Homelessness
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This paper builds on a previous study applying Orlick’s “Wheel of Excellence” mental success elements, originally based on research with Olympic athletes, to social services. It assessed how high-performing front-line workers in homelessness services used these elements, providing practical insights for tailored mental-readiness training in social service facilities.
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Provides an overview analysis which highlights homelessness as a critical social problem, drawing links to labour market and housing market trends, and to social security and affordable housing policy developments.
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This study investigated the effectiveness of the ‘Housing First’ approach in supporting care leavers’ transition to independent living in Malta.
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This review aims to synthesize the evidence related to the health promotion actions among people experiencing homelessness and the barriers and facilitators they experience in accessing health-promoting information and services.
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Gender-diverse youth experience twice the risk for homelessness as their same-age cisgender peers and report experiencing discrimination in homeless shelters and supported housing.
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Community health needs assessments (CHNA) involving qualitative techniques help tailor health services to the specific needs of the population groups for whom they are designed. This study used an ethnographic approach grounded in a social constructivist research paradigm to explore the perspectives of PEH attending a primary care and addiction service in Ireland on their priority health and healthcare needs.
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Even when high-quality, evidence-based social-emotional supports and services are available, accessing them can be challenging, confusing, or impossible for some families, especially for families experiencing homelessness.
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Defining homelessness clearly without reducing the problem’s complexity helps governments frame effective and conscious policies. There is a growing need for a theoretical framework that explores the common ground and generative structure among broad narratives about homelessness.
