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Title Homelessness & health in Canada / edited by Manal Guirguis-Younger, Ryan McNeil, Stephen W. Hwang.

Imprint Ottawa : Univ. of Ottawa Press, 2014.

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 320 pages) : illustrations
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Series Health & Society
International behavioural and social sciences library. Health & society.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Note Print version record.
Contents pt. I Homelessness & Health in Canadian Populations -- 1. Being Young and Homeless: Addressing Youth Homelessness from Drop-in to Drafting Policy / Sean Kidd -- 2. Sexual Risk Behaviours and Sexual Health Outcomes among Homeless Youth in Canada / Trevor A. Hart -- 3. Helpers, Not Helpless: Honouring the Strength, Wisdom and Vision of Aboriginal Women Experiencing Homelessness or Marginal Housing / Izumi Sakamoto -- 4. Homelessness and Health in the Crowded Canadian Arctic: Inuit Experiences / Frank Tester -- 5. Homeless Immigrants' and Refugees' Health over Time / Rebecca Nemiroff -- pt. II Policy & Programmatic Responses to Homelessness & Health -- 6. Housing and HIV/AIDS among People Who Inject Drugs: Public Health Evidence for Effective Policy Response / Thomas Kerr -- 7. Supported Housing as a Promising Housing First Approach for People with Severe and Persistent Mental Illness / Jonathan Jette -- 8. Homelessness and Oral Health / Carlos Quinonez -- 9. Close to the Street: Nursing Practice with People Marginalized by Homelessness and Substance Use / Bernadette Pauly -- 10. Dignity in Design: The Siting and Design of Community and Shelter-Based Health Facilities for Homeless Persons / Manal Guirguis-Younger -- pt. III New Approaches: Innovations to Address Homelessness & Health -- 11. An Examination of the Delivery of Psychiatric Services within a Shelter-Based Management of Alcohol Program for Homeless Adults / Jeff Turnbull -- 12. Collaborative Approaches to Community-Based Mental Health Care for Homeless People: Toronto's Inner City Health Associates / Vicky Stergiopoulos -- 13. The Development and Operational Context of an Emergency Shelter -- Based Hospice in Ottawa, Ontario: A Qualitative Study / Ryan McNeil.
Summary 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 recommendations to respond to the ongoing public health crisis. This book is divided into three distinct but complimentary sections. In the first section, contributors explore how homelessness affects the health of particular homeless populations, focusing on the experiences of hom.
Language Text in English.
Subject Homelessness -- Health aspects -- Canada.
Homeless persons -- Health and hygiene -- Canada.
Homeless persons -- Medical care -- Canada.
Homeless persons -- Government policy -- Canada.
Homeless persons -- Canada -- Social conditions.
Housing.
Health services accessibility.
Public welfare.
Homelessness -- Canada.
Ill-Housed Persons
Housing
Health Services Accessibility
Health Status Disparities
Social Welfare
Canada
Sans-abri -- Santé et hygiène -- Canada.
Personnes sans-abri -- Soins médicaux -- Canada.
Personnes sans-abri -- Politique gouvernementale -- Canada.
Sans-abri (CaQQLa)201-0228134 -- Canada (CaQQLa)201-0228134 -- Condition sociales
Itinérance -- Canada.
Personnes sans-abri -- Canada -- Conditions sociales.
Logement.
Services de santé -- Accessibilité.
Aide sociale.
housing (concept)
welfare services.
Society and social sciences Society and social sciences.
Society and culture: general.
Social issues and processes.
Poverty and unemployment.
Social groups.
Social classes.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Disease & Health Issues.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
Public welfare
Housing
Homelessness
Health services accessibility
Homeless persons -- Government policy
Homeless persons -- Health and hygiene
Homeless persons -- Medical care
Homeless persons -- Social conditions
Homelessness -- Health aspects
Canada https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJkMHVW4rfVXPrhVP4VwG3
Indexed Term public health policy
homelessness
Canada
Dentistry
HIV
Mental disorder
Supportive housing
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Added Author Guirguis-Younger, Manal, 1967-
McNeil, Ryan, 1982-
Hwang, Stephen W.
Added Title Homelessness and health in Canada
Other Form: Print version: Homelessness & health in Canada. Ottawa : Univ. of Ottawa Press, 2014 9780776621432 0776621432
ISBN 0776621483 (electronic bk.)
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9780776621432 (pbk.)
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Report No. JSTOR purchased
Standard No. DEBBG BV043960666
DEBSZ 409803219
DEBSZ 431566550
DEBSZ 449398781
DEBSZ 449681122
DEBSZ 481285407
NLC 000042487920

 
    
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