Picking up the challenge : Developing a methodology to enumerate and assess the needs of the street homeless population

Evaluation Review

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 144-155

  Farrell, S J ^a   Reissing, E D ^b,c  

^a ROYAL OTTAWA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Enumeration methodology; Homelessness; Needs assessment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; HEALTH SURVEY; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

CANADA; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 1842486670     PISSN: 0193841X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193841X03261484     Document Type: Article

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