Helping The Homeless Do you know how many people there are in the world with no home or money? There are millions and millions of homeless people in the world‚ and I want to help put a stop to it. I feel strongly about this because i grew up in Thailand when i was younger and seeing all these homeless people really impacted my life and how i thought about people. The three best ways that people can help the homeless are to help build shelters so that they are safe at night‚ to donate food so they
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The Homeless as a Vulnerable Population Sara Williams Nur/440 9-5-2011 University of Phoenix The Homeless as a vulnerable population This article discusses a framework for understanding the nature of the homeless population. It discusses four pathways‚ increased heat waves‚ and increased air pollution‚ increases severity of floods and storms‚ and it also talks about the distribution of the West Nile Virus. The article discusses why the homeless are amongst the most vulnerable groups to
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in cities with a large homeless teenage population. Teens often turn to drug trafficking‚ prostitution‚ and other forms of criminal activity in order to survive. In turn‚ this also causes a wide range of physical and mental health problems‚ including substance abuse. Although there are large numbers of homeless teens‚ they still remain lacking in many services. One of the most important services is education. This journal article focuses on the barriers to educating homeless teens and mechanisms that
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Being Homeless Kaplan University HN200 1. In your text on Pages 206-207‚ the author discusses his research on the homeless population. He refers to the many routes one can take to become homeless. Choose two populations from his list that you might work with in your career as human services professional. Describe two possible interventions or tasks that you might be involved with in working with each population what are some of the general skills a human services professional might need
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article‚ New York Times‚ Scott James writes on a topic about homeless people in the city of San Francisco and how their mayor proclaims to help the homeless relocate their position due to the destruction on the Transbay Terminal bus station. James speaks of how the city is going to pay for the relocation of the homeless. The citizens of San Francisco agree to their terms and offer to help relocate the homeless too‚ so that the homeless people will not die from pollution and smog in the air. The mayor
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10/18/2011 Homeless to Harvard. Homeless to Harvard is an inspiring story for all of us that tells about Liz Murray who dealt with the typical stresses childhood and then went from living on the streets to graduating from Harvard University. This incredible inspiring story is based on a young girl who becomes homeless at the age of 15 due to her parent’s addiction to drugs and the lack of parental involvement in her life. Although she lacked the stability of a family‚ the challenges she faced throughout
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year go without food and shelter. Thanks to homeless shelters we have found a way to help some of these people but unfortunately not all. Homelessness affects many people and hurts families and relationships all over the world. Homelessness is mainly derived from three major factors‚ poverty‚ unemployment‚ and lack of affordable housing. I believe that if we can recognize and act on these issues then we can help prevent many people from becoming homeless. Poverty results in having little money and
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The homeless population encounters a variety of public health problems that concerns not only the medical community but the general community as a whole . HIV/AIDS is one of the most prevalent communicable public health problems and it is still an increasing problem worldwide. According to the Center of Disease Control and Prevention [CDC] report of worldwide epidemiologic studies‚ the prevalence rate of HIV infection among the homeless population is from 6.3-35% (Badiaga et al.‚ 2008). In order
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Case management has served a purpose for helping the homeless. The people providers and researches have recommended case management services for homeless people. “ Case management has been defined as a collaborative process that assesses‚ plans‚ implements‚ coordinates‚ monitors‚ and evaluates‚ the options and services required to meet the client’s health and human service needs” ( Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re – housing‚ 2004). There are programs that have been developed to help case management
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Homelessness and extreme poverty are distant realities for many of us. However our brief encounters with the homeless reinforce biases and perceptions that influence our existence as everyday citizens‚ as we label them "dirty" inadequacies who have made a life for themselves that is less than acceptable. Homelessness is considered a socio-economic status that has typically been dominated by men‚ striking people living below the poverty threshold. Although over the years men have traditionally dominated
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