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Turning a blind eye: implementation of harm reduction in a transitional programme setting
Author(s): Bernadette Pauly, Bruce Wallace, Katrina Barber
Publication Date: 2018
Background: Substance use and homelessness often overlap. Harm reduction is an evidence-based response to reducing harms of use rather than preventing use per se. While harm reduction is a key principle of Housing First, there has been limited research related to the implementation of harm reduction within programmes that aim to end homelessness. Methods: As part of a community-based research study, we conducted 29 qualitative interviews with sta...
Where’s the Housing?
Author(s): Bruce Wallace, Bernie Pauly, Kathleen Perkin, Geoff Cross
Publication Date: 2019
This project examined the effectiveness of a transitional program in breaking the cycle of homelessness. Within a community-based research approach, the authors conducted a case study to describe the program and participants within a context in which housing is largely unavailable and unaffordable. Although most participants successfully transitioned to housing few transitioned from homelessness to economic self-sufficiency in market housing and...
Self-reported oral health among a community sample of people experiencing social and health inequities: Cross-sectional findings from a study to enhance equity in primary healthcare settings
Author(s): Bruce Wallace, Annette J. Browne, Colleen Varcoe, Marilyn Ford-Gilboe, Nadine Wathen, Phoebe M. Long, Joanne Parker
Publication Date: 2015
Objective To describe the self-reported oral health issues among a community sample of primary care clients experiencing socioeconomic disadvantages. Methods As part of a larger mixed-methods, multiple case study evaluating an equity-oriented primary healthcare intervention, we examined the oral health of a sample of 567 people receiving care at four clinics that serve marginalised populations in two Canadian provinces. Data collected included...
Shifting the evaluative gaze: Community-based program evaluation in the homeless sector
Author(s): Bruce Wallace, Bernadette Pauly, Kathleen Perkin, Mike Ranfft
Publication Date: 2015
Homelessness is a growing social issue that is a consequence of structural inequities and contributor to the development of health inequities. Community-based research (CBR) has been proposed as an effective research strategy for addressing health equities and promoting social justice through participatory processes. The purpose of this article is to examine the application of CBR principles and practices in the homeless sector and the implicatio...
Approaches to Evaluation of Homelessness Interventions
Author(s): Bernie Pauly, Bruce Wallace, Kathleeen Perkin
Publication Date: 2014
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide rationale, methodological guidance and clarity in the use of case study research and theory driven evaluation in the evaluation of interventions to end homelessness. Design/methodology/approach Using an evaluation of a transitional shelter program aiming to support permanent exits from homelessness as an example, we show how case study approaches and theory driven research is well suited...
A Poverty Reduction Plan for BC
Author(s): Seth Klein, Marjorie Griffin Cohen, T. Garner, Iglika Ivanova, Mark Lee, Bruce Wallace, Margot Young
Publication Date: 2008
This report: Outlines the essential elements of a meaningful poverty reduction plan; Looks at the emergence of poverty reduction strategies in other jurisdictions; Includes the latest poverty statistics for BC (showing those groups for whom poverty is most acute); Proposes concrete targets and timelines for BC, as well as accountability mechanisms; Outlines a large package of policies and programs that should be part of a comprehe...
Denied Assistance - Closing the Front Door on Welfare in BC
Author(s): Bruce Wallace, Seth Klein, Marge Reitsma-Street
Publication Date: 2006
The number of people receiving welfare in BC has been on the decline since 1995. Despite this, in 2002, the provincial government introduced dramatic policy changes designed to further shrink the welfare "caseload." Some of these changes were unprecedented in Canada. Many of them dealt with how people access welfare—the eligibility rules and application processes that people must navigate in order to receive assistance.