CNUR 401: Module 4.2 Homelessness and Poverty
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Contributing factors to homelessness - ✔✔-lack of affordable housing
-low income or poverty
-mental health issues
-substance abuse or addictions
-unemployment or underemployment
-immigration
-violence
-ex-offenders
-family conflict
Absolute homelesness - ✔✔refers to those people who are perpetually homeless and
are sometimes referred to as the chrnoic homeless
-often seen sleeping on park benches, on sidewalks, and begging on streets
-experiencing persistent poverty
Persistent poverty - ✔✔poverty that is chronic
Sheltered homelessness - ✔✔refers to those persons who need to use emergency
shelters either occasionally or regularly for sleeping purposes
, Hidden homelessness - ✔✔refers to those persons who may be sleeping in their
vehicles and/or use the couch or other temporary sleepign cot at a friend's home
-crisis poverty
Crisis poverty - ✔✔temporary transient poverty
Homelessness and Health - ✔✔Increased risk for a range of health concerns:
-sunstance abuse
-mental illness
-HIV and AIDS
-TB
-STIs
-unplanned pregnancies
-seizures
-COPD
-MS disorders
-skin and foot probems
Access to health care services=huge issue for this population
Poverty causes obstacles to accessing what? - ✔✔health care
How much of Canada's population is homelesS? - ✔✔150 000- 300 000
difficult to determine accurate numbers d/t lack of addresses
Three major categories of homelessness - ✔✔1. Absolute
2. Sheltered
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Solutions-Newest 2025
Contributing factors to homelessness - ✔✔-lack of affordable housing
-low income or poverty
-mental health issues
-substance abuse or addictions
-unemployment or underemployment
-immigration
-violence
-ex-offenders
-family conflict
Absolute homelesness - ✔✔refers to those people who are perpetually homeless and
are sometimes referred to as the chrnoic homeless
-often seen sleeping on park benches, on sidewalks, and begging on streets
-experiencing persistent poverty
Persistent poverty - ✔✔poverty that is chronic
Sheltered homelessness - ✔✔refers to those persons who need to use emergency
shelters either occasionally or regularly for sleeping purposes
, Hidden homelessness - ✔✔refers to those persons who may be sleeping in their
vehicles and/or use the couch or other temporary sleepign cot at a friend's home
-crisis poverty
Crisis poverty - ✔✔temporary transient poverty
Homelessness and Health - ✔✔Increased risk for a range of health concerns:
-sunstance abuse
-mental illness
-HIV and AIDS
-TB
-STIs
-unplanned pregnancies
-seizures
-COPD
-MS disorders
-skin and foot probems
Access to health care services=huge issue for this population
Poverty causes obstacles to accessing what? - ✔✔health care
How much of Canada's population is homelesS? - ✔✔150 000- 300 000
difficult to determine accurate numbers d/t lack of addresses
Three major categories of homelessness - ✔✔1. Absolute
2. Sheltered
