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Books on: homeless women social work

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Homeless Mothers: Face to Face with Women and Poverty

Book by Deborah R. Connolly; University of Minnesota Press, 2000

Subjects:

Homeless Families--Oregon--Case Studies, Homeless Women--Oregon--Case Studies, Social Service--Oregon--Case Studies

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...and binds for homeless mothers living...impacts women in all social strata for example, women who work and leave their...of others; or women who cannot afford...children; or women whose lives are...year-old white woman and client at...
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Nobody Wants to Hear Our Truth: Homeless Women and Theories of the Welfare State

Book by Meredith L. Ralston; Greenwood Press, 1996

Subjects:

Addicts--Interviews, Conservatism, Feminist Theory, Homeless Women--Interviews, Liberalism, Welfare State

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...Britain, men and single women can receive compensation...women for reproductive work. Thus women continue to care for the...jobs, such as nursing, social work, and teaching...in the public sector. Social policys tendency to promote...
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Women of the Commonwealth: Work, Family, and Social Change in Nineteenth-Century Massachusetts

Book by Susan L. Porter; University of Massachusetts Press, 1996

Subjects:

Massachusetts--Social Conditions--Congresses, Women--Employment--Massachusetts--History--19th Century--Congresses, Women--Massachusetts--History--19th Century--Congresses

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Trade Unions for Women," "Evening Schools...and "Conditions of Work of Waitresses in...train students in social investigation. The...the collection of social data. The department...investigated a wide range of social issues, including infant mortality, homeless men, alcohol prohibition...
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Boston's Wayward Children: Social Services for Homeless Children, 1830-1930

Book by Peter C. Holloran; Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1989

Subjects:

Abandoned Children--Services For--Massachusetts--Boston--History, Child Welfare--Massachusetts--Boston--History, Children--Institutional Care--Massachusetts--Boston--History, Social Work With Children--Massachusetts--Boston--History

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...pessimistic view of their work with homeless girls and women...Even sympathetic women engaged in child...the reformation of homeless girls who had known...slum life: The homeless boy is a sufficiently...less susceptible to social and moral reform...a devil, and a woman abandoned to treachery...
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Not Mad, Bad or Young Enough: Helping Young Homeless People with Mental Health Problems

Book by Lynn Watson; Policy Press, 1999

Subjects:

Homeless Youth--Mental Health Services--England--Case Studies, Homeless Youth--Mental Health Services--Great Britain, Homeless Youth--Mental Health--England--Case Studies, Homeless Youth--Mental Health--Great Britain, Mentally Ill--Housing--England--Case Studies, Mentally Ill--Housing--Great Britain, Social Work With The Homeless--England--Case Studies, Social Work With The Homeless--Great Britain

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...detailed data on the social characteristics of...survey as immediately homeless, while a lower proportion of young women were in this category...among the single homeless group. In 1996...rough sleeping (Homeless Persons Focus Group...

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Journal Articles on: homeless women social work

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Project Assist: A Modified Therapeutic Community for Homeless Women Living with HIV/AIDS and Chemical Dependency

Journal article by Brian E. Bride, Endsley Real; Health and Social Work, Vol. 28, 2003

Subjects:

Drug addicts--Care and treatment, HIV patients--Economic aspects, HIV patients--Health aspects, HIV patients--Statistics, Homeless women--Health aspects, Homeless women--Statistics, Social case work--Statistics, Social case work--Technique, Substance abuse--Demographic aspects, Substance abuse--Health aspects

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...issues of women who are homeless, chemically...completion. Social Work Research...community to a women and childrens...barriers for homeless persons with...for social work intervention...abusing women. Social...treatment for homeless women of...College of Social Work, University...
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A Strengths Perspective: An Ethnographic Study of Homeless Women with Children

Journal article by Shirley P. Thrasher, Carol T. Mowbray; Health and Social Work, Vol. 20, 1995

Subjects:

Homeless women--Demographic aspects, Homelessness--Research, Social work with the homeless--Research

