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Journal articles on the topic "Homeless women"

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Kline, Elise Navratil, and Arlyne B. Saperstein. "HOMELESS WOMEN." Nursing Clinics of North America 27, no. 4 (December 1992): 885–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0029-6465(22)02817-1.

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Anderson, Sandra C., Tome Boe, and Sharon Smith. "Homeless Women." Affilia 3, no. 2 (June 1988): 62–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/088610998800300207.

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Davies-Netzley, Sally, Michael S. Hurlburt, and Richard L. Hough. "Childhood Abuse as a Precursor to Homelessness for Homeless Women With Severe Mental Illness." Violence and Victims 11, no. 2 (January 1996): 129–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/0886-6708.11.2.129.

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Previous studies of childhood abuse levels among homeless women have typically focused either on single homeless women or female heads of families; almost none have focused specifically on homeless women with severe mental illness. This study explores rates of childhood physical and sexual abuse among 120 homeless women with severe mental illness. Correlates of experiencing childhood abuse are considered, including mental health outcomes and when women first become homeless. The prevalence of childhood abuse in this sample of women was substantially higher than among homeless women in general. The experience of childhood abuse was related to increased suicidality, and resulted in symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder for some women. Women who had suffered abuse were also much more likely to become homeless during childhood and it is suggested that this is an important precursor to homelessness for many homeless women with chronic and severe mental illness.
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Merrill, Ray M., Rickelle Richards, and Arielle Sloan. "Prenatal Maternal Stress and Physical Abuse among Homeless Women and Infant Health Outcomes in the United States." Epidemiology Research International 2011 (May 2, 2011): 1–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/467265.

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Background. This study examines whether the relationship between maternal stress or abuse situations and infant birth weight differs between homeless and non-homeless women. Methods. Analyses are based on data from the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS), 2002–2007. Results. Homeless women were significantly more likely to experience stressful life events, abusive situations, and poor maternal health than non-homeless women during pregnancy. Birth weight among infants of homeless women was, on average, 17.4 grams lighter than for infants of non-homeless women, after adjusting for maternal age, race, ethnicity, region, education, and marital status. The impact of maternal health, stress, and abuse variables on pregnancy and infant birth weight significantly interacted with homeless status. For example, vaginal bleeding, nausea, kidney/bladder infection, and failure to receive early prenatal care had significantly larger negative impacts on birth weight among homeless women than non-homeless women. Infant birth weight was consistently lower among homeless women, more so when maternal stress and abuse were involved, across all classifications of their prepregnancy weight. Conclusion. Stress and abusive situations among pregnant women have a negative influence on pregnancy-related conditions and infant birth weight. However, this negative influence is even more pronounced among homeless women.
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Battle, Stanley F. "Homeless Women and Children:." Child & Youth Services 14, no. 1 (May 15, 1990): 111–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/j024v14n01_08.

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Bunston, Terry, and Margot Breton. "Homes and homeless women." Journal of Environmental Psychology 12, no. 2 (June 1992): 149–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0272-4944(05)80067-2.

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Calvo, F., C. Giralt, and C. Xavier. "Particularities in immigration amongst homeless women in Girona." European Psychiatry 41, S1 (April 2017): s900—s901. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpsy.2017.01.1840.

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IntroductionHomelessness is a problem which affects all the areas of those who suffer it, affecting their health seriously. These risks increase when the affected person has carried out a migratory process. Another risk factor, apart from immigration, is to be woman.ObjectivesTo analyse the gender demographic differences in a total cohort of homeless people in the city of Girona in 2006 and continued until the present day.MethodsProspective longitudinal study of the total population of homeless people in Girona. In 2006, a list was made of all the homeless people detected by both specialized and non-specialized teams which have been followed until the present day.ResultsThe total number of women in the sample is lower (n = 106, 11.2%). There are fewer immigrant than autochthonous women (Chi2 = 23,1, df = 1, P < 0.001).After following the total homeless population in 2006, we can confirm that currently we can still identify 62 people in the territory (6.7%). In this subsample there are no differences between genders (man: n = 54, 6.5% vs. woman: n = 8, 7.5%; Chi2 = 0.21, df = 2, P = 0.89). That is, men and women remain in their homeless condition in a proportional way. This fact presents great limitations, since we do not know what happened with the other 93% of the initial sample.ConclusionsThe masculinisation of the homeless people from Maghreb has tended to increase the gender differences in the homeless population, in itself more masculine. This presents a risk of increasing the invisibility of homeless women.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.
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Talley, Jennifer L., and Patti Hammonds-Greene. "A Comparison of Coping Strategies Among Homeless Women With Dependent Children and Homeless Women Without Children." Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Services 102, no. 3 (February 19, 2021): 346–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1044389420978116.

