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Human Trafficking Prevalence and Child Welfare Risk Factors Among Homeless Youth
Debra Schilling Wolfe
Johanna K.P. Greeson
Sarah Wasch
Daniel Treglia
The Field Center completed a three-city study as part of a larger initiative by Covenant House International to research human trafficking among homeless youth encompassing nearly 1,000 young people across 13 cities. Of those interviewed,...
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North America
What Works in Inclusion Health: Overview of Effective Interventions for Marginalised and Excluded Populations
Serena Luchenski
Nick Maguire
Robert W Aldridge
Andrew Hayward
Alistair Story
Patrick Perri
James Withers
Sharon Clint
Suzanne Fitzpatrick
Nigel Hewett
Inclusion health is an emergent approach that aims to address extreme health and social inequities. Target populations have common adverse life experiences and risk factors such as poverty and childhood trauma that lead to social exclusion...
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Europe
Morbidity and Mortality in Homeless Individuals, Prisoners, Sex Workers, and Individuals with Substance Use Disorders in High-Income Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Robert W Aldridge
Alistair Story
Stephen W Hwang
Merete Nordentoft
Serena A Luchenski
Greg Hartwell
Inclusion health focuses on people in extremely poor health due to poverty, marginalisation, and multimorbidity. The study aimed to review morbidity and mortality data on four overlapping populations who experience considerable social...
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North America
Sex Trade Behavior Among Heterosexually Active Homeless Men
Joan S. Tucker; Suzanne L. Wenzel; David P. Kennedy; Daniela Golinelli; Brett Ewing
Sex trade behavior is fairly common among homeless adults and may contribute to higher rates of HIV/AIDS in this population. This study provides a detailed examination of the sex trade-related attitudes and behaviors of homeless men by: (1...
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Staff Training
Train for Trades staff complete several training courses that are required for their COR™ certification. These include Standard First Aid, Fall Protection, WHMIS (Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System), Power-line Hazard, Ramset...
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Prevalence and structural correlates of gender based violence among a prospective cohort of female sex workers
K. Shannon
T. Kerr
S. A. Strathdee
J. Shoveller
J. S. Montaner
M. W. Tyndall
Rights violations and abuses experienced by female sex workers are seldom considered in discussions of violence against women, as shown by a review of the global scope and magnitude of gender based violence. The United Nations Convention...
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North America
Childhood Abuse, Criminal Victimisation, Sex Work, and Substance Use Among Homeless Street Youth: An Application of General Strain Theory
Nicolas A. Swagar
Robert Agnew’s general strain theory proposes that strain leads to crime and deviance. Substance use is a specific type of criminal behavior that the theory attempts to explain. This thesis uses general strain theory to examine how a...
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North America
Homelessness Among A Cohort of Women in Street-Based Sex Work: The Need for Safer Environment Interventions
Putu Duff
Kathleen Deering
Kate Gibson
Mark Tyndall
Kate Shannon
Drawing on data from a community-based prospective cohort study in Vancouver, Canada, we examined the prevalence and individual, interpersonal and work environment correlates of homelessness among 252 women in street-based sex work....
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