Research Catalog

Title

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

Publication

Ottawa : Univ. of Ottawa Press, 2014.

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Additional Authors

• Guirguis-Younger, Manal, 1967-
• McNeil, Ryan, 1982-
• Hwang, Stephen W.

Description

ix, 320 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Summary

"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 public health crisis."--back cover.

Alternative Title

• Homelessness and health in Canada
• Homelessness & health in Canada

Subject

• Social Welfare
• Housing
• Health Status Disparities
• Health Services Accessibility
• Ill-Housed Persons
• 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
• Canada

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

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 ... [et al.] -- 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 -- 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 ... [et al.] -- 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 -- An examination of the delivery of psychiatric services within a shelter-based management of alcohol program for homeless adults / Susan Farrell ... [et al.] -- 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.

ISBN

• 9780776621432 (pbk.)
• 0776621432 (pbk.)
• 9780776621487 (pdf.)
• 0776621483 (pdf.)
• 9780776621470 (epub)
• 0776621475 (epub)

OCLC

• 880891220
• SCSB-11308023

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library