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A cross-sectional observational study of unmet health needs among homeless and vulnerably housed adults in three Canadian cities
Author(s): Niran Argintaru, Catherine Chambers, Evie Gogosis, Susan Farrell, Anita Palepu, Fran Klodawsky, Stephen W. Hwang
Publication Date: 2013
Homeless persons experience a high burden of health problems; yet, they face significant barriers in accessing health care. Less is known about unmet needs for care among vulnerably housed persons who live in poor-quality or temporary housing and are at high risk of becoming homeless. The objectives of this study were to examine the prevalence of and factors associated with unmet needs for health care in a population-based sample of homeless and...
Factors Associated with Poor Mental Health Status Among Homeless Women With and Without Dependent Children
Author(s): Catherine Chambers, Shirley Chiu, Allison N. Scott, George S. Tolomiczenko, Donald A. Redelmeier, Wendy Levinson, Stephen W. Hwang
Publication Date: 2014
The purpose of this study was to estimate the prevalence of mental health problems among a representative sample of homeless women with and without dependent children and determine if the effects of risk factors for mental health are modified by the presence of dependent children. Homeless women (n = 522) were recruited in 2004–2005 from shelters and meal programs in Toronto, Canada. Linear and logistic regression was performed to identify factor...
Categories of Indigenous ‘homeless’ people and good practice responses to their needs
Author(s): Paul Memmott, Stephen Long, Catherine Chambers, Frederick Spring
Publication Date: 2003
This research is concerned with the phenomenon of Indigenous homelessness in Australia. A reading of the homelessness literature clearly demonstrates the difficulties of conceptualising both non-Indigenous 'homelessness' and Indigenous 'homelessness' (Memmott et al 2003). The most visible Indigenous ‘homeless’ people are small groups who live in public places, socialising, sheltering, drinking, arguing and fighting in public. This occurs despi...
Indigenous Homelessness in Australia: An Introduction
Author(s): Paul Memmott, Catherine Chambers
Publication Date: 2010
Increasingly since 2000, definitions of Australian Indigenous homelessness in the social science literature have become culturally specific. Pathways into homelessness for contemporary Indigenous Australians can involve longitudinal factors, including those having an impact from early childhood in Indigenous settlements and communities that have institutionalised and marginalised histories. They can also involve situational factors acting upon the...