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Siener, Christian D. "Homeless shelters and the blues." Environment and Planning D: Society and Space 40, no. 2 (January 3, 2022): 369–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/02637758211067541.
In this article, I analyze the emergence of New York City’s infrastructure of homeless shelters dialectically, relationally, and historically. The members of Boogie Down Productions met in an incipient New York City homeless shelter in the mid-1980s. Their relationship and music is a window into a critical political consciousness of men living in homeless shelters because the artists gave expression to an emergent structure of feeling of resistance taking hold during intense changes to New York’s political economy and its institutions. The paper first analyzes homeless policy and infrastructural change through a reading of archival sources and government reports and documents. The second section understands oral histories conducted with men living in a New York City homeless shelter as blues geographies—insurgent, critical explanations of these institutional spaces. Shelter residents actively challenge the material conditions, relations, and values that produce homeless shelters as essential instruments of the carceral state. I argue that they activate this resistance to the naturalization of shelters, and themselves as homeless, by narrating carceral spaces as abolitionist spaces.
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Maki, Gina, David Bowser, Anita Shallal, Tyler Prentiss, Marcus Zervos, and Najibah K. Rehman. "79. Detroit’s Response to COVID-19 in Homeless Shelters." Open Forum Infectious Diseases 7, Supplement_1 (October 1, 2020): S171. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaa439.389.
Abstract Background Detroit, Michigan has a poverty rate nearly three times the national average. Homeless shelters are at risk for infectious outbreaks due to reduced healthcare access for residents, compounded by overcrowding, hygienic challenges, lack of resources, and transient nature of residents. Prior to the first reported COVID-19 case in Michigan, the Detroit Health Department prioritized screening of both asymptomatic and symptomatic homeless residents residing in the city’s shelters. Early identification of COVID-19 positive cases allowed for implementation of strategies to halt further spread. Methods A surveillance strategy was implemented prior to the first confirmed COVID-19 case in Michigan. Surveillance involved temperature and symptom checks at each homeless shelter, three times weekly. 24 shelters were screened for symptoms, 13 shelters had universal testing performed. Two city-operated quarantine sites for COVID-positive and –suspected homeless individuals were organized. If a shelter resident tested positive, that shelter was placed in quarantine, and new referrals stopped for 14 days. Temperature and symptom check frequency increased to daily for 14 days. If a patient was positive for fever or symptoms, they were transferred to the quarantine center for testing and isolation. Results Over 23,000 temperature and symptom checks occurred in 24 shelters across Detroit since February 22. This identified 15 patients who were referred to the quarantine site. From April 11 to May 31, 721 residents from 13 homeless shelters were screened with universal testing for COVID-19, and 93 (12.9%) tested positive (Figure 1). Of 95 homeless residents who were referred through shelter surveillance, from the local hospital system and via unsheltered street outreach, and tested on-site at the quarantine and isolation shelter, 29 (31%) tested positive for COVID-19, and 66 (69%) tested negative. Figure 1. System-wide homeless shelter testing of COVID-19 Conclusion Homeless populations across the US are especially vulnerable to COVID-19, with high risk for rapid spread due to crowding and difficulty with physical distancing. The need for increased testing- and prevention-based strategies in this population is crucial. The process performed in Detroit’s homeless shelters can be a model for other communities at risk for COVID-19 outbreaks. Disclosures Marcus Zervos, MD, Melinta Therapeutics (Grant/Research Support)
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Self, Julie L., Martha P. Montgomery, Karrie-Ann Toews, Elizabeth A. Samuels, Elizabeth Imbert, Temet M. McMichael, Grace E. Marx, et al. "Shelter Characteristics, Infection Prevention Practices, and Universal Testing for SARS-CoV-2 at Homeless Shelters in 7 US Urban Areas." American Journal of Public Health 111, no. 5 (May 2021): 854–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.2105/ajph.2021.306198.
