Hooliganism as a problem of public order in the Ukrainian SSR in the early 1950s by V. A. Grechenko

“…The incompletely formed character and marginality inherent in young people generally played a negative role in their development as positive individuals. Homelessness and neglect of children and adolescents played a detrimental role in the escalation of hooliganism in the 1950s. …”
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Genotyped cluster investigations versus standard contact tracing: comparative impact on latent tuberculosis infection cascade of care in a low-incidence region by Michael Asare-Baah, Marie Nancy Séraphin, LaTweika A.T. Salmon-Trejo, Lori Johnston, Lina Dominique, David Ashkin, Krishna Vaddiparti, Awewura Kwara, Anthony T. Maurelli, Michael Lauzardo

“…-born, Asians, residents of long-term care or correctional facilities, with past year histories of alcohol use, homelessness, and drug use. Conclusion Despite the demographic and epidemiological differences between cases and controls, cluster investigations identified more contacts, with no significant difference in contacts diagnosed with LTBI, but were less effective than standard contact investigations in evaluating contacts, initiating LTBI treatment, and ensuring completion.…”
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Factors affecting implementation of interventions for oral health, substance use, smoking and diet for people with severe and multiple disadvantage: a community-based qualitative s... by Sheena E Ramsay, Richard G Watt, Falko F Sniehotta, Eileen Kaner, Martha Paisi, Neha Jain, Martin Burrows, Emma A Adams, Gillian McLellan, Emma C Joyes, Laura J McGowan, David Landes, Lorenzo Iafrate

“…Background Populations facing severe and multiple disadvantage (SMD), co-occurring homelessness, substance use and repeat offending have high levels of physical and mental ill-health. …”
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Developing a comprehensive inventory to define harm reduction housing by Sofia Zaragoza, Joseph Silcox, Sabrina Rapisarda, Charlie Summers, Patricia Case, Clara To, Avik Chatterjee, Alexander Y. Walley, Miriam Komaromy, Traci C Green

“…Abstract Background The City of Boston has faced unprecedented challenges with substance use amidst changes to the illicit drug supply and increased visibility of homelessness. Among its responses, Boston developed six low threshold harm reduction housing (HRH) sites geared towards supporting the housing needs of people who use drugs (PWUD) and addressing health and safety concerns around geographically concentrated tent encampments. …”
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Stigma and fear during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study on the perceptions of healthcare workers in Canada and Singapore by Christine Fahim, Christine Fahim, Chou Chuen Yu, Jeanette Cooper, Suvabna Theivendrampillai, Taehoon (Tom) Lee, Michelle Wai-Ki Lau, Christine Marquez, Bernard Tang, Mathews Mathew, Malika Sharma, Malika Sharma, Eric Wong, Eric Wong, Tracey O'Sullivan, James Alvin Low, James Alvin Low, Sharon E. Straus, Sharon E. Straus

“…In Singapore, this included Chinese tourists and migrant workers and in Canada, this included people of Chinese ethnicity and people experiencing homelessness. This stigma was often attributed to pre-existing prejudices including perceptions that these populations were at increased risk of COVID-19 or not adhering to public health recommendations. …”
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Editorial by Lindsay B. Flynn

“…The approach considers the specific needs of young people shut out of housing markets, young people who may be experiencing severe housing insecurity or homelessness, and the spatial dimension of such challenges. …”
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IGJR 1/2020: Housing crisis: How can we improve the situation for young people? by IF and FRFG

“…• What is the potential of new forms of housing, such as shared housing, multi-generational housing, homeshare (housing for help)? • How does homelessness affect young people in particular and how can it be combated? …”
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IGJR 1/2020: Housing crisis: How can we improve the situation for young people? by IF and FRFG

“…What is the potential of new forms of housing, such as shared housing, multi-generational housing, homeshare (housing for help)? • How does homelessness affect young people in particular and how can it be combated? …”
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Notices bibliographiques

