[HTML][HTML] Victimization, safety, and overdose in homeless shelters: A systematic review and narrative synthesis

N Kerman, SA Kidd, J Voronov, CA Marshall… - Health & Place, 2023 - Elsevier
The objective of this prospectively registered systematic review was to identify the factors
that contribute to sense of safety, victimization, and overdose risk in homeless shelters, as …

Risk perception of compound emergencies: a household survey on flood evacuation and sheltering behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic

W Sohn, Z Kotval-Karamchandani - Sustainable cities and society, 2023 - Elsevier
Compound hazards are derived from independent disasters that occur simultaneously.
Since the outbreak of COVID-19, the coupling of low-probability high-impact climate events …

Safe but stifled: Assessing the impact of space and place on risk and adaptive response among shelter residents during the COVID-19 pandemic

K Witkowski, MD Marr, NM da Silva, J Vertovec - Health & Place, 2023 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic dramatically changed society's interactions with spaces and
places. This is especially true for shelter residents who had greater perceived risks of …

Isolation to stabilization: A Housing First approach to address homelessness in Kingston, Ontario

Y Tan, Z Revell, V Wilson, TH Guan, J Lambert… - Canadian Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Setting Homelessness is a significant and growing public health concern across
Canada. In Kingston, Ontario, the number of people experiencing chronic homelessness …

“The Need was F* cking Endless”: A Study of the Minneapolis Sanctuary Movement

BJ Murray, MSV Heilemann - Journal of Community Practice, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT In May 2020, Minneapolis became the epicenter of a global movement
challenging entrenched anti-Blackness and police violence after the murder of George …

The effect of dwelling-based and neighbourhood-based precariousness on mental wellbeing

J Hewton, R Ong ViforJ, R Singh - Housing Studies, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
This study examines the impacts of dwelling-based and neighbourhood-based
precariousness on mental wellbeing by applying panel data modelling approaches to the …

A Shelter by Any Other Name? Delivering Homeless Crisis Accommodation Services in a Hotel

RM Stambe, S Plage, C Parsell, E Kuskoff… - Housing Policy …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
How to shelter people who are experiencing homelessness is a pressing social problem. A
substantive literature critiques the congregate shelter model that is often coupled with …

Understanding the ephemeral moment of COVID avoidance hotels: Lessons learned from acknowledging housing as central to dignified later life

IM Johnson, MA Light, TE Perry, M Moore… - Journal of …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Place and health are intricately bound. COVID has amplified system burdens and health
risks within the housing care continuum, in which older adults with chronic illnesses are …

Beauty and Beautification in Refugees' Lives and Their Implications for Refugee Policy

S Acker - Refuge, 2023 - erudit.org
This article seeks to understand the significance of everyday beauty in refugees' lives and its
implications for refugee policy; it is one of the first pieces of scholarship to explore this …

A comparison of three rural emergency homeless shelters: exploring the experiences and lessons learned in small town Ontario

E Buck-McFadyen - Journal of Social Distress and Homelessness, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Per capita rates of homelessness are higher in many rural communities than
Canada's largest cities, yet little attention has focused on strategies to address rural …