Objectives. To examine shelter characteristics and infection prevention practices in relation to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection point prevalence during universal testing at homeless shelters in the United States. Methods. SARS-CoV-2 testing was offered to clients and staff at homeless shelters, irrespective of symptoms. Site assessments were conducted from March 30 to June 1, 2020, to collect information on shelter characteristics and infection prevention practices. We assessed the association between SARS-CoV-2 infection prevalence and shelter characteristics, including 20 infection prevention practices by using crude risk ratios (RRs) and exact unconditional 95% confidence intervals (CIs). Results. Site assessments and SARS-CoV-2 testing results were reported for 63 homeless shelters in 7 US urban areas. Median infection prevalence was 2.9% (range = 0%–71.4%). Shelters implementing head-to-toe sleeping and excluding symptomatic staff from working were less likely to have high infection prevalence (RR = 0.5; 95% CI = 0.3, 0.8; and RR = 0.5; 95% CI = 0.4, 0.6; respectively); shelters with medical services available were less likely to have very high infection prevalence (RR = 0.5; 95% CI = 0.2, 1.0). Conclusions. Sleeping arrangements and staffing policies are modifiable factors that might be associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection prevalence in homeless shelters. Shelters should follow recommended practices to reduce the risk of SARS-CoV-2 transmission.
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Miller, Peter M. "Homeless Education and Social Capital: An Examination of School and Community Leaders." Teachers College Record: The Voice of Scholarship in Education 113, no. 5 (May 2011): 1067–104. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/016146811111300501.
Background/Context This study contributes to the literature on the schooling of homeless and highly mobile students. Although previous work has detailed the demographics of homelessness, the effects of homelessness on academic progress, and particular legal issues in homeless education, this research focused on how individual and institutional relationships influence homeless education. Purpose/Objectives The purpose of the study was to develop deeper understanding of how schools and shelters helped create educational social capital for students and families who were experiencing homelessness. The guiding research questions for the study were: (1) How do school and shelter leaders perceive social capital as influencing the education of students who are homeless? and (2) How do school and shelter leaders’ relational networks influence the education of students who are homeless? Setting Data were collected from three homeless shelters and three public schools that are located in a large city in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. Participants A total of 31 interviews were conducted with shelter-based administrators, case workers, and child development specialists, and school-based principals and central office administrators. Research Design A qualitative collective case study research design was employed. Findings Homeless students and families appeared to have insufficient stores of productive social capital, and although schools and homeless shelters provided them with some important relationships and resources, school and shelter leaders’ own shortages of bridging social capital limited the extent to which efficient educative active could occur. Conclusions/Recommendations Based on the findings, it is suggested that schools and shelters prioritize social capital development and improve interorganizational networking. Specifically, purposeful efforts should be made to develop school-shelter-family networks that are heterogeneous in composition.
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Zima, Bonnie T., Steven R. Forness, Regina Bussing, and Bernadette Benjamin. "Homeless Children in Emergency Shelters: Need for Prereferral Intervention and Potential Eligibility for Special Education." Behavioral Disorders 23, no. 2 (February 1998): 98–110. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/019874299802300206.
The purpose of this study was to describe the level of need for special education services for probable behavioral disorders (BD), learning disabilities (ID), and mental retardation (MR) among school-age homeless children living in shelters. Children living in emergency homeless shelters face the dual challenge of being at risk for BD and learning problems while having limited access to special education programs. From a county-wide sample of 18 out of 22 emergency homeless shelters in Los Angeles, 118 homeless parents were interviewed, and 169 children were tested for BD, LD, and MR using standardized screening instruments. Almost one half of sheltered homeless children (46%) screened positive for at least one disability requiring special education services, with BD being the most prominent (30%). Procedures to identify early need for special education services should be adapted to accommodate the transiency of school-age children living in homeless shelters.
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Eriksson, P., J. Loberg, and M. Andersson. "A survey of cat shelters in Sweden." Animal Welfare 18, no. 3 (August 2009): 283–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0962728600000531.
