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Publikováno v:
Journal of General Internal Medicine. 24:841-847
Homeless persons depend disproportionately on the health-care safety net for medical services. National reports identify financial strains to this safety net. Whether this has affected homeless persons is unknown.We quantified changes in the proporti
Publikováno v:
Social Science & Medicine. 67:1935-1943
This paper explores the role of social capital in mediating the effects of stressors on depression among a disadvantaged population. Utilizing a survey of 155 homeless people in a mid-sized southern U.S. city, the authors address the relevance of soc
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OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying. 52:263-287
This article examines racial differences in attitudes toward euthanasia. Many researchers assert distrust of medicine as a substantive explanation for less favorable attitudes toward euthanasia among African Americans, although quantitative measureme
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OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying. 51:229-237
The topic of euthanasia has been a matter of public debate for several decades. Although empirical research should inform policy, scale measurement is lacking. After analyzing shortcomings of previous work, we offer a systematically designed scale to
Publikováno v:
Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved. 14:70-86
This exploratory study examined a set of sociodemographic, risk, and protective factors associated with health-compromising behavior among the homeless. One hundred and sixty-one homeless adults living in a midsize, southern metropolitan area were su
Publikováno v:
The Sociological Quarterly. 42:633-651
A Weberian lifestyles approach is employed to examine differences in quality of life among the homeless. Using a systematic random sample of 161 homeless people in a mid-sized, Southern metropolitan area, the study focuses on the impact of life chanc
Publikováno v:
Sociological Perspectives. 42:691-709
While migration status is frequently used to differentiate homeless subgroups, little empirical work has explored sociological distinctions between migrant and nonmigrant homeless. This article attempts to fill the gap in the literature by comprehens
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Sociological Focus. 30:209-225
We examine gender differences in patterns of social support among the homeless, testing genderspecific mediation models of the effects of social supports on psychological distress for a systematic sample of 150 homeless men and women in Birmingham, A
Autor:
Henry C. Simmons, Jane Dewey Heald, Ferris J. Ritchey, Elizabeth D. Hutchison, Isabel W. Rogers, David H. Graham, Donna B. Gilman, Nancy June Noah
Publikováno v:
Journal of Religious Gerontology. 9:69-89