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Homelessness & Health in Canada (Health & Society)
Hwang McNeil
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Description for Homelessness & Health in Canada (Health & Society)
Paperback. Explores the social, structural, and environmental factors that shape the health of homeless persons in Canada. Covering a range of topics from youth homelessness to end-of-life care, this book outlines policy and practice recommendations to respond to the ongoing public health crisis. Editor(s): Guirguis-Younger, Manal; Hwang, Stephen W.; McNeil, Ryan. Series: Health & Society. Num Pages: 330 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFFA; JFFB; JFFH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 435.
Homelessness & Health in Canada explores, for the first time, the social, structural, and environmental factors that shape the health of homeless persons in Canada. Covering a wide range of topics from youth homelessness to end-of-life care, the authors strive to outline policy and practice recommendations to respond to the ongoing public health crisis. This book is divided into three distinct but complimentary sections. In the first section, contributors explore how homelessness affects the health of particular homeless populations, focusing on the experiences of homeless youth, immigrants, refugees and people of Aboriginal ancestry. In the second section, contributors investigate how ... Read more
Homelessness & Health in Canada explores, for the first time, the social, structural, and environmental factors that shape the health of homeless persons in Canada. Covering a wide range of topics from youth homelessness to end-of-life care, the authors strive to outline policy and practice recommendations to respond to the ongoing public health crisis. This book is divided into three distinct but complimentary sections. In the first section, contributors explore how homelessness affects the health of particular homeless populations, focusing on the experiences of homeless youth, immigrants, refugees and people of Aboriginal ancestry. In the second section, contributors investigate how ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Univ of Ottawa Pr
Condition
New
Series
Health & Society
Number of Pages
330
Place of Publication
Ottawa, Canada
ISBN
9780776621432
SKU
V9780776621432
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About Hwang McNeil
Manal Guirguis-Younger is Full Professor in the Faculty of Human Sciences at Saint Paul University. Her research focuses on homelessness, palliative care, and alternative models of health service delivery to vulnerable populations. Ryan McNeil is a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS and Faculty of Health Sciences at Simon Fraser University. His research explores ... Read more
Reviews for Homelessness & Health in Canada (Health & Society)
"McNeil, Manal Guirguis-Younger and Stephen Hwang coalesce new research findings with substantive reviews of existing research by emerging and establishing health researchers to create a blueprint for improving homeless people's health from youth to end-of-life."
Simon Fraser University
Simon Fraser University