AbstractAlthough cats are extremely common, pet owners seem to have a poor understanding of their natural behaviour and needs and a large number end up in cat shelters. In Sweden, no records exist of the number of cat shelters or their activities. The aim of this study was to investigate the occurrence of cat shelters in Sweden. We found 62 cat shelters during 2006; the year in which this study was conducted. Questionnaires were sent to these shelters with questions concerning: received animals, reasons for relinquishing cats, cat husbandry and how the shelter was run. The most common reason for relinquishing a cat was that the cat was homeless; another common reason was that the owner had an allergy to cats. The shelters had, on average, space for 29 cats, but this varied from six-to-100, and they received on average ten cats per month. This means that a total of around 7,400 cats enter the 62 shelters in Sweden each year. On average, the cats stayed more than three months in the shelter. Less than 10% of the relinquished cats were euthanised. Our study reveals that there are shelters that continuously receive unwanted cats. The majority of these cats are said to be homeless, therefore in order to minimise the number of cats in shelters in Sweden, the focus should be on reducing the number of homeless cats.
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Asmoredjo, Jolanda, Mariëlle D. Beijersbergen, and Judith R. L. M. Wolf. "Client Experiences With Shelter and Community Care Services in the Netherlands." Research on Social Work Practice 27, no. 7 (March 15, 2016): 779–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1049731516637426.
Purpose: To gain insight into client experiences with shelter or community care services for homeless people, homeless youth, and abused women and identify priority improvement areas. Methods: Seven hundred and forty-four clients rated their experiences and 116 clients rated the services’ importance. Results: Clients had most positive experiences with the client–worker relationship and least positive experiences with the results of services. Abused women’s service providers scored higher than homeless adults and youth service providers. Day and night shelters scored lowest, followed by crisis shelters, supported housing, and outreaching teams. The results of care have the highest need for quality improvement for homeless adults and youth. Discussion: Clients’ experiences with shelter and community care services in the Netherlands are generally positive, with a strong client–worker relationship forming the basis of good quality care. Monitoring outcomes and increasing the focus on results are integrated in recent approaches aimed at improving the quality of shelter care.
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Settembrino, PhD, Marc R. "Hurricane Sandy’s impact on the predisaster homeless and homeless shelter services in New Jersey." Journal of Emergency Management 14, no. 1 (January 1, 2016): 7. http://dx.doi.org/10.5055/jem.2016.0268.
Presently, there is little research on how people experiencing homelessness prepare for, respond to, and recover from disasters. Existing emergency management literature does not provide an understanding of how disasters affect homeless shelter services. The present study seeks to fill these gaps by examining how Hurricane Sandy impacted homeless shelters and their guests in New Jersey. Presenting findings from ethnographic research in Atlantic City and Hoboken, this study identifies several areas in which homeless shelters and their guests may be able to assist in emergency response and disaster recovery such as preparing meals for victims, sorting and processing donated items, and assisting victims in filing for emergency assistance.
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Ghosh, Piyali, Geetika Goel, and Mohit Ojha. "Homeless shelters in urban India: life sans dignity." International Journal of Housing Markets and Analysis 13, no. 1 (May 21, 2018): 4–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijhma-06-2017-0057.
Purpose Government of India has been addressing the issue of homelessness through shelters in urban areas, mandated with provision of basic amenities including drinking water and washrooms. This research paper aims to investigate into the condition of such homeless shelters in terms of importance of and satisfaction from mandatory amenities therein as perceived by users, i.e. urban homeless poor. Design/methodology/approach Data from a survey spanning a sample of 401 shelter inmates have been used to construct a service quality performance matrix (SQPM) to analyse the importance of amenities and satisfaction of shelter inmates out of these amenities. A priority order of these amenities for improvement has been drawn thereafter with a customer satisfaction index (CSI). Findings The results of SQPM show ten items registering high importance-low satisfaction. Amenities such as utensils for cooking and psycho-social counselling are important but not available. Priority-wise amenities that need to be improved are: psycho-social counselling, facility of referral and transport, utensils for cooking, childcare facilities, waste management, adequate fire safety measures, recreation space, pest and mosquito control, first aid and kitchen/cooking space and equipment needed for cooking. Practical implications A total of 10 amenities have been ranked in order of priority, for which, the government needs to define its improvement action plans for delivering maximum satisfaction to inmates of shelters out of their stay. Originality/value The findings reveal that urban homeless staying in shelters are being deprived of many of the amenities earmarked as mandatory. Existing studies on shelters in India are usually descriptive, providing a summary of available amenities therein. This study is the first to contribute to literature on housing by applying SQPM and CSI on amenities available at homeless shelters.
