Homelessness and health in Canada

"Brings together leading and emerging researchers to advance understanding of the complex relationships between homelessness and health. Covering a wide range of topics from youth homelessness to end-of-life care, contributors outline policy and practice recommendations to respond to this publi...

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Otros Autores: Guirguis-Younger, Manal (auth), Hwang, Stephen, editor, writer of introduction (editor), Guirguis-Younger, Manal, 1967- author, editor, writer of introduction (author), McNeil, Ryan, 1982- author, editor, writer of introduction
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Ottawa, Ontario] : University of Ottawa Press / Les Presses de l’Université d’Ottawa 2014
2014.
Colección:International behavioural and social sciences library. Health & society.
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009428404306719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part I Homelessness & Health in Canadian Populations. Being Young and Homeless: Addressing Youth Homelessness from Drop-in to Drafting Policy / Jeff Karabanow and Sean Kidd
  • Sexual Risk Behaviours and Sexual Health Outcomes among Homeless Youth in Canada / Danielle R. Schwartz, Carolyn A. James, Anne C. Wagner and Trevor A. Hart
  • Helpers, Not Helpless: Honouring the Strength, Wisdom and Vision of Aboriginal Women Experiencing Homelessness or Marginal Housing / Billie Allan and Izumi Sakamoto
  • Homelessness and Health in the Crowded Canadian Arctic: Inuit Experiences / Nathanael Lauster and Frank Tester
  • Homeless Immigrants' and Refugees' Health over Time / Fran Klodawsky, Tim Aubry and Rebecca Nemiroff
  • Part II Policy & Programmatic Responses to Homelessness & Health. Housing and hiv/aids among People Who Inject Drugs: Public Health Evidence for Effective Policy Response / Brandon D. L. Marshall and Thomas Kerr
  • Supported Housing as a Promising Housing First Approach for People with Severe and Persistent Mental Illness / Tim Aubry, John Ecker and Jonathan Jetté
  • Homelessness and Oral Health / Bruce Wallace, Rafael Figueiredo, Michael MacEntee and Carlos Quiñonez
  • Close to the Street: Nursing Practice with People Marginalized by Homelessness and Substance Use / Bernadette Pauly
  • Dignity in Design: The Siting and Design of Community and Shelter-Based Health Facilities for Homeless Persons / Ryan McNeil and Manal Guirguis-Younger
  • Part III New Approaches: Innovations to Address Homelessness & Health. An Examination of the Delivery of Psychiatric Services within a Shelter-Based Management of Alcohol Program for Homeless Adults / Susan Farrell, Beth Wood, Heather King-Andrews, Donna Lougheed, Wendy Muckle, Lynn Burnett and Jeff Turnbull
  • Collaborative Approaches to Community-Based Mental Health Care for Homeless People: Toronto's Inner City Health Associates / Vicky Stergiopoulos
  • The Development and Operational Context of an Emergency Shelter-Based Hospice in Ottawa, Ontario: A Qualitative Study / Manal Guirguis-Younger and Ryan McNeil.