“…Pour les SDF (sans abri), l’interrogation a été faite sur les années 2000 à 2007 avec le descripteur « homeless ».…”
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La junte militaire birmane confrontée au Cyclone Nargis by Marion Sabrié

“…On the 2nd and the 3rd of May 2008, the Cyclonic Storm Nargis made landfall on the Ayeyarwady Division and on Rangoun Division causing 32 000 deaths, 41 000 missing people and 2 million of homeless people. The military junta inactivity and its refusal to accept humanitarian aid lead to a “new tragedy in the disaster”. …”
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L’instrumentalisation de l’espace by Gatien Elie, Elisabeth Foscolo

“…Encampement localization partly explains the media success of the homeless people movement Les Enfants de Don Quichotte during winter 2006-2007. …”
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Le séisme de Pisco du 15 août 2007 : entre urgence et reconstruction by Robert D'Ercole, Jérôme Chandes, Hugo Perfettini, Laurence Audin

“…The number of casualties is small in comparison with the damage recorded, but the number of homeless people is very high. While the event is almost forgotten at the international level, tens of thousands of people are still living in precarious conditions in the temporary shelters provided by the emergency, until begins the reconstruction process. …”
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Géographie et politiques de l’aide d’urgence au Bangladesh ; les désastres engendrés par le typhon Sidr, le 16 novembre 2007 by Marianne Viot, Mouhssine Ennaïmi

“…Sidr typhoon struck the Southern districts in Bangladesh on November 16, 2007 (4000 victims, 8 millions of displaced people / homeless). The discussed reputation of this country supports the attention of the international opinion to him. …”
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The Right Tone for the Hardest Moments: Louisa May Alcott’s New York Stories of Child Labor and Urban Benevolence in the Mid-1870s by Daniela Daniele

“…This article examines Louisa May Alcott’s tales based on her mid-1870s tour of philanthropic institutions for New York’s homeless boys. In an effort to make her lessons more palatable to her young readership and reflecting her own beliefs in the themes of self-improvement, Alcott often euphemizes the shelters’ evidently oppressive and exploitative dimensions. …”
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Torre David au Venezuela : récits sur fond de politiques publiques menées par le gouvernement d’un « État magique » by Yaneira Wilson

“…Within this framework, we are interested in exploring the production of the Great Housing Mission Venezuela (GMVV) and the case of the invasion of the squatted Torre David in 2004 by a first group of homeless people. The main questions: how can the “magic” state with its historical dependence on oil resources aim to solve the housing problems faced by society? …”
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No Easy Way In by Kalev Aasmäe

“…Through the story of a former homeless person named Keith, this paper explores how an individual squatter with limited experience tries to navigate the complex communal logics of squatter crews and identify larger networks in order not to lose the roof over his head. …”
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Mission as action in hope in the context of white poverty in Pretoria: a case for Betlehem Mission Centre by D. Mashau

“…White poverty left a number of whites in South Africa homeless. Consequently, they are forced to live in the streets, in shelters and informal settlements such as Bethlehem Mission Centre in Pretoria. …”
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Forme ale discriminării împotriva cerșetorilor și persoanelor fără adăpost by Adrian Toma, Geanina-Ștefana Moțățeanu

“…The underlying causes of this situation stem either from the socially conditioned deterioration of the individuals’ personal circumstances to a degree that prevents them from exercising their rights, or from the severe challenges posed by their environment – such as for beggars or homeless individuals – where the state’s institutions fail to ensure the minimum conditions required for survival. …”
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System pedagogiczny Makarenki w kontekście założeń współczesnej pedagogiki ulicy by Jolanta Sokołowska

“…Makarenko, like the street pedigreers of today, was focused on building contacts, appreciated the significance of the meeting, tried to answer real problems and needs of homeless youth. What distinguishes modern street pedagogy from the Makarenko pedagogical system is its critical character. …”
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L’identification des anonymes by Antoine Briand

“…What do the apparition of a corpse in the street, a hospital’s taking charge of a traumatised homeless man, and the disappearance of a person symbolise? …”
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