De hoofdstukken zijn opgebouwd aan de hand van de stappen in het onderzoeksproces. Hoofdstuk 1 schetst wat het participatieve gedeelte van Combating Youth Homelessness inhield en wat het moet opleveren voor het onderzoek en de medeonderzoekers zelf. In hoofdstuk 2 wordt de voorbereiding, werving en selectie van de medeonderzoekers beschreven. De medeonderzoekers kregen een vierdaagse training, deze wordt in hoofdstuk 3 behandeld. Hoofdstuk 4 beschrijft de ervaringen tijdens de interviewperiode. In hoofdstuk 5 komt de evaluatie en afronding aan bod. Tenslotte worden in hoofdstuk 6 conclusies en aanbevelingen gepresenteerd. Bij elke fase van het onderzoeksproces staan tips om de participatie van medeonderzoekers te organiseren. Elk hoofdstuk sluit af met een overzicht van de materialen per onderzoeksfase. Deze materialen voor het trainen, begeleiden en evalueren van de training en veldwerkperiode zijn beschikbaar op de website www.movisie.nl/maatschappelijkeopvang
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In het winternummer van 2005, met het thema: Social Emergency and Crisis Intervention in Large European Cities, beschrijft Lia van Doorn de onderzoeksresultaten van een follow-up studie onder (voormalige) daklozen in Utrecht. Het betreft een kwalitatief onderzoek. In dit artikel worden drie fasen in het ontwikkelingsproces van de daklozen beschreven: Recente, langdurige en voormalige dakloosheid. De omstandigheden in deze fasen verschillen en daardoor ook de zorgbehoefte.
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Although evictions are a significant cause of homelessness they have received relatively little interest from social scientists. International data are scarce and there are few descriptions of the processes leading to evictions. This paper attempts to shed some light on this under-researched issue. First, an attempt is made to develop a theoretical framework placing evictions in the intersection between civil and social citizenship, and the importance of distinguishing between the macro- and micro- levels in the analysis of evictions is underlined. Secondly, three specific countries are studied: Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden. The legal basis for evictions, eviction procedures, and the possibilities for avoiding homelessness arising from rent arrears are presented and compared.
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The demographics of the homeless population in many countries are currently shifting, and this cannot be explained by the different welfare systems to be found in these countries. Nevertheless, there is some evidence that the homelessness policies of some countries are converging, and we observe a combination of decentralisation, housing first, and a taylor-made, individualised approach. However, what is interesting is the question as to what extent these policies are based on a punitive dimension or on a justice dimension.
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BACKGROUND: People experiencing homelessness often encounter progressive incurable somatic diseases in combination with psychiatric and psychosocial problems, and many need palliative care at the end of their lives. Little is known about how palliative care for this group can be started in good time and provided optimally. The objective of this paper is to give insight into the extent people experiencing homelessness have access to good palliative care.
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Although homelessness is inherently associated with social exclusion, homeless individuals are rarely included in conventional studies on social exclusion. Use of longitudinal survey data from a cohort study on homeless people in four major Dutch cities (n = 378) allowed to examine: changes in indicators of social exclusion among homeless people over a 2.5-year period after reporting to the social relief system, and associations between changes in indicators of social exclusion and changes in psychological distress. Multinomial logistic regression analysis was applied to investigate the associations between changes in indicators of social exclusion and changes in psychological distress. Improvements were found in various indicators of social exclusion, whereas financial debts showed no significant improvement. Changes in unmet care needs, health insurance, social support from family and relatedness to others were related to changes in psychological distress. This study demonstrated improvements in various indicators of social exclusion among homeless people over a period of 2.5 years, and sheds light on the concept of social exclusion in relation to homelessness.
