European public perceptions of homelessness: A knowledge, attitudes and practices survey

PLoS ONE

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2019, Pages

  Petit, Junie ^a   Loubiere, Sandrine ^a,b   Tinland, Aurlie ^a,b   Vargas Moniz, Maria ^c   Spinnewijn, Freek ^d   Manning, Rachel ^e   Santinello, Massimo ^f   Wolf, Judith ^g   Bokszczanin, Anna ^h   Bernad, Roberto ⁱ   Kallmen, Hakan ^j   Ornelas, Jose ^c   Auquier, Pascal ^a,b  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE MARSEILLE   (France)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE PSICOLOGIA APLICADA   (Portugal)

^d European Federation of National Organisations Working with the Homeless   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^g RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^h UNIVERSITY OF OPOLE   (Poland)

ⁱ Rais Fundacion   (Spain)

^j KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; EMPOWERMENT; EUROPEAN; FEMALE; FRANCE; GOVERNMENT; HOMELESSNESS; HOUSING; HUMAN; IRELAND; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PERCEPTION; POLAND; PORTUGAL; PUBLIC OPINION; SPAIN; SWEDEN; TAX; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; URBAN AREA; ADOLESCENT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EUROPE; HOMELESS PERSON; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PUBLIC OPINION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85072641349     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0221896     Document Type: Article

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