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• The Role of Support Services in Promoting Social Inclusion for the Disadvantaged Urban-dwelling Elderly
  Background Disadvantaged older adults living in non-family situations in Toronto are more likely than older adults living in family situations to have less economic security, less social support, and less choice in housing. Older adults who live in poverty and are precariously housed are more likely to be chronically ill, to live with multiple illnesses, to […]
• Untangling the Relationship Between Mental Health and Homelessness Among a Sample of Arrestees
  Past research has focused on the intertwined relationship between homelessness, mental illness, and criminal justice. Although a well-established correlation between mental illness and homelessness has emerged, a better understanding of how this may be mediated by other prominent risk factors such as substance use or victimization is warranted. The current s […]
• Possessions in the Homeless Shelter Experience: The Built Environment's Potential Role in Self-restoration
  This paper proposes that designing homeless shelters to acknowledge residents' important relationships with their possessions can assist homeless persons' psychological recovery and reengagement with society. This notion is based on consumer culture research establishing the significance of possessions in personal growth and evolution. Researchers […]
• 2013 Report Card on Child and Family Poverty in Nova Scotia: 1989–2011
  Since 1999, Nova Scotia Child Poverty Report Cards have recorded changes in child poverty rates to track progress on the government of Canada’s 1989 promise to end child poverty by the year 2000. This year’s report card examines the period 1989 to 2011 (the year for which the most recent data is available), and uncovers some troubling trends: child poverty r […]
• Traumatic brain injury among people who are homeless: a systematic review
  Journal Name: BMC Public Health