Medical care of homeless and rootless young people.

Medical comorbidity and receipt of medical care by older homeless people with schizophrenia or depression.

OBJECTIVE Few studies have examined medical comorbidity among middle-aged and older homeless people with schizophrenia. This study compared the number of physical health problems and receipt of physical health care services among older homeless people with schizophrenia and those with major depression. METHODS The study was conducted at St. Vincent de Paul Village, a homeless shelter in San D...

Stabilizing homeless young people with information and place

In this paper we examine how information—particularly, its organization and presentation—and “space” (i.e., a physical location) can be combined to create a particular “place” (i.e., a location adapted to a particular purpose) for engaging and stabilizing homeless young people, aged 13–25. Over 10 months, we used a participatorydesign research approach to investigate how an alliance of nine ser...

Making it matter: improving the health of young homeless people.

Screening for chlamydia trachomatis: barriers for homeless young people.

OBJECTIVE The study explored homeless young people's knowledge and attitudes of Chlamydia trachomatis (Chlamydia) and its screening. DESIGN Semi-structured interviews using focus groups. SETTING An inner city clinic for homeless young people. SUBJECTS Homeless young people aged 16 -26 years. OUTCOMES Perceptions of Chlamydia and its screening. RESULTS 19 males and 6 females aged 16-26...

Transitory spaces of care: serving homeless people on the street.

Within a rapidly expanding body of work exploring the role of hostels and day centres in the accommodation and care of homeless people, very little attention has been paid to the dynamics of the soup run. Soup runs have, however, recently become a focus of concern for the British Government who, echoing 19th century debates regarding the 'inappropriate' distribution of alms, argue that they are...