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Herring, Chris. "Complaint-Oriented “Services”: Shelters as Tools for Criminalizing Homelessness." ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 693, no. 1 (January 2021): 264–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0002716221996703.
This article argues that the expansion of shelter and welfare provisions for the homeless can lead to increased criminalization of homeless people in public spaces. First, I document how repression of people experiencing homelessness by the police in San Francisco neighborhoods increased immediately after the opening of new shelters. Second, I reveal how shelter beds are used as a privileged tool of the police to arrest, cite, and confiscate property of the unhoused, albeit in the guise of sanitary and public health initiatives. I conclude by considering how shelters increasingly function as complaint-oriented “services,” aimed at addressing the interests of residents, businesses, and politicians, rather than the needs of those unhoused.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Shelters for the homeless":
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Morrison-Acquah, Dorothy Ama. "Children in shelters: Needs and current services." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2008. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/3391.
This study identified the needs of homeless children in the Hospitality House shelter of the Salvation Army in San Bernardino. This study explored the current services provided to satisfy the homeless children's needs. The study also assessed the extent to which the shelter supervisors were familiar with the Mckinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act and types of services they are mandated by the Act to provide for homeless children in shelters.
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Robinson, Miranda Dawn. "Do the homeless choose to remain homeless?" CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1997. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/1366.
Johnson, Deborah. "Generational Homelessness in New York City Family Homeless Shelters." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/4738.
Homelessness has been a problem in New York City (NYC) for decades. Part of the problem is children who grew up in the shelter system and then returned as adults, a phenomenon known as 2nd-generation homelessness. Literature indicates that no researchers have interviewed second-generation homeless adults about their experiences. The purpose of this study was to explore the experience of 2nd-generation homelessness from the perspective of homeless adults returning to the shelter system. The sample included 1 second-generation homeless adult and 10 case managers at Tier II homeless shelters. Interviews were conducted and data were analyzed using hand coding to uncover themes amongst the interviews. The themes found were: lack of information and resources, generational homelessness is passed down, people should learn from their parents' mistakes, comfort in the homeless shelter system, money, parental abuse and neglect, the role of the case manager, taking advantage of the shelter system, and mental health. The other topics that were discussed on multiple occasions but did not fit into larger categories are: education, drugs and alcohol, lack of family assistance, and activities of daily living. Findings from this study inform social change by indicating a clear need for input from homeless families and case managers when developing interventions to address second-generation homelessness. Future policymakers should include staff and clients when developing ways to address homelessness in New York City. The views and opinions expressed in this manuscript reflect the personal views of the researcher and interviewees; they do not represent the views of NYC Department of Homeless Services or its providers.
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Friedman, Bruce David. "No place like home: A study of two homeless shelters." Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies / OhioLINK, 1993. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1060183341.
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.
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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Henson, Verna J. "From ideology to organization : a sociological analysis of two homeless shelters /." free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 1997. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p9842536.
Tinney, Ashley Marie. "The Changing 'Place' of Homeless Shelters in Cincinnati's Over-the-Rhine." Miami University / OhioLINK, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1375950325.
Heitz, Andrea DuRant. "Reducing depression in homeless parents: The effectiveness of short-term shelters." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1999. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/1645.
Mayer, Linda. "House rules the role of structure in women's transitional housing /." Access to citation, abstract and download form provided by ProQuest Information and Learning Company; downloadable PDF file 0.50Mb, 117 p, 2005. http://wwwlib.umi.com/dissertations/fullcit/1428254.
Sackett, William James. "An assessment of Lifeline, a transitional shelter for women and their children." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2002. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2239.
This study was an outcome assessment of how well "Lifeline", a transitional shelter for women and their children, has been fulfilling its stated mission. It was also a program evaluation in terms of learning what former residents of Lifeline think about the quality and the importance of Lifeline's program.
Shelter Development Project (Community Service Society of New York), ed. Financial management system for shelters for the homeless. New York, N.Y. (105 E. 22nd St., New York 10010): The Project, 1987.
