aimed to analyse the absolute and relative risk of homelessness following discharge from psychiatric wards in Denmark in the period from 2001 to 2015 and to identify high-risk diagnostic groups. Methods We did a nationwide, register-based cohort study including people aged 18+ years discharged from psychiatric wards in Denmark between 1 January 2001 and 31 December 2015. We analysed associations between psychiatric diagnoses and the risk of homelessness using survival analysis. Results A total of 126,848 psychiatric in-patients were included accounting for 94,835 person-years. The incidence of homelessness one year following discharge was 28.18 (95% CI 26.69–29.75) and 9.27 (95% CI 8.45–10.16) per 1000 person-years at risk in men and women, respectively. The one-year cumulative probability of first homelessness after discharge from psychiatric wards with a schizophrenia disorder was 1.54% (95% CI 1.25–1.88) in males and 0.60% (95% CI 0.40–0.87) in females. Substance use disorders increased the risk of homelessness after discharge with adjusted incidence rate ratios of 6.60 (95% CI 5.19–8.40) (men) and 13.06 (95% CI 9.31–18.33) (women), compared with depressive disorders. Schizophrenia increased the risk of homelessness after discharge by 1.91 (95% CI 1.29–2.83) and by 2.53 (95% CI 1.41–4.54) in men and women, respectively, also compared with depressive disorders. Prior history of homelessness was an important predictor for homelessness following discharge. Discussion The first year following discharge from psychiatric wards is a high-risk period of homelessness, especially when having a substance use disorder or a prior history of homeless shelter contact. Schizophrenia was also an important predictor of homelessness. Improved efforts to prevent homelessness are needed.

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Joshi, Sudarshan. "Identity of Street Homeless People: A General Review." Research Nepal Journal of Development Studies 3, no. 2 (December 31, 2020): 62–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/rnjds.v3i2.34482.

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The people, who live, eat, and conduct activities in street and public places are street homeless people. It is simply based in observation because street homeless people do not want to disclose their identity. The study is generally the qualitative library based literature review on the issues of understanding homelessness. The main objective of the study is to collect the different meanings fusing the horizon in the application to Nepalese Homelessness. The study has reviewed 109 articles. Normally poor, destitute, and mentally weak people find in street as homeless. They need proper care and absolute identity. In the context of Nepal people found in street like street children, women and mentally weak people who live and survive in street and public places are street homeless people of Nepal.

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Strnad, Aleš, and Jakub Marek. "Homelessness in the Czech Republic." Housing, Care and Support 17, no. 3 (September 9, 2014): 121–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/hcs-06-2014-0013.

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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to discuss the current state of provision for homeless people in Prague. Design/methodology/approach – This is primarily a narrative account, though supported by and referenced with contemporary Czech social policy scholarship. It first traces the roots of the current situation through the history of the Czech legal framework for citizenship; the effects of communist-era ideology, when homelessness was simply hidden; and the post-communist (new-era) economic and political climate. The range of existing services is then described and analysed with respect to the difficulties in the demands posed for people in this situation. Findings – The paper outlines the current approach with outreach (“terrain”), engagement (“threshold”) and “accommodation” (support and rehab) services; and the challenges in transition from one to the next. Many systemic barriers remain for the re-integration of homeless people, stemming from attitudes within the community and amongst professionals, as much as a sheer lack of resources, or the psychological and emotional difficulties of the homeless themselves. Originality/value – There are few papers published internationally on homelessness in the new EU states. The similarity in the structure of services to what are sometimes called “staircase models” may therefore be instructive.

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Lee, Barrett A., and Meredith J. Greif. "Homelessness and Hunger." Journal of Health and Social Behavior 49, no. 1 (March 2008): 3–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/002214650804900102.

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We employ data from the National Survey of Homeless Assistance Providers and Clients to examine the character and correlates of hunger among homeless people. Our analysis, couched in an adaptation framework, finds more support for the differentiation hypothesis than for the leveling hypothesis: Complex patterns of food insecurity exist at the individual level, and they vary with the resources available (e.g., higher monthly income, regular shelter use) and obstacles faced (e.g., alcohol, drug, and physical and mental health problems). The chronically homeless, who suffer from multiple deficits, appear particularly food-insecure, a finding that favors the desperation hypothesis over its street-wisdom alternative. We conclude that hunger is not uniformly experienced by members of the homeless population. Rather, some individuals are better situated than others to cope with the stressful nature of homelessness when addressing their sustenance needs.

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Burcul, I., J. Dai, Z. Ma, S. Jamani, R. Hossain, and S. Strobel. "MP60: Application of routinely collected administrative data to track demographic and mental health characteristics of people experiencing homelessness." CJEM 22, S1 (May 2020): S64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cem.2020.208.

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Introduction: People experiencing homelessness have complex psychiatric and medical presentations, and have poor access to primary care. Thus, emergency departments (EDs) often become their main point of healthcare contact. Using routinely collected administrative data from EDs, we examine the ED utilization, health and reasons for presentations of people experiencing homelessness.. Methods: All routinely collected administrative health data from EDs located within Ontario, Canada from 2010-2017 were analyzed. Individuals experiencing homelessness were identified by a marker that was adopted in 2009 replacing their recorded postal code with an XX designation. Outcomes include number of unique patients, number of visits and repeat visits, CTAS scores, ambulance utilization, and type of ICD-10 presentation. Results: 640,897 visits to the ED over 10 years were made by 39,525 unique individuals experiencing homelessness. A visit to an ED by a homeless patient resulted in repeat presentation on the same day 5% of the time. The median repeat presentation to an ED was 14 days. In people experiencing homelessness, the most prevalent category of presentations were primary mental health diagnoses, accounting for 34.8% of visits (n = 223,392). Under mental health conditions, psychoactive substance use presentations made up more than 54% of the presentations (n = 121,112). Alcohol was by far the most common cause of substance use/induced disorders (n = 84,805). Conclusion: Applications of administrative data presents a novel method of measuring health and healthcare outcomes for marginalized populations. We found people experiencing homelessness are presenting to ED more frequently in Ontario, with significant mental health and addiction problems. Our study identifies several important health vulnerabilities within the population, which may serve as potential targets for future interventions.

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Olufemi, Olusola. "Homelessness and Hiv/Aids in Johannesburg." Open House International 33, no. 4 (December 1, 2008): 73–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ohi-04-2008-b0008.

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This paper contends that the peculiar, chronic, itinerant lifestyles and precarious spaces occupied by the homeless enhance their risk and vulnerability to HIV/AIDS. These spaces, including the streets, shacks and cardboard boxes, mine dumps and unorganised shelters, expose them to indecent lifestyles, poor choices and greater risk of HIV, as well as Tuberculosis (TB) and Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs). This study was conducted amongst street homeless people, shack and hostel dwellers in informal settlements in various locations in Johannesburg. Inferences were drawn from the personal experiences of homeless people, and inputs from individuals and organisations that are engaged and work in the field of homelessness. Types of dwellings, overcrowding, livelihoods, knowledge of HIV/AIDS and survival sex are among the issues examined. Preliminary findings indicate that, firstly, poverty is a leading cause of precarious housing among the homeless. Secondly, behavioural practices, especially survival sex, make homeless people vulnerable to HIV. As a result, there is an increase in mortality rates from both HIV and AIDS amongst this group of people. Thirdly, the difficulties homeless people experience in gaining access to water, sanitation and health care services also compromises the care of those who are infected or affected by HIV/AIDS. Finally, other barriers to care and determinants of vulnerability to HIV/AIDS are the lack of knowledge, judgemental attitudes of the care providers overcrowding and lack of adequate nutrition amongst the homeless.

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