1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910969189103321

Titolo

Homeless children : problems and needs / / edited by Panos Vostanis and Stuart Cumella

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Philadelphia, : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 1999

ISBN

9781846422591

1846422590

9781417504602

1417504609

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

202 p. : ill

Altri autori (Persone)

VostanisPanos

CumellaStuart

Disciplina

362.7/08691/0941

Soggetti

Homeless children

Homeless children - Great Britain

Homeless children - Services for - Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-197) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Homeless Children: Problems and Needs -- Contents -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Homeless Families -- 3. Health Problems of Homeless Children -- 4. Child Mental Health Problems -- 5. Parenting Issues in Homeless Families -- 6. Homeless Children and Domestic Violence -- 7. Homeless Adolescents -- 8. Effects of Changes in Housing Legislation -- 9. The Impact of Health and Social Services -- 10. Homeless Children: Public Health Perspectives -- 11. Doubly Disadvantaged: Education and the Homeless Child -- 12. Access to Voluntary Sector Agencies -- 13. Family Homelessness in the USA -- 14. Responding to Family Homelessness -- List of Contributors -- References -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

An increasing number of families are becoming homeless, often as a result of domestic violence, which leaves women and their school age children without homes. This multidisciplinary volume is the first to look at the variety of problems encountered by this group and to propose strategies for managing those problems.