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The purpose of this study was to compare the coping strategies between homeless women with dependent children and homeless women without dependent children. Of the 192 homeless women in this study, 64 were mothers whose dependent children lived with them, and 132 were women who did not have dependent children living with them. The women were recruited from homeless shelters in Georgia, in the Metro Atlanta area and surrounding counties. Multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) was used to test the differences between both groups using their scores on the Coping Strategies Inventory scales survey instrument (problem-solving skills, problem reframing, and ability to access social networks). Univariate analysis was used to look at each dependent variable. There was no statistical difference in coping strategies between both groups. The conclusions from this study suggest continued research regarding the benefit of coping strategies among homeless populations.
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Finfgeld-Connett, Deborah. "Becoming Homeless, Being Homeless, and Resolving Homelessness Among Women." Issues in Mental Health Nursing 31, no. 7 (June 3, 2010): 461–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/01612840903586404.

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Anderson, D. G., and M. A. Imle. "Families of Origin of Homeless and Never-Homeless Women." Western Journal of Nursing Research 23, no. 4 (June 1, 2001): 394–413. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/01939450122045230.

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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Homeless women"

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Bebon, Rose. "Stigma and homeless women." FIU Digital Commons, 1996. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/1469.

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Homelessness among women is an increasing phenomena. The focus of this work is to examine common experiences and explain how homeless women interpret their circumstances. The numbers and characteristics of homeless women in recent history are examined thereby establishing the group as extremely heterogeneous in nature. Erving Goffman's classic work on stigma and the levels of individual identity, is applied to the homeless condition. A number or case studies are used to further develop and explain the meaning of the homeless state to the women involved.
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Dotson, Hilary M. "Homeless women in the Orlando shelter system a comparison of single women, families, and women separated from their children /." Orlando, Fla. : University of Central Florida, 2009. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/CFE0002526.

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Cameron, Karen L. "Older Homeless Women with Depression." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/195368.

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This qualitative descriptive study described how seven older homeless women with depression characterized their homelessness, depression, and aging. The women, with a mean age of 54 years, were concerned with day-to-day survival, and contemplating aging while remaining homeless was frightening. The women described feeling depressed and most had received treatment for depression; however they did not describe their depression as hindering their ability to find housing. The themes were aging, homelessness, depression, and chronic health conditions. Homelessness contained the subthemes of addictions, loss of relationships, and lack of income. Depression contained the subthemes of history, experience, and treatment of depression. Although chronic health conditions and chronic pain were concerns for all participants, only one woman had access to ongoing health care. The majority of the women had no income. Nearly all the women had attended school beyond high school but this did not translate into better paying employment because most of them had worked at jobs with no benefits. Implications for policy development included expanding the safety net to provide housing options for homeless women in the 50-60 year range. Recommendations for practitioners included the suggestion that older homeless women be viewed as geriatric clients with care provided at that level. Future research should explore the connection between addictions and homelessness for older homeless women, the impact of chronic pain or chronic illness on their daily functioning, and the potential benefits of treating older homeless women according to standards of care developed for the geriatric general population.
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Talley, Jennifer. "A Comparison of Coping Strategies Among Homeless Women with Children and Homeless Women without Children." DigitalCommons@Robert W. Woodruff Library, Atlanta University Center, 2018. http://digitalcommons.auctr.edu/cauetds/129.

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The purpose of this study is to compare the coping strategies between homeless women with dependent children and homeless women without dependent children. Of the 192 homeless women in this study, 64 were mothers who have their dependent children living with them and 132 were women who did not have dependent children living with them. The women were recruited from homeless shelters in Georgia, in the Metro-Atlanta area and several surrounding counties: Bartow, Clark, and Cobb. MANOVA analysis was used to test the differences between both groups using their scores on the Coping Strategies Inventory scales (problem solving skills, problem reframing, and ability to access social networks). Univariate analysis was used to look at each dependent variable. There was no statistical difference in coping strategies between both groups. The conclusions from this study suggest continued research regarding the benefit of coping strategies among homeless populations.
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Dotson, Hilary. "Homeless Women in the Orlando Shelter System: A Comparison of Single Women, Families, and Women Separated from the Children." Master's thesis, University of Central Florida, 2009. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/3227.

