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Edmonton counts homeless population
Publication Date: 2010
An army of volunteers began counting Edmonton's homeless population Tuesday.
More than 200 counters in brightly coloured vests and clipboards combed the river valley, city streets and social agencies trying to get a handle on how many people have no place to live.
It's the ninth count of homeless people in Edmonton since 1999.
Tags: count ; population ; housing first
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A Profile of the Toronto Homeless Population
Authors: Springer, Joseph; Mars, James; Dennison, Melissa
Publication Date: 1998
A report prepared for the Mayor's Homelessness Action Task Force.
Tags: population; profile; Demography & Characteristics of Homelessness
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Survey of Downtown Latin American Street Population.
Authors: Margalit, I. S.
Publication Date: 1991
The objectives of this study are: to empower Latin American refugees living in the Downtown East Side; provide agencies with information around the impact of their services on this population; uncover possible intervention points for agencies; give information on the education, lifestyle, mental health, immigration and migration patterns, language acquisition, alcohol and drug use, and problem solving skills of Latin Americans. The survey approach was based on an action-reseach model.
Tags: population; refugees; Health Problems and Poverty; immigrants and refugees; poverty
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Housing and Population Health: a Review of the Literature
Authors: Hulchanski, J. D.; Centre for Urban and Community Studies and the University of Toronto
Publication Date: 1999
This literature review has been carried out for Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation to document what is currently known about the relationship between housing and health and to improve our understanding of the influence that housing may have on the health of the Canadian population. (excerpt from the source)
Tags: housing ; population; health; affordable housing; Health Problems and Poverty; shelters and hostels
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Homeless Women: a High-Risk Population
Authors: Hagen, Jan L.; Ivanoff, Andre M.
Journal Name: Affilia
Publication Date: 1988
This study of 51 homeless women in Albany, New York, used in-depth personal interviews to obtain descriptive-correlational data regarding demographic characteristics, the precipitants and concomitants of homelessness, sources of income, informal support networks, current problems, and goals for the future. The diversity of problems found among these women necessitates interventions that will address the unique subgroups in the homeless population and that are tailored to the specific needs...
Tags: Homeless Women; income; support; future goals; children; population; single women
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Housing, Social Inequality and Population Health in Vancouver Neighborhood Areas
Authors: Dunn, J. R. ; Hayes, M. V.
Publication Date: 2000
This paper investigates the question: how do factors related to housing shape socio-economic inequalities in health status? This issues is investigated in a study of Vancouver's 12 neighbourhood areas (n=650) using a telephone survey, adminstered in May and June of 1999 to a random sample of Vancouver households. The results of this empirical analysis suggest that the are several factors related to an individual's housing situation that have the capacity to shape their general health status, their hea...
Tags: housing; population; health; affordable housing; Health Problems and Poverty
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Reasons for the Hospitalization and Length of Stay of a Homeless Population in Montreal
Authors: Raynault, MF; Battista, RN; Joseph, L.; Fournier, L.
Journal Name: Canadian Medical Association Journal
Publication Date: 1994
OBJECTIVE: To compare the hospitalization experience of a homeless population with that of the residents of a low socioeconomic area. METHODS: The homeless hospitalization records (n = 245) were compared with the records of the 3,553 residents of the Département de Santé Communautaire of Saint-Luc Hospital territory who were admitted to the same hospital. RESULTS: The homeless population is mainly composed of young men. Mental health diagnoses are more frequent while cardiovascular.....
Tags: health; hopitalization; Homeless; population; Health Problems and Poverty; hospital emergency care
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Do Not Disturb: "Vulnerable Populations" in Federal Government Policy Discourses and Practices
Authors: Murray, KarenBridget
Publication Date: 2004
This paper explores the emergence of "vulnerable populations" within federal government policy discourses, and considers the implications of this development for governmental practices. The paper argues that rather than defining poverty as a product of broader social and economic forces, the new focus on vulnerable populations is inextricably bound to neoliberal sensibilities that seek to individualize a wide range of social ills, and to the notion that communities are the appropriat...
Tags: Public Policy; poverty; federal government; population; welfare; Community-Based Planning and Evaluation; Demography & Characteristics of Homelessness
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A Comparative Assessment of Programs Dealing With the Homeless Population in the United States, Canada, and Britain
Authors: Daly, G.; Canada; United States
Organization: HRSDC
Publication Date: 1988
The following libraries own the book:
http://worldcat.org/oclc/25887076?tab=holdings
Tags: homelessness; population; Community-Based Planning and Evaluation; program planning and evaluation
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Aboriginal Peoples Survey 2001: Initial Findings: Well-Being of the Non-Reserve Aboriginal Population
Authors: O'Donnell, Vivian ; Tait, Heather
Publication Date: 2003
This report contains a variety of statistics on Canada's Aboriginal population living off-reserve. The four focus areas are on health, schooling, housing and water quality, and Aboriginal languages. Unfortunately, the research focuses on quality of life indicators and not on homelessness. The section on housing and water quality provides some information on housing crowdedness.
Tags: Aboriginal communities; health; non-reserve; housing; population; Aboriginal people; Health Problems and Poverty
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A Population-Based Assessment of the Health of Homeless Families in New York City, 2001-2003
Authors: Kerker, B. D.; Bainbridge, J.; Kennedy, J.; Bennani, Y.; Agerton, T.; Marder, D.; Forgione, L.; Faciano, A.; Thorpe, L.
