Homelessness & Health in Canada (Health and Society) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0776621432 ISBN 13: 9780776621432

Verlag: University of Ottawa Press, 2014

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"McNeil, Manal Guirguis-Younger and Stephen Hwang coalesce new research findings with substantive reviews of existing research by emerging and establishing health researchers to create a blueprint for improving homeless people's health from youth to end-of-life."--Simon Fraser University (05/29/2014)

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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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• Verlag: University of Ottawa Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0776621432
• ISBN 13: 9780776621432
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 330
• Herausgeber: Guirguis-Younger Manal, Hwang Stephen W., McNeil Ryan