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...
Birmingham Vet Affairs Med Ctr Hlth Serv Res Birmingham AL USAPublic health reportsMontgomery, A. E., Szymkowiak, D., Marcus, J., Howard, P. & Culhane, D. P. (2016). `Homelessness, Unsheltered Status, and Risk Factors for Mortality: Findings From the 100 000 Homes Campaign'. Public...
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, USA Richard M. Gargiulo Department of Educational Leadership, Foundations, and Special Education, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 35294, USA Richard M. Gargiulo Corresponding author Correspondence to Richard M. Gargiulo. ...
(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...
in a sample of homeless persons in the Deep South. This study recruited participants who were homeless from two local adult homeless shelters in Birmingham, AL. Participants (n= 61) underwent interviews, physical measurements, and a capillary blood draw. Their mean age was 47 years, and 82% ...
Approximately 553,000 people in the United States experience homelessness—the lack of a fixed, regular and nighttime residence—on any given night [1]. Individuals who are homeless face numerous challenges to maintain or improve their health, and as a result suffer disproportionate rates of morbid...
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...
Moreover, government guidance recommended that communal shelters for people experiencing homelessness (PEH) either be closed or transformed into self-contained accommodation to reduce the spread of COVID-19 [5]. A modelling study suggests that these adapted services provided protection from COVID-19 ...