Homelessness, health and the policy process: A literature review

Health Policy

Volumn 123, Issue 11, 2019, Pages 1125-1132

  Clifford, Brendan ^a   Wilson, Andrew ^a   Harris, Patrick ^a  

^a University of Sydney   (Australia)

Author keywords

Homelessness; Intersectoral working; Policy process; Political science; Social determinants of health

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CANADA; FRANCE; HEALTH WORKFORCE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; TENSION; UNITED STATES; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOMELESS PERSON; INTERSECTORAL COLLABORATION; MANAGEMENT; NORTH AMERICA;

AUSTRALIA; FRANCE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH POLICY; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; INTERSECTORAL COLLABORATION; NORTH AMERICA; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH;

EID: 85072159643     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: 18726054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2019.08.011     Document Type: Review

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