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Homelessness & health in Canada /

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 reco...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Guirguis-Younger, Manal, 1967-, McNeil, Ryan, 1982-, Hwang, Stephen W.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ottawa : Univ. of Ottawa Press, 2014.
Colección:International behavioural and social sciences library. Health & society.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.