Book chapters on the topic "Shelters for the homeless":
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Schutt, Russell K., and Gerald R. Garrett. "Shelters and Services." In Responding to the Homeless, 21–44. Boston, MA: Springer US, 1992. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-1013-4_2.
Yadav, Amulya, Hau Chan, Albert Jiang, Eric Rice, Ece Kamar, Barbara Grosz, and Milind Tambe. "POMDPs for Assisting Homeless Shelters – Computational and Deployment Challenges." In Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, 67–87. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-46840-2_5.
Mandell, Betty Reid. "Shelters for the Homeless: A Feeble Response to Homelessness." In The Crisis of Caregiving, 81–111. New York: Palgrave Macmillan US, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9780230107847_6.
Wittman, Friedner D. "Housing: From Street, to Shelter, to_____?" In Responding to the Homeless, 191–211. Boston, MA: Springer US, 1992. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-1013-4_8.
Jindra, Ines W., Michael Jindra, and Sarah DeGenero. "Respite Center: Optional participation and divergent responses in a largely secular nonprofit." In Contrasts in Religion, Community, and Structure at Three Homeless Shelters, 119–49. London: Routledge, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003132486-5.
Jindra, Ines W., Michael Jindra, and Sarah DeGenero. "Theoretical concepts and methods." In Contrasts in Religion, Community, and Structure at Three Homeless Shelters, 29–41. London: Routledge, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003132486-2.
Jindra, Ines W., Michael Jindra, and Sarah DeGenero. "Religion and spirituality, community, and program structure at Grace Ministries, a faith-permeated organization." In Contrasts in Religion, Community, and Structure at Three Homeless Shelters, 42–81. London: Routledge, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003132486-3.
Jindra, Ines W., Michael Jindra, and Sarah DeGenero. "Self-sufficiency and program structure at House of Hope, a faith-affiliated organization." In Contrasts in Religion, Community, and Structure at Three Homeless Shelters, 82–118. London: Routledge, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003132486-4.
Jindra, Ines W., Michael Jindra, and Sarah DeGenero. "Introduction: Homelessness and faith-based organizations." In Contrasts in Religion, Community, and Structure at Three Homeless Shelters, 1–28. London: Routledge, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003132486-1.
Jindra, Ines W., Michael Jindra, and Sarah DeGenero. "What we found and why it matters." In Contrasts in Religion, Community, and Structure at Three Homeless Shelters, 150–65. London: Routledge, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003132486-6.
Conference papers on the topic "Shelters for the homeless":
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Sleeper, Manya, Tara Matthews, Kathleen O'Leary, Anna Turner, Jill Palzkill Woelfer, Martin Shelton, Andrew Oplinger, Andreas Schou, and Sunny Consolvo. "Tough Times at Transitional Homeless Shelters." In CHI '19: CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. New York, NY, USA: ACM, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3290605.3300319.
Yadav, Amulya, Hau Chan, Albert Xin Jiang, Haifeng Xu, Eric Rice, and Milind Tambe. "Maximizing Awareness about HIV in Social Networks of Homeless Youth with Limited Information." In Twenty-Sixth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence. California: International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence Organization, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.24963/ijcai.2017/702.
This paper presents HEALER, a software agent that recommends sequential intervention plans for use by homeless shelters, who organize these interventions to raise awareness about HIV among homeless youth. HEALER's sequential plans (built using knowledge of social networks of homeless youth) choose intervention participants strategically to maximize influence spread, while reasoning about uncertainties in the network. While previous work presents influence maximizing techniques to choose intervention participants, they do not address two real-world issues: (i) they completely fail to scale up to real-world sizes; and (ii) they do not handle deviations in execution of intervention plans. HEALER handles these issues via two major contributions: (i) HEALER casts this influence maximization problem as a POMDP and solves it using a novel planner which scales up to previously unsolvable real-world sizes; and (ii) HEALER allows shelter officials to modify its recommendations, and updates its future plans in a deviation-tolerant manner. HEALER was deployed in the real world in Spring 2016 with considerable success.
