Towards the Prevention of Youth Homelessness DOI Creative Commons
Stephen Gaetz, Amanda Buchnea, Cathy Fournier

et al.

Youth, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 4(4), P. 1694 - 1725

Published: Dec. 5, 2024

Historically, the prevention of youth homelessness has not been a priority in Canada or United States. In recent years, this begun to change. While there is growing recognition that shift by preventing required bring substantive end homelessness, common and shared understanding what it involves remained largely absent obscured both policy practice. paper, we focus specifically on set out provide conceptual clarity through presenting clear definition not. Accompanying five-point typology includes (1) structural prevention; (2) systems (3) early intervention; (4) crisis intervention, (5) housing stabilization. Each five elements defined, identifying who responsible for implementation. addition, populated with examples different approaches homelessness. We conclude some key considerations guide implementation preventive interventions present core principles designed support development effective quality interventions.

Language: Английский

Co-opting the ‘public’ in public health: homelessness and the specious logic of discretionary displacement in a mid-sized US city DOI Creative Commons
Lesley Jo Weaver, Claire W. Herbert,

Dylan J. Podrabsky

et al.

Critical Public Health, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 35(1)

Published: Feb. 4, 2025

Language: Английский

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The social organization of structural vulnerability among people who are homeless and use drugs: an institutional ethnography DOI
Naomi Nichols,

Samantha Blondeau

Drugs Education Prevention and Policy, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 1 - 12

Published: Feb. 8, 2025

Language: Английский

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Geography of tiny house villages for the homeless (revisited): implications for planning and policy in the United States DOI Creative Commons
Yetimoni Kpeebi, Krista Evans

Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: March 22, 2025

Language: Английский

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Lived Expertise in Homelessness Policy and Governance DOI Creative Commons
Anna Kopec, Alison K. Smith

Social Sciences, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 13(5), P. 271 - 271

Published: May 17, 2024

Lived expertise (LE) is a valuable form of that can lead to more effective policymaking. Existing research points important mechanisms for where and how include LE. It also offers lessons around the potential exclusionary effects such may have. In this article, we bring discussions together ground them in Canadian case homelessness. Failures homelessness governance policy highlight utility LE it has been included, but find its prevalence unknown. Recent including are still limited their influence questioned. We insist inclusion cannot be haphazard or merely nod value. Rather, requires careful considerate centers throughout process, encourages innovation, embeds long-term involvement within structures.

Language: Английский

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2
Towards the Prevention of Youth Homelessness DOI Creative Commons
Stephen Gaetz, Amanda Buchnea, Cathy Fournier

et al.

Youth, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 4(4), P. 1694 - 1725

Published: Dec. 5, 2024

Historically, the prevention of youth homelessness has not been a priority in Canada or United States. In recent years, this begun to change. While there is growing recognition that shift by preventing required bring substantive end homelessness, common and shared understanding what it involves remained largely absent obscured both policy practice. paper, we focus specifically on set out provide conceptual clarity through presenting clear definition not. Accompanying five-point typology includes (1) structural prevention; (2) systems (3) early intervention; (4) crisis intervention, (5) housing stabilization. Each five elements defined, identifying who responsible for implementation. addition, populated with examples different approaches homelessness. We conclude some key considerations guide implementation preventive interventions present core principles designed support development effective quality interventions.

Language: Английский

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0