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oapen-20.500.12657-332662021-04-30T09:24:25Z Homelessness & Health in Canada Guirguis-Younger, Manal Hwang, Stephen W. McNeil, Ryan public health policy homelessness Canada Dentistry HIV Mental disorder Supportive housing bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JF Society & culture: general::JFF Social issues & processes::JFFA Poverty & unemployment bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JF Society & culture: general::JFS Social groups::JFSC Social classes 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 homeless youth, immigrants, refugees and people of Aboriginal ancestry. In the second section, contributors investigate how housing and public health policy as well as programmatic responses can address various health challenges, including severe mental illness and HIV/AIDS. In the final section, contributors highlight innovative Canadian interventions that have shown great promise in the field. Together, they form a comprehensive survey of an all too important topic and serve as a blueprint for action. 2015-01-16 00:00:00 2020-04-01T14:37:58Z 2020-04-01T14:37:58Z 2014 book 515362 OCN: 890952081 9780776621432 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/33266 eng Health & Society application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International 515362.pdf University of Ottawa Press / Les Presses de l’Université d’Ottawa 10.26530/OAPEN_515362 10.26530/OAPEN_515362 a1e2b726-4e2b-4a68-bed3-0d2f3ac2a876 9780776621432 330 open access
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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 homeless youth, immigrants, refugees and people of Aboriginal ancestry. In the second section, contributors investigate how housing and public health policy as well as programmatic responses can address various health challenges, including severe mental illness and HIV/AIDS. In the final section, contributors highlight innovative Canadian interventions that have shown great promise in the field. Together, they form a comprehensive survey of an all too important topic and serve as a blueprint for action.
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