Homelessness, bedspace and the case for Housing First in Canada

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 168, Issue , 2016, Pages 249-256

  Evans, Joshua ^a   Collins, Damian ^b   Anderson, Jalene ^b  

^a ATHABASCA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Actor Network Theory; Canada; Cost benefit analysis; Evidence based policy; Homelessness; Housing First

Indexed keywords

ACTOR NETWORK THEORY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HOMELESSNESS; HOUSING POLICY;

CANADA; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FIELD STUDY; GEOGRAPHY; HOMELESSNESS; HOUSING; HUMAN; LOGIC; MENTAL HEALTH; MODEL; PUBLICATION; ECONOMICS; HOMELESS PERSON; MANAGEMENT; MENTAL DISEASE; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CANADA;

CANADA; HOMELESS PERSONS; HOUSING; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; POLICY MAKING; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84979582527     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.06.049     Document Type: Article

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