An ethnographic study of meal programs for homeless and under-Housed individuals in Toronto

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 846-853

  Dachner, Naomi ^a   Gaetz, Stephen ^b   Poland, Blake ^c   Tarasuk, Valerie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Food insecurity; Homeless; Meal programs; Nutrition; Under housed

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CATERING SERVICE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; SOCIAL WELFARE;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; CHARITIES; FOOD SERVICES; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; ONTARIO;

EID: 70349575070     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.0.0167     Document Type: Article

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