Homelessness And Substance Abuse Essay
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Do drugs and alcohol contribute to people becoming homeless or are there uses, a result of becoming homeless?
Contents
1.0 HYPOTHESIS
2.0 Introduction
2.1 Legislation
3.0 Homelessness
3. 1 what is homelessness?
3.2 Legal definition of homelessness
3.3 The effects of homelessness
4.0 Substance abuse.
4.1 What is substance abuse?
4.2 The effects of drug abuse
4.3 possible prevention strategies/ example
5.0 key debates
5.2 Graph A
5.4 Graph B
6.0 Methodology
7.0 reflective accounts
8.0 Bibliography
Appendix includes:
1. Copy of Questionnaire
2. Research proposal
3. Literature review
1.0 HYPOTHESIS
The aim of this research is to define whether or not drug and or …show more content…
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6.4 The questionnaires created consisted of fourteen questions. The first question was to establish the age group the participant comes under. The next five questions are regarding homelessness and the details surrounding becoming homeless. There are two questions regarding the use/misuse of drugs and alcohol. The following four questions are in relation to services regarding drug/alcohol and homelessness. Finally the last three questions ask whether the participant thinks ‘Do the Government do enough to help prevent homelessness?’, ‘What changes would you like to see for the homeless?’ and ‘any other comments’?.
I chose not to administer my questionnaire directly as this would have a direct response on the answers the participant would give. I handed out the questionnaire and asked the participant to fill them in on their own thus ensuring that they could take their time and it would be more objective and the result more valid. However, because I was in the vicinity and had provided tea this may be considered as pressure and could have had an impact on the type of response they …show more content…
This pdf suggests that certain criteria for being homeless that is applied in one place that would determine an individual homeless, does not necessarily apply to everyone globally. The ETHOS definition of homeless tries to establish what constitutes homelessness. As it is there was a great amount of information in this particular pdf however it was not easy to follow and seemed to repeat itself. It was not clear or concise. Skimming this information seemed to be the best way to get to the point of the basis of the
Do drugs and alcohol contribute to people becoming homeless or are there uses, a result of becoming homeless?
Contents
1.0 HYPOTHESIS
2.0 Introduction
2.1 Legislation
3.0 Homelessness
3. 1 what is homelessness?
3.2 Legal definition of homelessness
3.3 The effects of homelessness
4.0 Substance abuse.
4.1 What is substance abuse?
4.2 The effects of drug abuse
4.3 possible prevention strategies/ example
5.0 key debates
5.2 Graph A
5.4 Graph B
6.0 Methodology
7.0 reflective accounts
8.0 Bibliography
Appendix includes:
1. Copy of Questionnaire
2. Research proposal
3. Literature review
1.0 HYPOTHESIS
The aim of this research is to define whether or not drug and or …show more content…
.
6.4 The questionnaires created consisted of fourteen questions. The first question was to establish the age group the participant comes under. The next five questions are regarding homelessness and the details surrounding becoming homeless. There are two questions regarding the use/misuse of drugs and alcohol. The following four questions are in relation to services regarding drug/alcohol and homelessness. Finally the last three questions ask whether the participant thinks ‘Do the Government do enough to help prevent homelessness?’, ‘What changes would you like to see for the homeless?’ and ‘any other comments’?.
I chose not to administer my questionnaire directly as this would have a direct response on the answers the participant would give. I handed out the questionnaire and asked the participant to fill them in on their own thus ensuring that they could take their time and it would be more objective and the result more valid. However, because I was in the vicinity and had provided tea this may be considered as pressure and could have had an impact on the type of response they …show more content…
This pdf suggests that certain criteria for being homeless that is applied in one place that would determine an individual homeless, does not necessarily apply to everyone globally. The ETHOS definition of homeless tries to establish what constitutes homelessness. As it is there was a great amount of information in this particular pdf however it was not easy to follow and seemed to repeat itself. It was not clear or concise. Skimming this information seemed to be the best way to get to the point of the basis of the