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"Scoping" Research on Issues for Municipal Governments an...
The Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) initiated this study in an effort to understand how municipal governments are implicated in programs and services for Aboriginal people living within th...
Authors: Carter, Tom; Polevychok, Chesya; Sargent, Kurt;...
Tags: literacy; health; population; education; housin...
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"The Walls Were Closing In, and We Were Trapped: a Qualitative...
Semistructured interviews focusing on suicide were conducted with 80 street youth in agencies & on the streets of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, & Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Participants ...
Authors: Kidd, Sean A.; Canada; British Columbia;
Tags: youth; runaways; psychological distress; everyd...
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‘you’ve Gotta Learn How to Play the Game’: Homeless Women's Use of ...
As a masculinist space, ‘the streets’ present a variety of dangers to homeless women, a fact that has received too little attention within the social science literature. This study utilizes data drawn...
Authors: Huey, Laura;Bern, Eric;
Tags: Homeless Women;service providers;survival strat...
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2: Weight-Related Behaviors of Homeless High School Students
We obtained questionnaire data from 3,522 9th through 12th grade students who participated in the 2005 Massachusetts Youth Risk Behavior Survey. Students self-reported height and weight. Questions reg...
Authors: Fournier, M.;Austin, B. Samples, C;Corliss, H.;
Tags: behavior;homelessness;youth;hunger;nutrition;he...
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2004 - 2008 Research Theme Framework
Affordability, Quality and Choice considerations are so integral to research overall that they have become overarching themes for the entire framework.
Authors: CMHC;
Tags: housing community health aboriginal homelessnes...
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2004-2008 Research Theme Framework
CMHC's research plays an important role in maintaining and enhancing the high standard ofCanada's housing. For 2004-2008, CMHC has established a framework to guide its researchthat reflects CMHC's ove...
Authors: CMHC;
Tags: aboriginal;homelessness;seniors;north;data coll...
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43: Correlates of Internet Usage in Homeless and Uninsured Youth
Studies remain incomplete on the prevalence of Internet usage in homeless and uninsured youth and associations with mental health. Here we describe the results of a pilot study on the prevalence of In...
Authors: Kretzschma, A. r.;Hagey, K.;Critchlow, A.;Patel...
Tags: mental health;eating disorder;nutrition;interne...
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5: Health Educators’ Perceptions of a Sexual Health Intervention fo...
...nts are generally stigmatized and marginalized. Health educators who intervene with this vulnerable population may have biases and preconceptions that interfere with their effectiveness. By intervenin...
Authors: Rew, Lynn;Rochlen, Aaron;Murphey, Christina;
Tags: sexual health;homeless adolescents;treatment;in...
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A Cluster-Analytic Study of Substance Problems and Mental Health Am...
Face-to-face interviews conducted in 1992 with 217 street youths, ages 13-24, in Toronto, Ontario, are drawn on to describe the configuration of mental health & substance use outcomes. Eight clust...
Authors: Adlaf, Edward;Zdanowicz, Yola M.;
Tags: substance abuse;homelessness;youth;young adults...
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A Community-Based Intervention to Increase Screening Mammography Am...
Purpose: To determine the effectiveness of a communitybased intervention to increase the use of screening mammography among disadvantaged women at an inner-city drop-in center. Methods: This study inv...
Authors: Heyding, R. K.;Cheung, A. M.;Mocarski, E. J. M....
Tags: disadvantaged women;breast cancer;screening;mam...
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