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...and homelessness. Social Work, 32, 312-316. Holloway, S. (1991). Homeless people. In A. Gitterman...Handbook of social work practice with...Ethnographic perspectives on homeless and homeless mentally ill women. Rockville, MD...
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Health Problems of Sheltered Homeless Women and Their Dependent Children

Journal article by Mary Ann Burg; Health and Social Work, Vol. 19, 1994

Subjects:

Homeless women--Health aspects, Homelessness--Social aspects, Single mothers--Social aspects

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...sheltered homeless women and their...numbers of homeless female...shelters. Social workers who work with sheltered...Homeless women with minor...Social Work, 34, 485...Needs of homeless people coping...Health Social Work, 16...
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Patterns, Predictors, and Situational Contexts of HIV Risk Behaviors among Homeless Men and Women

Journal article by Anton M. Somlai, Jeffrey A. Kelly, David A. Wagstaff, Donna P. Whitson; Social Work, Vol. 43, 1998

Subjects:

HIV infection--Risk factors, Homeless persons--Health aspects, Risk factors (Health)--Research

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...among homeless women at high risk...Implications for Social Work Practice The...carry a number of social services practice...seroprevalence among homeless people (CDC...activities in social services programs for homeless men and women. The fact that...
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Social Work Outreach to Homeless People and the Need to Address Issues of Self-Esteem

Journal article by Frederick A. Diblasio, John R. Belcher; Health and Social Work, Vol. 18, 1993

Subjects:

Homeless persons--Psychology and mental health, Self-esteem--Research, Social work with the homeless--Research

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

Social work outreach to homeless people and...Increasing social works knowledge...depression, and social isolation...study of homeless people in...51 percent women. The ethnic...1989). Social work practice with homeless mentally...

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Magazine Articles on: homeless women social work

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Services to Homeless Students and Families: the Mckinney-vento Act and Its Implications for School Social Work Practice

Magazine article by Debra M. Hernandez Jozefowicz-Simbeni, Nathaniel Israel; Children & Schools, Vol. 28, January 2006

Subjects:

Affordable housing, African Americans, Behavior, Blacks, Child development, Children & youth, Educational evaluation, Families & family life, Federal legislation, Homeless people, Poverty, Psychology, Risk factors, Social work, Students, Urban areas

Collections: Education, Psychology, Entire Library

...School Social Work Practice by Debra...barriers that homeless children and adolescents...Academically, homeless and runaway students...involvement of school social workers in the...concern of the social work profession...majority of the homeless population, growing...homelessness among urban women of childbearing...
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Economic and Social Council Considers Issues Relating to Human Rights, Women, Drugs, Homeless, Southern Africa

Magazine article; UN Chronicle, Vol. 23, August 1986

Subjects:

Civil rights--International aspects, Drug abuse--Prevention, Homelessness--Prevention, International organization--Social policy, Southern Africa--Social aspects, United Nations. Economic and Social Council--Social policy, Women--Social aspects

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Economic and Social Council Considers...to Human Rights, Women, Drugs, Homeless, Southern Africa...member Economic and Social Council at its first...drug traffic, the homeless, the status of...relating to the Panels work were retained after...
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Where Do All the Women Go? Look around the Streets and You Will See That the Homeless Are Almost Exclusively Male

Magazine article by Anthony Browne; New Statesman, Vol. 127, December 18, 1998

Subjects:

Homeless persons--Social aspects, Homeless women--Social aspects, Homelessness--Demographic aspects

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...says: "Homeless women are far more likely...homeless men and women; what does emerge...for the Study of Social Exclusion at the...been interviewing homeless people about their...better, stronger social support networks...to be based around work, so that once theyve...
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Human Rights and Measures to Help the Homeless among Main Concerns of Economic and Social Council; Issues Relating to Drugs, Women Also on Agenda

Magazine article; UN Chronicle, Vol. 24, August 1987

Subjects:

Housing policy--International aspects, Human rights--International aspects, United Nations. Economic and Social Council--Management

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...relating to drugs, women also on agenda...the Economic and Social Council (4-29...status of women, social development, crime...of Shelter for the Homeless, being observed...attention to the social and human aspects...life, education and work, the Council called...
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Commission for Social Development Adopts 16 Texts; Homeless, Family, Youth among Its Concerns

Magazine article; UN Chronicle, Vol. 24, May 1987

Subjects:

International Year of Shelter for the Homeless--International aspects, United Nations. Commission for Social Development--Conferences, meetings, seminars, etc.

