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Quality of Life and Mental Well-Being: A Gendered Analysis of Persons Experiencing Homelessness in Canada
Author(s): Kristy Buccieri, Abram Oudshoorn, Jeannette Waegemakers Schiff, Bernadette Pauly, Rebecca Schiff, Stephen Gaetz
Publication Date: 2020
Homelessness has negative implications for mental well-being and quality of life. This paper identifies the quality of life variables that contribute to positive or negative wellbeing, reporting on a regression analysis from 343 individuals experiencing homelessness in Canada. Results indicate that a lack of sleep duration and quality reduced mental well-being for both genders, not having access to food and/or hygiene facilities decreased men’s w...
Hospital Discharge Planning for Canadians Experiencing Homelessness
Author(s): Kristy Buccieri, Abram Oudshoorn, Tyler Frederick, Rebecca Schiff, Alex Abramovich, Stephen Gaetz, Cheryl Forchuk
Publication Date: 2018
Purpose: People experiencing homelessness are high-users of hospital care in Canada. To better understand the scope of the issue, and how these patients are discharged from hospital, a national survey of key stakeholders was conducted in 2017. The paper aims to discuss this issue. Design/methodology/approach: The Canadian Observatory on Homelessness distributed an online survey to their network of members through e-mail and social media. A sample...
Community Health Promotion With People Who Are Experiencing Homelessness
Author(s): Abram Oudshoorn, Catherine Ward-Griffin, Blake Poland, Helene Berman, Cheryl Forchuk
Publication Date: 2013
Homelessness is an experience of being displaced. Once removed from their personal places, homeless people are barred access to healthy places in which to be. Health clinics for people who are experiencing homelessness offer an opportunity to create health-promoting places. In this study, we explore how place is experienced within a community health clinic for people who are experiencing homelessness. A critical ethnographic methodology was used....
Client-Provider Relationships in a Community Health Clinic for People Experiencing Homelessness: A Critical Ethnography
Author(s): Abram Oudshoorn
Publication Date: 2011
People who are experiencing homelessness have the highest rates of morbidity, and the lowest age of mortality in the Canadian population. The importance of health care relationships in addressing the needs of people who are experiencing homelessness has been demonstrated. However, two gaps still exist in the literature. Firstly, the dialectical relationship between space/place and social relations has largely been neglected in the context of h...
Homelessness in London, Ontario - Abram Oudshoorn
Author(s): Abram Oudshoorn
Publication Date: 2010
Abe Oudshoorn is a doctoral candidate and faculty member in Nursing at The University of Western Ontario. Abe teaches community and mental health nursing theory and practice in the undergraduate Nursing program, and was formerly employed in a health outreach clinic for persons who are experiencing homelessness.