Health inequalities and homelessness: Considering material, spatial and relational dimensions

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 709-725

  Hodgetts, Darrin ^a   Radley, Alan ^b   Chamberlain, Kerry ^c   Hodgetts, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Health; Homelessness; Material; Psychosocial; Visual

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LONDON; PHOTOGRAPHY; PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; URBAN HEALTH; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 34548361829     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: 14617277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359105307080593     Document Type: Review

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