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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"Unhoused"”.
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Unhoused individuals' experiences of being policed in Cape Town
… vagrancy-related behaviour and displace the unhoused. A comparative lack of interest has been given to how exactly the unhoused experience being policed, and whether this can be explained by by-law enforcement. To address this, focus groups were conducted with 28 formerly unhoused individuals …
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The experiences of belonging of individuals transitioning from unhoused to housed
Introduction: Individuals with lived experiences of homelessness report social exclusion and struggle to belong in their communities. I conducted this research to fill a gap in existing research by addressing the research question: “What are the experiences of belonging for individuals as they …
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The risk factors and outcomes of unhoused families with child welfare investigations
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2026-12-01
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Reciprocity: Seattle's Housed Community Hosts a Network of Villages for Seattle's Unhoused Families
King County and the City of Seattle have been unable to reach their ten-year 2015 challenge to end homelessness; instead the rate of homelessness has increased 21% in the last year alone. Despite the difficulties in resolving homelessness here, other places faced with a similar homeless situation …
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An Engagement Toolkit to Center Unhoused Stakeholders in the Design and Programming of Open Space
As the number of unhoused individuals grows throughout the United States, authorities from over 100 different cities have responded to some of the heartbreaking challenges of extreme poverty with criminalization. The most recent process of criminalization has focused on limiting the use of public …
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Leveraging the Human-Animal Bond for care access in the unhoused population: A One Health Study
… companion animals and housing status in the unhoused population. Additional research is needed to further investigate the direction of these relationships and confirm the effectiveness of the interventions. However, the results also show that One Health Clinic models provide a unique …
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A Park for All: Redesigning an Urban Park as a Dignified Campground for an Unhoused Community
… American cities especially, it is common to see unhoused individuals living in public spaces without access to safety, privacy, or stability. While homelessness is a complex issue shaped by deep economic and social factors, one thing is clear: urban environments rarely offer humane or long-term …
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Using music to manage pain: A content analysis of survey responses from unhoused adults with substance use disorder
… qualitative content-analysis was to explore how unhoused adults with substance use disorder (SUD) use music for pain management . In general terms, pain management can be pharmacological (prescription medication), non-pharmacological (therapies, including music therapy), and through …
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The Houseful(l)ness of Public Space
… of cities in order to make them inhospitable to unhoused residents and the urban poor more broadly. Most visible in the form of so-called hostile architecture, these anti-domestic practices result in public spaces that discourage lingering or gathering, in which it is difficult to spend time. …
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Telemedicine: A Bridge to Improved Burn Care for People Experiencing Homelessness? Provider and Allied Healthcare Professional Perspective on benefits and drawbacks in Long-Term Care
BackgroundWith greater numbers of unhoused people in the US, there is an increased need to find ways of providing appropriate healthcare to this population. Burn injuries can be some of the most traumatic injuries, physically and mentally. With the possibility of lengthy recovery times and intense …
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Exploring The Strengths Within And Supports Needed For Women To Transition From Homelessness To Stability: A Strengths-Focused Mixed-Methods Study
… basic needs, and more than half of the people unhoused at any given time in the United States (US) are part of families with children. This mixed-method study examined the perspectives of mothers who experienced homelessness in the past in the US to understand the strength and support needed to …
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Guaranteed Income as a Structural Social Work Response to Homelessness in the United States
… direct cash transfers for people who are unhoused and, through quantitative and qualitative inquiry, how guaranteed income may be associated with outcomes for people who are unhoused. Using structural social work as a theoretical framework, the specific aims of this dissertation are to 1) …
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Advocating for Social Change: How A Human Service Nonprofit Organization Makes Sense of Its Advocacy Successes and Failures
… nonprofit organization working to help the unhoused engaged in advocacy and advocacy evaluation using formal and informal methods. Through an in-depth case study of Think Dignity, a San Diego-based NPO engaged in the day-to-day work of social change, this research revealed how it developed …
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The Urgency of Presence: Designing Healing Community Spaces After Displacement
… much-needed services. But when we sat with its unhoused, drug-using, and outreach communities on the ground, they described parallel investments in militarized public spaces, an exclusionary neighborhood planning process, and stigmatizing media stories that overemphasize the neighborhood’s crime …
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The Intersection of Traumatic Brain Injury and Homelessness
… to resources were restricted for housed and unhoused individuals. Manuscript two studied the impact that COVID-19 had on access to resources among individuals experiencing homelessness and a TBI. Qualitative findings revealed that basic/biological needs, financial needs, and lack of social …
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Human Scale: Towards Supportive Housing in Ottawa's Byward Market
… between community members and people who are unhoused benefits all. Through on-site documentation and interviews, the thesis first demonstrates the importance of design knowledge acquired through designer presence. Then, a proposal examines the opportunities for a multi-building inclusive …
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Service Providers' Perspectives on Abortion Access Challenges for People with Precarious Housing and Migration Status in Niagara, Ontario: An Interpretive Description Study
Abortion is a common and essential part of healthcare. However, barriers to accessing abortion care are not experienced equally, and for those with precarious housing and/or migration status (PPHM), accessing abortion care can be even more difficult. To better understand this issue, the study …
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Determining critical factors in community-level planning of homeless service projects
… that are available (or not available) to unhoused community members, based on the various representations of their place in the community. Chapter 7 begins an examination of the shelter spaces through the lens of “home” needs. Understanding personal needs and how those needs are met by …