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Organization: Toronto Public Health
Publication Date: 2015
Toronto Public Health analyzed differences in health between income groups and changes in health inequities over time. The Unequal City 2015 report demonstrates that Toronto residents don't have equal opportunities to be healthy, and that income continues to play an important role in health inequities.
Organization: Street Health and Centre for Arts-informed Research at the University of Toronto, Ontario Institute
Publication Date: 2006
A day in the life is a community-based research project that provided a forum for homeless and under-housed people in Toronto to present their lived experiences of homelessness, poverty, social exclusion and health through photographs and stories. Project participants captured and expressed their daily experiences, challenges and struggles through photography and written testimony. Project partners include Street Health and York University.
Publication Date: 2011
Background: Despite experiencing a disproportionate burden of acute and chronic health issues, many homeless people face barriers to primary health care. Most studies on health care access among homeless populations have been conducted in the United States, and relatively few are available from countries such as Canada that have a system of universal health insurance. We investigated access to primary health care among a representative sample of...
Publication Date: 2009
Study background & methods • Findings are from a larger study conducted by Street Health in winter 2006/2007. • The Street Health Report 2007: representative, random sample of 368 homeless men and women at meal programs & shelters across downtown Toronto • Homelessness defined as: having stayed in a shelter, with a friend/relative, in a public place, or other site not intended for human habitation for at least 10 of the...
Publication Date: 2004
The Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) is intended to assist low-income people with disabilities, but many disabled homeless people are unable to access this program. In an effort to address this problem, Street Health decided to conduct a research project to identify the barriers that were preventing eligible homeless people from accessing the ODSP, while at the same time helping study participants to secure the benefits they are entitled...