alleys citywide to what homeless people can fit in a 60-gallon container‚ about the size of a city recycling or trash bin”. The idea of controlling what people can and cannot have is outrageous. The executive director of the National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty in Washington
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Nowadays‚ unemployment in the Philippines has worsened. Unemployment is the condition of a person who is able to work‚ is actively seeking work‚ but is unable to find any. Others lost hope and all they want to do is stay at home and do nothing. However giving up is not an option today‚ because nothing better will happen if we do so. Since graduation is fast approaching‚ we are about to free the challenge of finding a suitable course in college. Here are few points to remember before making a decision
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very crowded‚ and they had to watch everything they had with them. They were finally placed in a group home in queens. Bader shows that Aesha is not the only homeless person to still attend college. The National Student Campaign against Hunger and Homelessness often sees that most people do not try and go to college because they cannot afford it. According to a 2003 survey‚ the median wage to afford a two bedroom apartment cost $15.21‚ which is three times as much as the minimum. Colleges focus more
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Medication Adherence Among Homeless and Housed People Living With HIV/AIDS. American Journal of Public Health‚ 97(12)‚ 2238-45. Retrieved December 4‚ 2010‚ from ABI/INFORM Complete. (Document ID: 1392878511). Levinson‚ D. (2004). Encyclopedia of Homelessness. Thousand Oaks‚ CA: Sage Publications. 8
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developing health problems. Someone with poor physical‚ psychological‚ or social health. The homeless population is a social group that is vulnerable because the homeless are at increased risk for poor health outcomes. Understanding the nature of homelessness and the relationship between resource availability‚ relative risks‚ and health status is critical for nurses to diagnose and treat health-related problems in this vulnerable population (Strehlow & Amos-Jones‚ 1999). What Barriers may prevent
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shifts and even those shifts are inconsistent. The information provided by the National Homeless Coalition (2009) regarding “why are people homeless” confirmed my notion that the increasing struggles in our economy has resulted in an increase in homelessness. The surprising factor that I neglected to visualize was the impact it had on children and families. When people think about the homeless‚ they often envision older adults on the streets. It is too painful to imagine that children are on the streets
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population * Currently‚ more than 6‚000 people live on the streets in the entire state. * The number of homeless people increases by 61 percent since the year 2000 and about 11.5 percent are living in poverty * 3 major causes that lead to homelessness in Oahu: * Low paying jobs‚ Unemployment * High cost of living and housing (Lack of affordable housing) * Substance (drug and alcohol) abuse‚ Mental illness * Chronic health conditions Thesis statement- people
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“Homelessness is much more than the loss of a home‚ it disrupts every aspect of life” (Bassuk‚ 2010‚ pg. 3). Trauma can lead to ongoing negative consequences across a child’s lifespan and can negatively impact various domains. Related domains to childhood trauma include‚ physical‚ cognitive‚ psychological‚ developmental‚ and social domains (Bassuk‚ 2010). Cognitive/Developmental Domains Children who have exposure to homelessness and prolonged traumatic experiences have greater long-term effects
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Citations: 1. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. "Substance Abuse and Homelessness." National Coalition for the Homeless‚ National Homeless‚ July 2009. Web. 21 Nov. 2014. 2. Rosenberg‚ Jennifer. “Holocaust Facts”. About.com. History 1900s About‚ 20 May 2013. Web. 21 Nov. 2014. 3. Adams‚ Becket. “A Terrifying Look inside the Nightmarish
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Homelessness and HIV/AIDS NUR 408: Epidemiology: Global and Public Health University of Phoenix Epidemiology is the study of the distribution of diseases in populations and of factors that influence the occurrence of disease. Epidemiology examines epidemic and endemic diseases; it is based on the observation that most diseases do not occur randomly‚ but are related to environmental and personal characteristics that vary by place‚ time‚ and subgroup of the population. The epidemiologist attempts
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