ArticleBMC public health2022
Family matters in Canada: understanding and addressing family homelessness in Ontario.
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- Training Socially-Conscious Dentists: Development and Integration of Community Service-Learning in Dental Curricula in Ontario, Canada.International dental journal · 2025Article
- Women's experiences of homelessness and violence during the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada's largest city: an integrated qualitative analysis of clients of violence against women organizations and encampment residents.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Remote Parenting in Families Experiencing, or at Risk of, Homelessness: A Study Based on Grounded Theory.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- Exploring the inflammatory profile of homelessness population: a comprehensive analysis of individuals in two temporary shelters in Lisbon.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Homeowner perspectives on the implementation of the Community Homes for Opportunity (CHO) program: an ethnographic group homes study in Southwestern Ontario Canada.BMC public health · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundHomelessness is becoming an international public health issue in most developed countries, including Canada. Homelessness is regarded as both political and socioeconomic problems warranting broad and consistent result-oriented approaches.
methodsThis paper represents the qualitative findings of a project that explored risk factors associated with family homelessness and strategies that could mitigate and prevent homelessness among families using a focused ethnographic study guided by the principles of participatory action research (PAR). The sample includes 36 family members residing at a family shelter who participated in focus groups over two years (between April 2016 and December 2017). Most of the participants were single-parent women.
resultsThe analysis yielded five major themes including, life challenges, lack of understanding of the system, existing power differentials, escaping from hardship, and a theme of proposed solutions for reducing family homelessness in the community.
conclusionThe findings illustrated the complex nature of family homelessness in Ontario; that the interaction of multiple systems can put families at risk of homelessness. Findings from this study underscore the need for urgent housing protocols aimed at educating homeless families on how to navigate and understand the system, enhance their conflict resolution skills, and develop strategies beyond relocation to help them to cope with difficulties with housing.
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