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Homeless women and families are among the most disenfranchised groups in society. Further, because of their homelessness and associated problems, many homeless women become separated from their children. The purpose of this study was to determine the effects on predictors of entering a shelter with or without children (shelter status) and whether or not one is separated from one or more children (child separation status) on various special need predictors. A second objective was to determine the relationship between shelter status and child separation and to understand the unique experiences of homeless women who are separated from their children. These objectives were achieved via thematic analysis, quantitative methods and qualitative methods. Results suggest that shelter status significantly related to mental illness, drug abuse and domestic violence, but child separation status only significantly relates to drug abuse. The qualitative findings examined the origins of homelessness, child separation and the women's desires to be reunited with their children. Suggestions for further research and program changes are included.
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Merves, Esther S. "Conversations with homeless women : a sociological examination /." Connect to resource, 1986. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view.cgi?acc%5Fnum=osu1266067619.

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Butler, Sandra Sue. "Perspectives on the lives and service needs of homeless middle-aged women /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/11159.

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Quintana, Alice Mary 1942. "Adaptive health responses among homeless women." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/291495.

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Grounded theory methodology was used to describe the health promoting and health damaging adaptive responses of homeless women to the way homelessness affects their health attainment and healing. Elizabeth Pesznecker's Adaptational Model of Poverty (Modified) was used to depict the interrelationships among the environment factors and individual/group factors, mediating factors, and their effect on homeless women's adaptive responses and health behaviors. The model postulates that one develops health promoting or health damaging responses due to the stress of poverty. The study in conjunction with the model suggests to nursing ways to assist homeless women with their struggle in obtaining health care and adapting to the demands of the health care system. The research represents initial work in an area with limited previous knowledge in the discovery of the process used by homeless women in adapting, when they were trying to access the health care system while in the state of homelessness.
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Casper, Angela Sue. "Predictors and prevention strategies for homelessness among women veterans a theoretical study : a project based upon an independent investigation /." Click here for text online. Smith College School for Social Work website, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10090/976.

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Thesis (M.S.W.)--Smith College School for Social Work, Northampton, Mass., 2007
Thesis submitted in partial fulfillment for the degree of Master of Social Work. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 63-68).
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Deward, Sarah L. "Identity talk strategies of sheltered homeless women." Connect to this title online, 2007. http://etd.lib.clemson.edu/documents/1181251900/.

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Books on the topic "Homeless women"

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Homeless in Hawaii. Clearfield, UT: Wayman Publishing, 2012.

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Reid, Michael E. No vacancy: Homeless women in paradise. New York, NY: 2Leaf Press, 2018.

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Bard, Marjorie. Shadow women: Homeless women's survival stories. Kansas City, MO, USA: Sheed & Ward, 1990.

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Whelan, Gloria. Homeless bird. New York: HarperTrophy, 2001.

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San Francisco (Calif.). Board of Supervisors. Homeless Women and Children Task Force. Homeless women and children in San Francisco: A report. [San Francisco, Calif.]: San Francisco Board of Supervisors Homeless Women and Children Task Force, 1989.

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Gorton, Sarah. Homeless young women and pregnancy: Pregnancy in hostels for single homeless people. London: Crisis, 2000.

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Silent sisters: A study of homeless women. New York: Hemisphere Pub. Corp., 1991.

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McCrum, Joan. Homeless women: Temporary accommodation needs and provision. Belfast: Simon Community, 1994.

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Mazur, Marina Ester. Resilience and Psychopathology among Homeless Young Women. [New York, N.Y.?]: [publisher not identified], 2018.

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Women in distress. Jaipur: Rawat Publications, 2000.

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Book chapters on the topic "Homeless women"

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Merves, Esther S. "Homeless Women." In Homelessness, 229–44. Boston, MA: Springer US, 1992. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0679-3_18.