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...Commission for Social Development adopts 16 texts; homeless, family...text on the Homeless Year,the Economic and Social Council would...including women, yourth...education and to work, in conditions...Centre for Social Development...

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Newspaper Articles on: homeless women social work

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Twitter Use Turns Homeless Woman into a Social Media Celebrity, Lands Her a Place to Live

Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), December 30, 2011

Subjects:

Social networks, Twitter (Online service)

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Turns Homeless Woman into a Social...the world of social media for its...tries to help homeless people who...for homeless women with disabilities...if she found work again a rheumatoid...thinks like a homeless person...I would be homeless," she said...including a woman she knew in...homeless people to social media, with...
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?1.5M HOUSES FOR HOMELESS; Smart Address: The Kensington Mews Property Being Used to House a Woman and Her Children. Right, Toorpakai Saindi Was Housed in a Seven- Bed Home, Top Right, by Ealing Council

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), October 24, 2008

Subjects:

Dwellings, Homeless persons, Housing

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Being Used to House a Woman and Her Children...being spent housing homeless people in some of...taxpayer to allow the homeless to live at Londons...The Department of Work and Pensions has...landlords to take in the homeless since introducing...not having enough social housing to go around...
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?1.5M Houses for Homeless; Smart Address: The Kensington Mews Property Being Used to House a Woman and Her Children. Right, Toorpakai Saindi Was Housed in a Seven-Bed Home, Top Right, by Ealing Council

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), October 24, 2008

Subjects:

Dwellings, Homeless persons, Housing

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Being Used to House a Woman and Her Children...being spent housing homeless people in some of...taxpayer to allow the homeless to live at Londons...The Department of Work and Pensions has...landlords to take in the homeless since introducing...huge pressure on social housing especially...
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'It's So Important to Talk about the Person Who Died'; Anne Davies, Social Worker and Chief Executive of Jigsaw4u - a Charity That Helps Children through Grief - Has a New Title: She Is 2010's YOU/Clarins Most Dynamisante Woman of the Year. Jo Fairley Meets This Year's Inspirational Winner

Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), June 20, 2010

Subjects:

Charities, Social workers--Achievements and awards, Toiletries industry--Achievements and awards, Working women--Achievements and awards

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Died; Anne Davies, Social Worker and Chief...Most Dynamisante Woman of the Year. Jo...fortunate, because her work as a social worker, and as chief...which left the family homeless for a time (Anne...wonder I became a social worker, she says...
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How This Woman Was Saved from a Life of Sleeping Rough with Heathrow's Homeless; THE DISPOSSESSED FUND; Joy Marlow's Story Reveals That No One Is Safe from the Spectre of Losing a Job, a Home -- and a Feeling of Self-Worth. but It Also Shows How Charities and Good People Can Help

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), August 9, 2010

Subjects:

Airports, Charities

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Lynda Bennett, a social worker and cofounder...women, especially homeless or domestic violence...1986. They include women like Jodielea Barron...get out of being homeless requires every inch...collegeeducated woman, get into such...failing to find work -- and finding...wasnt eligible for social housing -- the...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: homeless women social work

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Drug Addiction and Drug Abuse

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...abuse in certain social contexts. In India...corrosive to the social fabric. The United...problems and poor work performance or dismissal...pregnancy. Pregnant women who acquire the AIDS...great majority of homeless people have either...complicated by personal, social, and health factors...
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Pakistan

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...60 seats reserved for women and 10 for non-Muslims...six seats reserved for women, who had previously...including in Kashmir, and to work to improve trade between...an estimated 3 million homeless. Many victims in remote...years) to help finance social programs. As government...

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