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Yadav, Amulya, Bryan Wilder, Eric Rice, Robin Petering, Jaih Craddock, Amanda Yoshioka-Maxwell, Mary Hemler, Laura Onasch-Vera, Milind Tambe, and Darlene Woo. "Bridging the Gap Between Theory and Practice in Influence Maximization: Raising Awareness about HIV among Homeless Youth." In Twenty-Seventh International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence {IJCAI-18}. California: International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence Organization, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.24963/ijcai.2018/761.
This paper reports on results obtained by deploying HEALER and DOSIM (two AI agents for social influence maximization) in the real-world, which assist service providers in maximizing HIV awareness in real-world homeless-youth social networks. These agents recommend key "seed" nodes in social networks, i.e., homeless youth who would maximize HIV awareness in their real-world social network. While prior research on these agents published promising simulation results from the lab, the usability of these AI agents in the real-world was unknown. This paper presents results from three real-world pilot studies involving 173 homeless youth across two different homeless shelters in Los Angeles. The results from these pilot studies illustrate that HEALER and DOSIM outperform the current modus operandi of service providers by ~160% in terms of information spread about HIV among homeless youth.
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Saha, Peash Ranjan, Salimur Choudhury, and Kai Salomaa. "A Two-Stage Based Strategy to Optimize Homeless Placement in Shelters." In 2022 IEEE International Humanitarian Technology Conference (IHTC). IEEE, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ihtc56573.2022.9998342.
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.
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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Davey, Claire, Rasheda Choudhury, Maryam Mohammed, and Jane Simpson. "Pilot project to provide spirometry inreach sessions to hostels/homeless shelters in Tower Hamlets, London." In ERS International Congress 2018 abstracts. European Respiratory Society, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1183/13993003.congress-2018.oa310.
Whitmire, Rebecca, Beth Rezet, Kaitlyn Petruccelli, Annie Gula, and Noreena Lewis. "Parenting in a Pandemic: An Innovative Virtual Support Forum for Families Living in Homeless Shelters." In AAP National Conference & Exhibition Meeting Abstracts. American Academy of Pediatrics, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1542/peds.147.3_meetingabstract.52.
Van Dongen, S., J. Klop, B. Onwuteaka-Philipsen, A. De Veer, A. Francke, M. Slockers, I. Van Laere, A. van der Heide, and J. Rietjens. "OP41 Advance care planning and palliative care for homeless people in medical respite shelters: a retrospective record review." In ACP-I Congress Abstracts. British Medical Journal Publishing Group, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/spcare-2019-acpicongressabs.41.
Coffey, C., C. Calvert, M. Duling, J. Hudnall, R. Lawrence, and S. Martin. "301. Interventions Taken at a Homeless Shelter to Reduce Transmission of Tuberculosis." In AIHce 2005. AIHA, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.3320/1.2758768.
Hudnall, J., S. Martin, M. Duling, R. Lawrence, C. Calvert, C. Coffey, and V. Gandhi. "302. Validation of a Computational Fluid Dynamics Model Developed for a Homeless Shelter." In AIHce 2005. AIHA, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.3320/1.2758769.
Levesque, Justine, Jordan Babando, Nathaniel Loranger, and Shantel Johnson. COVID-19 prevalence and infection control measures at homeless shelters and hostels in high-income countries: a scoping review. The Homeless Hub, York University, December 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.25071/10315/38850.
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately impacted homeless populations and service workers, especially within homeless shelter/hostel settings. To date, there have been few evidence syntheses examining outbreaks of COVID-19 among both homeless shelters residents and service workers, nor has there been a critically engaged summary of relevant infection control and prevention (IPAC) measures. This scoping review offers a timely and much-needed synthesis of COVID-19 prevalence within homeless shelters and a review of current and pertinent IPAC measures. Methods: We conducted a scoping review in June 2021 that synthesized academic and grey literature published from March 2020 to July 2021 pertaining to 1) the prevalence of COVID-19 among both residents and staff in homeless shelters and hostels in high-income countries, and 2) COVID-19 IPAC strategies applied in these settings. Two reviewers independently screened the results of the literature search of several databases that included MEDLINE, PsycInfo, and the WHO’s COVID-19 Global Health Portal. All the extracted data was mapped, categorized, and thematically discussed. Results: Thematic analysis of included literature revealed five key themes: 1) the demographics of COVID-19 in homeless shelters, 2) asymptomatic spread, 3) pre-existing vulnerability of the homeless and shelters, 4) the limited application of IPAC, and 5) IPAC effectiveness. Conclusion: This review offers a useful glimpse into the landscape of COVID-19 outbreaks in homeless shelters/hostels and the major contributing factors to these events. The scoping review revealed that there is no clear indication of generally accepted IPAC standards for homeless populations and shelter care workers. This review also illustrated a great need for future research to establish IPAC best practices as well as additional resources for shelter systems to protect residents and staff at homeless shelters/hostels in high-income countries. Finally, the findings from this review reaffirm that homelessness prevention is a key to limiting disease outbreaks, and the associated negative health outcomes in shelter populations.
