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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Vostanis, Panos.

Cumella, Stuart.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Homeless children.

Homeless children--Great Britain.

Homeless children--Services for--Great Britain.

Physical Description:

202 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

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

ISBN:

9781846422591

1846422590

9781417504602

1417504609

OCLC:

923646545