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Social Science Poverty & Homelessness

Healing Home

Health and Homelessness in the Narratives of Young Women

by (author) Vanessa Oliver

Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Initial publish date
Feb 2013
Category
Poverty & Homelessness, Social Work, Women's Studies
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781442613447
    Publish Date
    Feb 2013
    List Price
    $43.95

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Description

Based on research that was awarded the Governor General’s Academic Gold Medal, Healing Home is an exploration of the lives and health of young women experiencing homelessness. Vanessa Oliver employs an innovative methodology that blends sociology and storytelling practices to investigate these women’s access to health services, their understandings of health and health care delivery, and their health-seeking behaviours. Through their life stories, Oliver demonstrates how personal and social experiences shape health outcomes.

In contrast to many previous studies that have focused on the deficits of these young people, Healing Home is both youth-centric and youth-positive in its approach: by foregrounding the narratives of the women themselves, Oliver empowers a sub-section of the population that traditionally has not had a voice in determining policies that shape their realities. Applying a strong, articulate, and systemic analysis to on-the-ground narratives, Oliver is able to offer fresh, incisive recommendations for health and social service providers with the potential to effect real-world change for this marginalized population.

About the author

Vanessa Oliver is an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology at Mount Allison University.

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