Families and Their Health Care After Homelessness: Opportunities for Improving Access

ISBN-13: 9780815331469 / Angielski / Twarda / 1998 / 170 str.

Linda Marie Havir; Lisa M. Duchon

Opis

This work offers an understanding of the relationship between family homelessness and health care use. For the majority of poor families who become homeless, the experience is temporary; yet little is known about these families after they are no longer homeless. Studies have shown that families living in shelters have difficulty accessing mainstream health care providers. This research documents the barriers these families continue to face after they are no longer homeless. Providing an overview of the literature on homelessness and health care, this book presents detailed descriptions of health, housing conditions, and family histories. In the study, mothers were interviewed at the time they were requesting shelter and again four years later. This data was compared to data collected from mothers on welfare who had never been homeless.

Recenzje

"This is a study of the role of bureaucracy in shaping out understanding of homeless families and families on welfare-particularly in providing health care." -- Abstracts of Public Administration, Development and Environment (APADE)

Spis treści

Chapter 1 An Overview of Research on the Link between Housing and Health; Chapter 2 The Poverty Connection between Homelessness and Health; Chapter 3 A Profile of Homeless Families in Urban America; Chapter 4 Design of the Study on Homeless and Housed Poor Families; Chapter 5 Comparisons of Poor New York City Families by Shelter Use; Chapter 6 Health Care Use among Poor Families in New York City; Chapter 7 Program and Policy Recommendations to Improve Health Care Access; Chapter 8 Final Thoughts on Conducting Health Care Studies of Homeless Families;

O autorze

Lisa M. Duchon