No question that the bigger social, political and economic forces are driving increased homelessness.
Peter Marcuse has written a very useful piece recently about global trends in housing. I will post a link to it in a separate e-mail.
- Michael
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From: Robb Travers
Date: 8/18/05 12:30 pm
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Subj: Re: Street Health reports?
The 'story behind the story'......
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From: Social Determinants of Health [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
Thompson, Kenneth
Sent: August 18, 2005 12:08 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [SDOH] Street Health reports?
thanks.
cuts in the welfare state, the lack of affordable housing, the growing
poverty make sense to me as proximal causes of homelessness. but is there
something else underlying these? not to be too marxian about it, but being
in pittsburgh, i cant help but note the shift in the means of production and
modes of production here. once industrial we are now service. wages have
plummetted. income inequality is growing.
is homelessness in us and canada a product of automation, globalization and
de-industrialization? with the policies of the state driven by these
changes as well?
ken
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From: Social Determinants of Health [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of
Michael Shapcott
Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2005 11:45 AM
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Subject: Re: [SDOH] Street Health reports?
We have a lot of homelessness in Canada - as in the US, it's an urban,
rural, remote, northern phenomenon.
Most advocates estimate that there will be at least 250,000 people who will
experience homelessness over the course of a year - with about 1.7 million
households (4.5 million people) at risk of homelessness.
The root cause of homelessness in Canada (as most everywhere else) is the
lack of affordable housing and growing poverty (ie. supply and
affordibility).
Our federal government started to massive cuts in national programs in the
1980s, then entirely abandoned housing starting in 1996 by transferring
responsibility for existing housing programs to provinces and territories.
Sub-national governments followed suit in the 1990s, with program and
funding cuts.
There has been a massive increase in homelessess in most parts of Canada in
the past decade.
- Michael
-----Original Message-----
From: Thompson, Kenneth
Date: 8/18/05 11:19 am
To: [log in to unmask]
Subj: Re: Street Health reports?
how much homelessness do you have in canada? any ideas what has created the
phenomena there?
ken thompson
pittsburgh
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From: Social Determinants of Health [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of
Himel, Susan
Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2005 11:16 AM
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Subject: Re: [SDOH] Street Health reports?
You can also access some links to studies on homelessness (not sure if all
the links are current) on the Prevention Dividend website at:
http://prevention-dividend.com/en/research/homelessness.htm
Susan
Susan Himel
Coordinator, Health Information and Wellness
Trillium Health Centre
100 Queensway West
Mississauga, ON L5B 1B8
Tel: 905-848-7580 x 3409
www.trilliumhealthcentre.org/health
-----Original Message-----
From: Robb Travers [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 4:55 PM
Subject: Re: Street Health reports?
Try here. Toronto-based Wellesley Central Health Corporation commissioned a
literature review on homelessness that includes a very comprehensive
bibliography.
Robb
http://www.wellesleycentral.com/wellesley/pdfs.asp?catixd=5
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From: Social Determinants of Health [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Kate
Mason
Sent: August 17, 2005 3:53 PM
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Subject: [SDOH] Street Health reports?
I am putting together a small literature review on existing academic and
other
research on the health status of homeless people in Canada. I am looking for
studies that are comprehensive and might be comparable to the type of
community
health surveys undertaken by government agenices.
As far as I know, the 1992 'Street Health Report'
<http://www.tdrc.net/HealthRpt_sec01.pdf>, for Toronto, is the only report
of this kind. I am wondering if anyone knows of any similar reports,
published
or unpublished, that have been created in other parts of the country?
If so, can you please pass on any information you have about them, including
any contact people you may know about or information on how we can get a
hold
of the report?
Thanks very much.
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