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| antecedents of youth homeless |
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| History of state intervention, wardship, drug and alcohol abuse, and psychiatric illness |
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| consequences of youth homelessness |
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- Health challenges: alcohol abuse, suicide, mental health disorders, and unplanned pregnancies
- Youth lack a voice due to their limited funds, social skills, education and family support
- Survival: return home, permanent housing, independent living, resilience
- Non-survival: drug addiction, long-term homelessness, and death |
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| diversity of homeless people living in toroonto |
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- Faces of homeless people in Toronto are varied and diverse.
- These diverse experiences and identities include, but are not limited to, women, aboriginal peoples, trans people, young mothers, racialized people/people of colour, people who use substances, and people with physical and mental health issues and disabilities |
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| no housing, no ID; no GP or NP; language barriers; no money for transportation, medication, dental care, etc; stigma |
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| health issues homeless people face |
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| usually in extreme pain, more likely to contract hepatitis c, more likely to develop heart disease, more likely to be diagnosed with cancer, and more likely to develop diabetes. |
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| inclusion and accountability |
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| requires acknowledgment of the lived realities and challenges facing those experiencing homelessness. An inclusive approach means involving a diversity of homeless people in policy-making, program planning, and service delivery efforts, in order to represent the diverse identities and experiences of the homeless population. |
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| people become homeless and stay homeless because of poverty. Economic factors, including low incomes, unemployment and the high cost of rent as one of the reasons for being homeless. Lack of adequate income also affects health (more likely to die from certain disease such cancer, diabetes, respiratory disease, and cardiovascular disease) |
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| affordable and appropriate housing |
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| discrimination and negative stereotypes that affect homeless people from accessing houses. It must be increased as there are many people living on the street. |
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| health, social and community support |
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| barriers to accessing health and social services and community supports, including systemic discrimination, lack of physical and emotional safety and lack of flexibility to address people’s diverse needs and experiences. |
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| community based participatory research |
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| Research approach developed out of the recognition that traditional social research has failed to reflect or appreciate the needs and interest of communities and community members. Strives to recognize the strengths of the community as the course of any research endeavour and promotes the equitable involvement of all partners in the research process. |
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| Uses various arts forms to generate knowledge, whether by collecting data, analyzing data, or disseminating research results using arts. Helps to elaborate, contextualize and expand upon what has escaped broader social attention – the strengths of people who are homeless. |
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providing education on safe sex, safe injection techniques and safe inhalation as well as greater advocacy and education about people who live in poverty
o Distribution of condoms (including female condoms), smoking kits and injection kits |
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= Current Advocacy Committee Projects:
o Safe spaces for women and trans people
o Barriers to getting ODSP
o Affordable housing
o Adequate shelter beds
o TTC rates |
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o Social justice
o Diversity and Equity
o Teamwork and Collaboration
o Innovation and Collaboration
o Long-term Strategic Perspective |
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o Political advocacy to create healthy policy
o Public health education broader than individual health education
o Community empowerment advocate for needs, improve health |
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