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The Canadian Observatory on Homelessness is the largest national research institute devoted to homelessness in Canada. The COH is the curator of the Homeless Hub.
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Author(s): Lois A. Jackson, Tod Augusta-Scott, Marilee Burwash-Brennan, Jeff Karabanow, Karen Robertson, Barbara Sowinski
Publication Date: 2009
This article reports on a qualitative study exploring the intimate (non-work) relationships of women involved in the sex trade. Women working in the sex industry and intimate partners of women in the industry were interviewed in order to understand how intimate relationships are perceived as influencing the women's general health and well-being. The research suggests that intimate relationships can, and do, provide a space for feelings of inclusi...
Author(s): Jeff Karabanow, Sharon Hopkins, Steve Kisely, Joanne Parker, Jean Hughes, Jacqueline Gahagan, Leslie Anne Campbell
Publication Date: 2007
Th is pilot study was funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and offers an examination of the experiences and perceptions of street youth vis-à-vis their health status. Th rough in-depth interviews and a short quantitative survey with 15 street-involved youth in Halifax, Nova Scotia, this paper explores healthy and not-so healthy practices of young people living on the street. Qualitative interviews with ten health care and...
Author(s): Jeff Karabanow
Publication Date: 2008
This article explores the ways in which young people across Canada attempt to exit street life. Through semistructured interviews with 128 young people and 50 service providers in six Canadian cities, the goal of the research was to identify the strategies and challenges of street exiting to inform service providers and policy makers as to the complexities and struggles involved in young people's experiences with street disengagement. Findings su...
Author(s): Jann Ticknor, Jeff Karabanow, Sean Kidd, Jean Hughes, Dorothy Patterson
Publication Date: 2009
The findings of this study suggest that labor occurs within a particular street context and street culture, the relationships between formal and informal work are inter-related, and despite the hardships they experience, young people who are or at-risk of homelessness respond to their circumstances with ingenuity, resilience and hope. Often street-involved and homeless young people are straddling formal and informal work economies while mediating...
Author(s): Jeff Karabanow
Publisher: Canadian Observatory on Homelessness
Publication Date: 2009
This chapter explores the ways in which young people across Canada attempt to get off the street and leave behind street culture. Through semistructured interviews with 128 young people and 50 service providers in six Canadian cities, the research identified strategies and challenges involved in leaving street life. Findings suggest that there are several interrelated dimensions to the process, including contemplation, motivation to change, secur...
Author(s): Jean Hughes, Jeff Karabanow, Joanne Parker, Jacqueline Gahagan, Stephen Kisely
Publication Date: 2006
This paper uses research findings, literature, and field observations to describe the heterogeneity of Canadian and Halifax street youth, and the services they rely upon for survival.
Author(s): Jeff Karabanow
Publication Date: 2006
This analysis explores the perceptions of youth on the street in constructing identity throughout their street life experiences. Data collection involved in-depth interviews with 98 street youth & 42 service providers in Toronto, Montreal, & Halifax, & participant & non-participant observations of street life & shelter culture in all three locations. The findings highlight the stages of "becoming a...
Author(s): Joan Harbison, Stephen Coughlan, Jeff Karabanow, Madine VanderPlaat
Publication Date: 2005
There is considerable evidence to suggest that older people living in situations of mistreatment and neglect are reluctant to accept help. This is attributed to the high value that older generations place on their privacy and family integrity, and on their ability to cope and remain in charge of their lives. These values are particularly strong in rural communities. The paper explores the challenges these cultural norms pose for formal and inform...
Author(s): Gary Cameron, Jeff Karabanow
Publication Date: 2003
Compares rationales and outcome research for five areas of programming for maltreated and other at-risk adolescents: adolescent competence and skills development programs, family- and parent-focused programs, social integration programs, multiple component programs, and neighborhood transformation programs. Finds that several program models have demonstrated or potential benefits for at-risk youth and families, and recommends that helping strateg...
Author(s): Jeff Karabanow, Philip Clement
Publication Date: 2004
While there is a paucity of comprehensive outcome evaluations of street youth interventions, this paper provides the building blocks to understanding what we know about service delivery systems that have been provided to street youth populations. Based on a thorough review of the academic literature, this analysis attempts to organize and highlight "lessons from the field" in terms of types of services offered (basic needs, medi...
Author(s): Jeff Karabanow
Publication Date: 2004
This study addresses the relationship between street youth shelters and formal child welfare systems in Toronto, Canada. Two case examples, Covenant House (CH) and Youth Without Shelter (YWS), are examined through archival material, participant observations and structured interviews with 21 front-line and managerial shelter workers. The findings suggest that both shelters have formed reciprocal and unequal partnerships with formal child-welfare or...