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Levesque, Justine, Nathaniel Loranger, Carter Sehn, Shantel Johnson, and Jordan Babando. COVID-19 prevalence and infection control measures at homeless shelters and hostels in high-income countries: protocol for a scoping review. York University Libraries, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.25071/10315/38513.
The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately impacted people experiencing homelessness. Homeless shelters and hostels, as congregate living spaces for residents with many health vulnerabilities, are highly susceptible to outbreaks of COVID-19. A synthesis of the research-to-date can inform evidence-based practices for infection, prevention, and control strategies at these sites to reduce the prevalence of COVID-19 among both shelter/hostel residents and staff. Methods: A scoping review in accordance with Arksey and O’Malley’s framework will be conducted to identify literature reporting COVID-19 positivity rates among homeless shelter and hostel residents and staff, as well as infection control strategies to prevent outbreaks in these facilities. The focus will be on literature produced in high-income countries. Nine academic literature databases and 11 grey literature databases will be searched for literature from March 2020 to July 2021. Literature screening will be completed by two reviewers and facilitated by Covidence, a systematic review management platform. A third reviewer will be engaged to resolve disagreements and facilitate consensus. A narrative summary of the major themes identified in the literature, numerical counts of relevant data including the COVID-19 positivity rates, and recommendations for different infection control approaches will be produced. Discussion: The synthesis of the research generated on COVID-19 prevalence and prevention in homeless shelters and hostels will assist in establishing best practices to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and other airborne diseases at these facilities in high-income countries while identifying next steps to expand the existing evidence base.
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DiGrande, Laura, Christine Bevc, Jessica Williams, Lisa Carley-Baxter, Craig Lewis-Owen, and Suzanne Triplett. Pilot Study on the Experiences of Hurricane Shelter Evacuees. RTI Press, September 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.3768/rtipress.2019.rr.0035.1909.
Community members who evacuate to shelters may represent the most socially and economically vulnerable group within a hurricane’s affected geographic area. Disaster research has established associations between socioeconomic conditions and adverse effects, but data are overwhelmingly collected retrospectively on large populations and lack further explication. As Hurricane Florence approached North Carolina in September 2018, RTI International developed a pilot survey for American Red Cross evacuation shelter clients. Two instruments, an interviewer-led paper questionnaire and a short message service (SMS text) questionnaire, were tested. A total of 200 evacuees completed the paper survey, but only 34 participated in the SMS text portion of the study. Data confirmed that the sample represented very marginalized coastline residents: 60 percent were unemployed, 70 percent had no family or friends to stay with during evacuation, 65 percent could not afford to evacuate to another location, 36 percent needed medicine/medical care, and 11 percent were homeless. Although 19 percent of participants had a history of evacuating for prior hurricanes/disasters and 14 percent had previously utilized shelters, we observed few associations between previous experiences and current evacuation resources, behaviors, or opinions about safety. This study demonstrates that, for vulnerable populations exposed to storms of increasing intensity and frequency, traditional survey research methods are best employed to learn about their experiences and needs.
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Bassett, Ellen. Relocation of Homeless People from ODOT Rights-of-Way. Portland State University Library, July 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.15760/trec.67.
Meyer, Bruce, Angela Wyse, and Kevin Corinth. The Size and Census Coverage of the U.S. Homeless Population. Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research, June 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.3386/w30163.
