Utilization of community-based services among homeless persons: An application of a theoretical model

Mistrust of Outreach Workers and Lack of Confidence in Available Services Among Individuals who are Chronically Street Homeless

“…When defining the homeless population, some propose a distinction based on where people who are homeless sleep-street homeless are generally considered to be people who sleep in places not meant for human habitation, such as bus and subway stations, doorways, or the streets, whereas shelter homeless are typically defined as those who usually sleep at public and/or private shelters (Rossi 1989). It is likely that people who are street homeless are different from those who are shelter homeless in terms of a number of characteristics, though most samples in extant research studies are obtained through service agencies and therefore do not provide information on those who have been consistently street homeless, not using or avoiding shelters or drop-in centers (Gibeau 2001;Rosenheck et al 1998Rosenheck et al , 2003Segal 1991;Sowell et al 2004;Wojtusik and White 1998;Wong 1999). Studies that have sought to examine differences between street and sheltered homeless populations have found some significant differences; however, these studies did not sample from street homeless who have been on the streets for more than 1 year (Hannappel et al 1989;Larsen et al 2004).…”

What's Rapport Got To Do With It? The Practical Accomplishment of Fieldwork Relations Between Young Female Researchers and Socially Marginalised Older Men

“…Of course, the "positionality" (Jaffe & Miller, 1994) of the fieldworkers as young women did influence the research process. However, an important implication of our data is that "questions of difference" (Wong, 1999) did not present themselves in any unidimensional fashion, nor could their effects be generalized as either positive or negative. Naturally occurring social relationships between young women and older men may take a number of different cultural forms, and several of these were represented in our project.…”

Povertà e marginalità: quali strategie in tempi di crisi?

“…Meno si può e più si viene riconosciuti in termini di diritto all'assistenza. Ai diversi "scalini di provvidenza sociale" ai quali la persona accede progressivamente per veder soddisfatti i suoi diritti  StairWay Model (Wong, 1999)  metaforicamente corrisponde una riduzione di percezione di controllo e di potere sulla propria vita.…”