"Are we moving again this week?" Children's experiences of homelessness in Victoria, Australia

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 994-1001

  Kirkman, Maggie ^a   Keys, Deborah ^b   Bodzak, Daria ^a   Turner, Alina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Research and Social Policy Unit   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Children; Homelessness; Support services

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; FAMILY STRUCTURE; HOMELESSNESS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SECURITY; URBAN SOCIETY;

ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD HEALTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; ETHNICITY; FAMILY VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MOOD; PARENT; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; REFUGEE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL SECURITY; URBAN AREA; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FAMILY; MENTAL STRESS; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL WORK; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

AUSTRALIA; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOMELESS YOUTH; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY; SOCIAL WORK; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; URBAN POPULATION; VICTORIA;

EID: 77951220651     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.12.004     Document Type: Article

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