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O’Brien, Anne. "‘Homeless women’." In Practical Justice: Principles, Practice and Social Change, 25–37. Title: Practical justice : principles, practice and social change / [edited by] Peter Aggleton, Alex Broom, Jeremy Moss. Description: 1 Edition. | New York : Routledge, 2019.: Routledge, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781351010498-3.

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Collins, Philip. "The Home For Homeless Women." In Dickens and Crime, 94–116. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 1994. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-23545-2_4.

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Wolf, Judith, Isobel Anderson, Linda van den Dries, and Maša Filipovič Hrast. "The Health of Homeless Women." In Women’s Homelessness in Europe, 155–78. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-54516-9_7.

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Bachrach, Leona L. "Homeless Mentally Ill Women: A Special Population." In Women’s Progress, 189–201. Boston, MA: Springer US, 1990. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0855-1_14.

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Elder, Myra Q., Aaron T. Hogue, Thomas E. Shipley, and Irving W. Shandler. "A Comparison of Addictive Behaviors Between Homeless Men and Women." In Addictive Behaviors in Women, 491–520. Totowa, NJ: Humana Press, 1994. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-0299-8_19.

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Hamilton, Alison B., and Alicia Y. Christy. "Reproductive and Other Related Health Concerns Among Women Experiencing Homelessness." In Clinical Management of the Homeless Patient, 89–102. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-70135-2_6.

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Thompson, Sanna J., Stephanie Begun, and Kimberly Bender. "Pregnancy and Parenting Among Runaway and Homeless Young Women." In Handbook of Missing Persons, 77–91. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-40199-7_7.

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Quy, Le Thi. "Homeless and Street-Women in Poverty in the Informal Economic Sector in Hanoi." In Vietnam’s Women in Transition, 179–84. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 1996. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-24611-3_13.

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Vora, Shailini. "The Realities of Period Poverty: How Homelessness Shapes Women’s Lived Experiences of Menstruation." In The Palgrave Handbook of Critical Menstruation Studies, 31–47. Singapore: Springer Singapore, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0614-7_4.

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Abstract In this chapter, Vora focuses on the lived experiences of menstruation and homelessness. She offers an insight into the ways in which women experiencing homelessness understand and negotiate their leaky, menstrual bodies within contexts of limited financial and material resources. This study explores the scale of the personal, offering a phenomenological insight into the homeless experience of menstruators. Through personal interviews, Vora reveals that menstruation is regarded as a negative, emotional, and expensive experience. The participants are conscious of their doubly stigmatized status as homeless and menstruating, and they mobilize strategic rationalities to manage and conceal their menstrual status. Finally, Vora critically analyzes charitable initiatives that strive to alleviate the challenges faced when menstruating while homeless.
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Conference papers on the topic "Homeless women"

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Figueira, Silvia, Kelsey Dedoshka, Katie Le, Kaitlin Kirasich, and Deb Levine. "Youth StreetConnect - Helping homeless young women." In 2014 IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC). IEEE, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ghtc.2014.6970348.

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Mairos Ferreira, Sonia. "GENDERED SURVIVAL STRATEGIES OF PORTUGUESE HOMELESS ADULTS: COMMUNALITIES AND SINGULARITIES OF WOMEN AND MEN EXPERIENCES." In 2nd International Multidisciplinary Scientific Conference on Social Sciences and Arts SGEM2015. Stef92 Technology, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.5593/sgemsocial2015/b11/s1.011.

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Chourase, Mithlesh. "P803 Assessing correct knowledge and positive attitude towards HIV/AIDS transmission homeless women in india." In Abstracts for the STI & HIV World Congress (Joint Meeting of the 23rd ISSTDR and 20th IUSTI), July 14–17, 2019, Vancouver, Canada. BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2019-sti.855.

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Chourase, Mithlesh, and Bidyadhar Dehury. "P804 Behavioral risk factors for sexually transmitted infections and health-seeking behavior of homeless women in delhi, india." In Abstracts for the STI & HIV World Congress (Joint Meeting of the 23rd ISSTDR and 20th IUSTI), July 14–17, 2019, Vancouver, Canada. BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2019-sti.856.

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Hawkins, Katie, and Eliza Montague-Johnstone. "O33 Contraceptive usage in homeless women accessing a dedicated primary care service in Scotland, UK: a case note review." In BASHH 2022 Abstracts. BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-bashh-2022.33.

