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http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/17579139251356929 | DOI Listing |
Perspect Public Health
August 2025
Ministry of Public Health, Royal Thai Government, Bangkok, Thailand.
Public Health Nurs
July 2025
Department of Social Work, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Objective: This study examined gender differences and their impact on the livelihoods of the homeless population in Hong Kong, exploring variables such as homeless duration, mental health, social relationships, economic status, risky behavior, and welfare assistance utilization.
Background: Gender inequalities worsen the health vulnerabilities of homeless women. While existing studies have focused on Western contexts, there is a lack of understanding in non-Western settings, especially in East Asian regions with a strongly patriarchal culture like Hong Kong.
Birth
April 2025
Mother, Infant and Child Research Group School of Health Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland.
Background: In the UK, families in temporary accommodation reached record numbers in 2023. Pregnant mothers experiencing homelessness are at risk of poor health outcomes, yet little is known about their experiences. Most biomedical research emphasizes obstetric outcomes rather than maternal experiences.
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January 2025
Citizens 4 Change, Tunbridge Wells, UK.
Street-connected young people (SCYP) in Tanzania face intersecting challenges, including economic vulnerability, social marginalisation and limited access to supportive networks. This study examines the impact of the Youth Association (YA) model, implemented by Railway Children Africa, and does so through the lens of the relational well-being approach, which emphasises the interplay of material, relational and subjective dimensions of well-being, as well as personal, societal and environmental drivers of well-being. Using a mixed methods design, this study tracked 116 SCYP in Mwanza and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, through four stages of the YA model.
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January 2025
Department of Social Psychology, Universidad de Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, Spain.
Women experiencing homelessness constitute a group with idiosyncratic characteristics and needs that have largely remained invisible. Their discriminatory situation has been studied very little which may limit the design of specific intervention strategies. Buenos Aires (Argentina) is one of the main megalopolises in Latin America, where information on women experiencing homelessness is scarcely available.
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