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BackgroundTo reduce homelessness, it is important to gain a better understanding of the differences between homeless people who remain in institutions and those who gain and can sustain independent housing. This longitudinal study explores differences in housing transitions and differences in changes in health and self-determination between formerly homeless people still living in institutions 2.5 years later and those now living in independent housing in the Netherlands.MethodsThis study mapped the housing transitions of 263 participants from when they entered the social relief system (SRS) to 2.5 years later when they were in independent housing or institutions. These individuals were compared at the 2.5-year mark in terms of gender, age and retrospectively in terms of duration of homelessness. They were also compared with regard to changes in psychological distress, perceived health, substance use and self-determination.ResultsTwo and a half years after entering the SRS, 81% of participants were independently housed and 19% still lived in institutions. People in institutions had a longer lifetime duration of homelessness, were more often men, and their number of days of alcohol use had decreased significantly more, whereas independently housed people had shown a significant increase in their sense of autonomy and relatedness.ConclusionFormerly homeless people living in independent housing and in institutions show few health-related differences 2.5 years after entering the SRS, but changes in autonomy and relatedness are distinctly more prevalent, after the same period of time, in those who are independently housed.
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This is the report on the situation in the Netherlands in the field of youth, young homeless people and unaccompanied minor aliens. The report describes risk factors for children and young people in relation to social exclusion and homelessness. This report forms the first part of the international comparative study ‘CSEYHP’. MOVISIE carries out this three-year study by order of the European Union. The cooperative partners are three universities in: England, the Czech Republic and Portugal. The objectives of ‘Combating Youth Homelessness’ are as follows: 1. to understand the life trajectories of different homeless youth populations in different national contexts; 2. to develop the concepts of risk and social exclusion in relation to the experience of young homeless people and to the reinsertion process; 3. to test how different methods of working contribute to the reinsertion process for young people; 4. to investigate the roles of and relationships between the young person, trusted adults, lead professionals, peer mentors and family members in the delivery of these programmes across all four countries. When preparing the national reports, the three partner countries the Czech Republic, England and Portugal use the same format as used in the Dutch report. Based on the four national reports, England will prepare a comparative report, in which the four national situations will be compared.
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Voor u ligt het rapport over de situatie in Nederland op het gebied van jeugd, zwerfjongeren en alleenstaande minderjarige vreemdelingen. Het rapport beschrijft risicofactoren voor kinderen en jongeren in relatie tot sociale uitsluiting en dak- en thuisloosheid. Dit rapport is het eerste onderdeel van het internationaal vergelijkend onderzoek ‘Combating Youth Homelessness’. MOVISIE voert dit driejarig onderzoek uit in opdracht van de Europese Unie. De samenwerkingspartners zijn drie universiteiten in: Engeland, Tsjechië en Portugal. De doelstellingen van ‘Combating Youth Homelessness’ luiden als volgt: 1. Het verkrijgen van inzicht in de levensloop van verschillende subgroepen zwerfjongeren in verschillende nationale contexten; 2. Het ontwikkelen van concepten op het gebied van risicofactoren en sociale uitsluiting in relatie tot de ervaring van zwerfjongeren zelf en de mogelijkheden voor re-integratie; 3. Het testen hoe verschillende methodieken bijdragen aan het re-integratieproces van jongeren in de samenleving; 4. Het onderzoeken van de relatie tussen jongeren, betrokken volwassenen, casemanagers, jongerenmentoren en familieleden ten opzichte van de opbrengst van de hulpverlening in de vier landen.
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On the eve of the twenty-first century, it is a scandal that there are still people sleeping rough on our streets. This is not a situation we can continue to tolerate in a modern and civil society. These were the words of Tony Blair in his foreword to the policy document Rough Sleeping, The Government’s Strategy. In this the Government set out the ‘tough but achievable target of reducing rough sleeping in England by at least two thirds by 2002’. To achieve this target, the Rough Sleepers Unit (RSU) was established and a strategy was set out. In 1999, inspired by this energetic approach, the councilwoman for homelessness in Amsterdam, Guusje ter Horst, stated that from 2000 no-one in Amsterdam would ever again have to sleep rough against their will. In this article we discuss some of the implications of the 2000 target in Central London, focusing on the balance in the British government’s approach between options and sanctions. We argue that this balance could be improved if more attention was paid to the views of rough sleepers themselves. On this point, Britain could learn something from the Netherlands. But the learning process is two-way: the RSU has something to offer to the Netherlands, in terms of the cohesive approach for which both countries are aiming, but which is better developed in Britain.
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