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"Come Back When You're Dying:" the Commodification of AID...
As with any other long-term illness, the decline in health that accompanies symptomatic HIV infection often has a profound negative impact on employment and personal finances. However, research to dat...
Authors: Crane, J.; Quirk, K.; van der Straten, A.;
Tags: hiv seropositivity; qualitative interviews; sup...
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"Scoping" Research on Issues for Municipal Governments an...
The Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) initiated this study in an effort to understand how municipal governments are implicated in programs and services for Aboriginal people living within th...
Authors: Carter, Tom; Polevychok, Chesya; Sargent, Kurt;...
Tags: Aboriginal people; Health Problems and Poverty;...
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2004-2008 Research Theme Framework
CMHC's research plays an important role in maintaining and enhancing the high standard of Canada's housing. For 2004-2008, CMHC has established a framework to guide its research that reflects CMHC's o...
Authors: CMHC;
Tags: statistical data; Community-Based Planning and ...
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43: Correlates of Internet Usage in Homeless and Uninsured Youth
Studies remain incomplete on the prevalence of Internet usage in homeless and uninsured youth and associations with mental health. Here we describe the results of a pilot study on the prevalence of In...
Authors: Kretzschma, A. r.; Hagey, K.; Critchlow, A.; Pa...
Tags: internet usage; Demography & Characteristics of...
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A Community-Based Intervention to Increase Screening Mammography Am...
Purpose: To determine the effectiveness of a community-based intervention to increase the use of screening mammography among disadvantaged women at an inner-city drop-in center. Methods: This study in...
Authors: Heyding, R. K.; Cheung, A. M.; Mocarski, E. J. ...
Tags: disadvantaged women; breast cancer; inner city;...
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A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Pneumococcal Vaccination in Street...
Delivery of the pneumococcal vacine to street-invovled HIV patients is low in BC due to poor compliance. Since the use of PCV is expected to reduce morbidity and mortality, it may be more cost-effecti...
Authors: Marra, C. A.; Patrick, D.; Marra, F.;
Tags: health; pneumococcal vaccination; hiv; Health P...
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A Demographic and Behavioral Profile of Homeless Youth in New York ...
Rapid changes in the world market economy have served to destabilize many local institutions, widening the gap between the rich and the poor and undermining viability of key social and economic instit...
Authors: Clatts, Michael C.; Davis, W. Rees;
Tags: street economy; population; Health Problems and...
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A Personal Perspective: Caring for Homeless People With Aids
In inner-city neighborhoods, AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) has become rampant as drug users and their partners, women, and young gay men of color account for an increasing proportion of AI...
Authors: Demmer, C.;
Tags: health services accessibility; health services ...
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A Place to Call My Own: Sexual Exploitation in Northern Bc
A Report on the Research Project called "In search of a place called Home: Homelessness and Homecoming". This research report presents the results of a year long participatory action research project....
Authors: Stuart, Jody; Capostinsky, Christal; Joyce, Tin...
Tags: substance abuse; income, employment & education...
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A Randomised Trial of Compassionate Care for the Homeless in An Eme...
Homeless adults often visit emergency departments and often leave dissatisfied. We tested whether compassionate care, by improving patient satisfaction, can alter subsequent use of emergency services....
Authors: Redelmeier, D. A.;Molin, J. P.;Tibshirani, R. J.;
Tags: health;Homeless;hospitalization;emergency depar...
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