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Davelaar, Maarten, Lia Van Doorn, Aly Gruppen, and Jeroen Knevel. "Welcome in my backyard: how having good neighbours can help ending homelessness." In CARPE Conference 2019: Horizon Europe and beyond. Valencia: Universitat Politècnica València, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/carpe2019.2019.10194.

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In the Netherlands, the city of Utrecht is leading in providing adequate accommodation through mixed housing projects for ‘regular’ tenants and people previously living in homeless services or protected housing facilities. ‘New’ homeless persons also obtain the possibility for making a new start, instead of having to depend on shelters first. The concept of mixed housing, not to be confused with mixed income housing, relates in our definition to small and medium-sized (up to 500 residents) housing projects that are home to different groups of people who intentionally live next to each other, connect and engage in joint activities.In this paper, we examine three projects, with mainly self-contained dwellings: ‘Groene Sticht’ (since 2003), a small neighbourhood with 69 regular tenants and home-owners, and 35 ex-homeless persons; ‘Parana’ (2014), a purpose build complex with 24 regular and 44 (ex-)homeless individuals/families; ‘Majella Wonen’ (2016), older basic, post-war dwellings with 39 regular tenants and 35 homeless persons/families. These price-winning projects, co-created by a homeless service, social integration services and a social housing provider are built on an innovative concept of social management, with a high level of self-organisation. All residents are fully eligible members of the residents-committees and take responsibility for activities such as festivities, gardening, and the selection of new tenants. If necessary, ex-homeless inhabitants receive individualised support.We discuss structures and mechanisms that help homeless people feel at home amidst their (new) neighbours and foster their social integration. In addition, we identify several tensions that hamper integration and analyse the ways in which both residents and professionals try to tackle these obstacles.We collected data (2016 -2018) through the participatory meetings of a Community of Practice on Mixed housing, the study of documents, in-depth interviews with inhabitants of the housing complexes, focus group-sessions with professionals and interviews with local stakeholders.Based on this research we will apply for follow up funding. Through national funds and/or European funds.
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Rodríguez, Derly Judaissy Díaz, Jeffrey Andrés Díaz Rodríguez, Diva Constanza Gil Forero, and María Paula Pineda Díaz. "Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome and other chronic neurological syndromes related to alcohol abuse: prevention in people without home." In XIII Congresso Paulista de Neurologia. Zeppelini Editorial e Comunicação, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.5327/1516-3180.686.

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Introduction: The homeless population has a high prevalence of alcoholism and consumption of other drugs, which also means that they are at greater risk of developing all complications resulting from alcohol abuse. (MILER et al, 2021). The medical attention for homeless population is a device of the Unified Health System that claims social, health policies and the guarantee of fundamental rights (BRASIL, 2009). Methods: Evaluation of protocols and referral flows for the treatment of patients with ‘mental disorders and due to alcohol use’, of the medical attention for homeless population in the city of Petrópolis (Rio de Janeiro), between April / 2020 and April 2021, data from e-SUS, and literature review. Results: The city of Petrópolis (Rio de Janeiro) registered 259 people without home, 84.8% are men, all people are adults between 20-74 years old, 98% are born Brazilians, 92% reported alcohol consumption, and alcohol with other drugs 61% (cocaine, crack, marijuana, solvent, tobacco). There was 3 patients with diagnose of Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome: 2 men and 1 woman (aged 60-65 years) in the period from April 2020 - April 2021 (BRAZIL, 2021 The medical attention for homeless population approach to alcoholism includes the CAGE and AUDIT tests, symptomatic treatment and brief psychological interventions. aimed at weaning, and the Clinical Institute Withdrawal Assessment of Alcohol Scale Revised scale to quantify the degree of abstinence. However, the majority of users do not want total cessation, generally they choose to reduce consumption (secondary prevention), and later recovery and reintegration into society, highlighting that self-help groups and social assistance have a prominent role (tertiary prevention) (MARSCHARLL; GREGANTI, 2002; LONGO, et al., 2013). Conclusion: Despite confounding / aggravating factors such as social determinants in health, and the difficulties of the health network, the medical attention for homeless population is fundamental in the secondary and tertiary prevention of neurological diseases due to chronic alcohol consumption; complex cases require complex interventions, that is, individualization, adaptation and flexibility.
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