Homeless people in Nicaragua: a point-in-time count in León

Autor: Suárez Rodríguez, Alexia Cristina, Berrios Ballesteros, Alberto, Bonilla Algovia, Enrique, Vázquez Cabrera, José Juan
Přispěvatelé: Universidad de Alcalá. Departamento de Ciencias de la Educación
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: e_Buah Biblioteca Digital Universidad de Alcalá
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DOI: 10.1002/jid.3303
Popis: This work analyses the difficulties encounter to determine who should be considered a homeless person in a developing country, and the result of a Point-In-Time (PIT) count of homeless people done in the city of Leon (185,000 inhabitants), Nicaragua. Throughout the PIT count 82 un-duplicated persons living homeless were tallied (76% male; 23% female), 11% were under age. Half of the homeless detected seemed to have problems related to mental health, alcohol and drugs, and/or wounds, dermatological or dental problems. 69% showed a bad physical appearance, 74% had poor personal hygiene, and 80% had the dirty or very dirty clothes
Universidad de Alcalá
This research was supported by University of Alcalá in through the “Convocatoria de ayudas de la Universidad de Alcalá para el fomento de acciones de cooperación universitaria al desarrollo”
Databáze: OpenAIRE