Therapeutic landscapes of home: Exploring Indigenous peoples' experiences of a Housing First intervention in Winnipeg

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 147, Issue , 2015, Pages 30-37

  Alaazi, Dominic A ^a   Masuda, Jeffrey R ^b,c   Evans, Joshua ^d   Distasio, Jino ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Centre for Environmental Health Equity   (Canada)

^d ATHABASCA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

Author keywords

At Home Chez Soi; Canada; Health; Homelessness; Housing First; Indigenous; Winnipeg

Indexed keywords

HEALTH POLICY; HOMELESSNESS; HOUSING POLICY; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; LANDSCAPE; LIFESTYLE; MENTAL HEALTH; SENSE OF PLACE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO CHANGE; BIRTHPLACE; CANADA; CITY; COMMUNITY LIVING; CULTURAL FACTOR; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HOMELESSNESS; HOUSING FIRST; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; INTERVENTION STUDY; INTERVIEW; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PLACE PREFERENCE; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RELIGION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; WELLBEING; AMERICAN INDIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOUSING; MALE; POPULATION GROUP; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

CANADA; MANITOBA; WINNIPEG;

ADULT; CANADA; FEMALE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HOUSING; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION GROUPS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84945586463     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.10.057     Document Type: Article

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