Homelessness

In this overview, we highlight structural and individual risk factors that can lead to homelessness, explore evidence on the relationship between homelessness and health, discuss programmatic and policy innovations, and provide policy recommendations.
Our team analyzed THE’s barista training process, uncovering opportunities for enhancement and proposing solutions.
We mapped the evidence on cancer risk factors as well as barriers and facilitators to cancer prevention services among people experiencing homelessness, which is key to localising research gaps and identifying strategies for tailored interventions adapted to people experiencing homelessness.
Due to shelter shortages, Australia is using backpacker hostels and boarding houses to accommodate people experiencing homelessness, but how violence manifests in these settings is not well understood.
This scoping review identified the extent of research evidence and gaps in the domains of domestic violence, health, homelessness, natural disasters, and animal welfare.
We sought to assess evidence describing surgical care for people experiencing homelessness and to perform a thematic analysis of the results.
A comparison between international practise and policy is made, with a particular focus on examples of effective rights-based interventions, where they exist.
The present study documents evidence from the first study to explore the perceptions of participants regarding sleepout events, including staff from housing and homelessness services, and people with lived experienced of sleeping on the street.