Journal Name: American Journal of Public Health
Publication Date: 2011
Objectives. We compared estimated population-based health outcomes for New York City (NYC) homeless families with NYC residents overall and in low income neighborhoods. Methods. We matched a NYC family shelter user registry to mortality, tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, and blood lead test registries maintained by the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (2001-2003). Results. Adult age-adjusted death rates were similar among the 3 populations. HIV/AIDS and substance-use deaths were 3 a...
Tags: homeless families; unstable housing; low-income families; population; child deaths; shelter; substance use
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Estimating the Prevalence of Hard-to-Reach Populations: The Illustration of Mark-Recapture Methods in the Study of Homelessness
Authors: Shaw, Ian; Bloor, Michael; Cormack, Richard; Williamson, Howard
Journal Name: Social Policy and Administration
Publication Date: 1996
Assesses the potential of mark-recapture methods as a relatively powerful innovative research tool for estimating the prevalence of hard-to-reach human populations in the social welfare field. The development of mark-recapture methods is outlined, illustrating some recent applications from the US & UK. The main methodological & practical questions raised by the method are reviewed. It is suggested how it might be applied to estimating the prevalence of homeless persons in a given geographical...
Tags: mark-recapture method; social welfare; review; prevalence of homelessness; geographical distribution; population; research tool; methodology
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Picking Up the Challenge: Developing a Methodology to Enumerate and Assess the Needs of the Street Homeless Population.
Authors: Farrell, S. J.; Reissing, E. D.; Canada
Journal Name: Evaluation review
Publication Date: 2004
This study is the first enumeration of the street homeless population in Canada. Past attempts have been challenged on the shortcoming of their choices of methods. This enumeration directly addressed the lessons learned from previous attempts, and improvements to the methodology are presented and discussed. New lessons learned and recommendations for application to future enumerations are discussed in this paper.
Tags: homeless persons; homelessness; human ecology; population; sociology; needs assessment; enumeration methodology; homeless count; Definitions, Estimates and report cards
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Using a Population Health Approach in Welfare-To-Work Strategies for Youth-At-Risk
Authors: David B. Gibson; Canadian Council on Social Development (CCSD)
Publication Date: 2003
...in the population health approach not only help young people avoid self-destructive behaviour but can also enable them to acquire the academic and work-readiness skills and personal attributes sought after by employers.
This presentation will present current empirical evidence on resiliency factors that enhance the impact of welfare-to-work strategies with youth-at-risk and the implications for integrating the population health approach into current welfare and training policies....
Tags: poverty; statistics; homelessness; population; welfare; causes of homelessness; Definitions, Estimates and report cards; Demography & Characteristics of Homelessness; government benefits
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Seniors & Homelessness - HPS Teleforum Series - Feb 2008
Authors: Homelessness Partnering Strategy; Government of Canada
Publication Date: 2008
Everyone knows that as baby boomers age the number of seniors in Canada is growing, but how does this affect people and organizations working with the homeless? Old age is often a time of life in which people experience increased isolation, perhaps more frequent or severe health problems, and a decrease in financial security, all factors that can contribute towards homelessness. These issues and more will be discussed at our next Teleforum on Seniors and Homelessness.
Tags: population; seniors
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City of Red Deer. November 2006. Homeless Survey Report
Authors: Mayor's Task Force on Ending Homelessness in Red Deer
Organization: Mayor's Task Force on Ending Homelessness in Red Deer
Publication Date: 2006
To help address the complex problem of homelessness, it is necessary to study the population. Understanding the demogrpahics of the population and identifying the trends over time will allow the Mayor's Task Force on Ending Homelessness to plan and tailor services appropriate to the homeless population, and to identify services that will be needed in the future.
Tags: population; survey; supportive housing
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2006 Housing Needs Survey Analysis
Authors: Community Services Department, Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo; Vallance, Terri
Organization: Community Services Department, Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo
Publication Date: 2006
There had been a number of assumptions and intuitive conclusions about the Fort McMurray homeless population and their needs, but these conclusions had never been validated by consumer data. Both the local and international body of research on the issue of homelessness acknowledged the difficulty in obtaining this kind of data from a transient, somewhat hidden, and socially marginalized population. However, this kind of consumer-based information remains a critical component of effec...
Tags: survey ; population ; intervention
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Homeless families on rise in Calgary
Authors: CBC News
Publication Date: 2008
More than 4,000 people in Calgary do not have a home, including almost 200 families with one or more children, according to a new city survey.
The city's bi-annual count of its homeless population, conducted on May 14, found that 4,060 people were homeless, an increase of 18 per cent over 2006.
Tags: survey; population; families
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Canada is failing those in need
Authors: Zande, Bill
Publication Date: 2010
Dear Editor:
Both Articles on the opinion page of The Record, Dec. 11, Need for help higher this year than ever (Our View) and Rich get richer, poor run in place (In My Opinion, by Matthew Claxton), strike a chord with me.
It is very difficult to understand why, in a country as rich as Canada, with all its resources, natural and otherwise, we have one-sixth of the population living in poverty, with some children going to bed and to school hungry. It is so bad that UNICEF (United Nations...
Tags: editorial; privatization ; population
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Homelessness in the Tri-cities, April - September 2006
Authors: Thiessen, Rob C.
Organization: Hope for Freedom Society
Publication Date: 2006
...trend of a steady increase in the homeless population in the face a growing economy and a very positive employment environment. The question which needs to be answered is: why is this phenomenon happening in the midst of all this affluence?
This report will attempt to look that the statistical data gathered during the course of a 6 month project, as well as, the anecdotal history and experience of some of the homeless in one part the lower mainland of British Columbia. It should be noted....
Tags: population ; affluence; statistical data