the term is applied to people who “sleep rough” (i.e., outdoors in an area they do not own or rent) and to people who reside in very short-term housing intended for those who are otherwise homeless. It can also be applied to people who have insecure housing, such as those residing...
(1996). Where the homeless come from: a study of the prior address distribution of families admitted to public shelters in New York City and Philadelphia. Housing Policy Debate, 7(2), 327-365. Article Google Scholar Desai RA, Harpaz-Rotem I, Najavits LM, Rosenheck, RA. (2008). Impact...
A total of 63 participants were recruited at two local shelters for homeless individuals in Birmingham, AL, between July 2021 and April 2022. Participants eligible for this study were adults (aged > 18 years) who met one of the four broad categories of homelessness as defined by the U.S....
(men) per week. Food insecurity was measured with the USDA Food Security Scale-Short Form. The link between alcohol problems and food insecurity was examined with logistic regression analyses controlling for sex, age, education, income, and months homeless. Overall, 28.4% of the sample had ...
University of Alabama Birmingham, Heritage Hall Building 322, 1720 2nd Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35294-1152, USA; davpoll@uab.edu * Correspondence: carol.north@utsouthwestern.edu; Tel.: +1-214-648-5375 Received: 16 October 2017; Accepted: 23 October 2017; Published: 25 October 2017 Abstr...
This brought the social disparity of homelessness into acute focus by exposing the impossibility for people without a home to follow it. Moreover, government guidance recommended that communal shelters for people experiencing homelessness (PEH) either be closed or transformed into self-contained ...