Homelessness & Health in Canada explores, for the first time, the social, structural, and environmental factors that shape the health of homeless persons in Canada. Covering a wide range of topics from youth homelessness to end-of-life care, the authors strive to outline policy and practice ...
Homelessness, nature, and health: toward a feminist political ecology of masculinitiesEveryday experiences of the Hillside residents, individuals facing homelessness while living in a municipal park, provide a context of inquiry for both social and environmental justice. Ethnographic exploration of this ...
The role that environmental factors play in driving HIV and STI transmission risk among street-involved youth has not been well examined. We examined facto... BDL Marshall,T Kerr,JA Shoveller,... - 《Health & Place》 被引量: 145发表: 2009年 Effect of full-service partnerships on homeless...
People experiencing homelessness have increased prevalence, morbidity, and mortality of cardiovascular disease (CVD), attributable to several traditional and non-traditional risk factors. While this burden is well-known, mainstream CVD management plans and healthcare delivery have not been developed with ...
Homeless women face such obstacles to healthy pregnancies as chemical abuse, chronic health problems, and lack of prenatal care. Homeless infants are more likely to have low birth weights and are at greater risk of death. Homelessness exposes infants to environmental factors that endanger their ...
It identifies five kinds of homeless people and the sources of the homeless populations In the social structure. It then addresses residual and institutional policy solutions and draws on the efforts of the homeless themselves to advance a collective solution to their problems....
Homelessness & Health in Canada, published by the University of Ottawa Press, is the first book in Canada to explore how social, structural and environmental factors shape thehealthof the nation's homeless populations. As an open source publication, the entire book can be accessed online for fr...
Given the limitations of the underlying data used to inform this projection, it is not possible to know the actual effect of displacement in the next 10 years given the changing sociopolitical landscape, environmental conditions, and health care system. Displacement also comes with costs.28,29 The...
The aim of the project was to determine the health needs of the local homeless population within Liverpool City Region, and to investigate the extent to which current service provision is addressing the health needs of the local homeless population. The project also aimed to make a set of evide...
- 《American Journal of Public Health》 被引量: 180发表: 1995年 Homelessness and unstable housing associated with an increased risk of HIV and STI transmission among street-involved youth The role that environmental factors play in driving HIV and STI transmission risk among street-involved youth ...