Exploring the New Research Handbook on Homelessness

The “Research Handbook on Homelessness,” published by Edward Elgar Publishing, offers a comprehensive and insightful examination of one of the most pressing social issues of our time. This new volume brings together a range of expert perspectives on homelessness, offering valuable insights into its causes, consequences, and potential solutions.

One of the notable contributions to this handbook is Chapter 32, titled “Homelessness Prevention,” authored by Abe Oudshoorn and Amy Van Berkum. This chapter stands out for its practical and evidence-based approach to preventing homelessness, drawing on extensive research and real-world applications.

Abe Oudshoorn, a CRHESI affiliate and member, collaborated with Amy Van Berkum to address critical strategies and interventions aimed at preventing homelessness. Their chapter provides a valuable contribution to the field, focusing on innovative prevention strategies and examining the broader context of homelessness.

In London, Ontario, the city and various stakeholders are working together on the initiative “Health & Homelessness: A Whole of Community System Response,” which involves CRHESI’s support. CRHESI plays a key role by supporting the System Foundations Table (SFT), which identifies priority questions for research and evaluation teams and sets timelines for deliverables. This includes coordinating research/evaluation team meetings, developing project plans and resources, and providing regular progress reports. CRHESI is dedicated to fostering effective communication and ensuring transparency throughout the process. For more information on CRHESI’s involvement and progress, visit Health & Homelessness – CRHESI.

For additional details about the city’s efforts, visit the City of London’s Health & Homelessness Initiative.

This handbook is an essential resource for researchers, policymakers, and practitioners committed to understanding and addressing homelessness. By delving into effective prevention strategies and exploring the broader issues surrounding homelessness, the volume offers valuable insights and guidance.

For more details and to access the book, visit the Research Handbook on Homelessness.

CRHESI Student Collective on Mobilizing Knowledge for Health Equity

Welcome Aimable Nkurunziza, Berman Family Graduate Award recipient, Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing, Western University

I am a fourth-year PhD student at Western University. My doctoral work explores the experiences of adolescent mothers accessing perinatal services in Rwanda to inform the delivery of trauma- and violence-informed care using an interpretive description. Aimable is actively involved in research with 17 peer-reviewed publications and nine grants. While at Western University, Aimable has received competitive awards, including Ontario Graduate Scholarship, Berman Family Graduate Award, and Irene E. Nordwich Foundation.
Aimable’s research aims to improve health outcomes for women, their children, and their families, which are relevant to national and international populations. The primary focus areas of interest are:
• Adolescents’ sexual and reproductive health.
• Maternal and child health services access and utilization.
• Gender-based violence and equity-oriented care.

Welcome Danica Facca, Eugenia Canas Memorial Award 2022 recipient, Health Information Science, Western University

I am a full-time PhD student, part-time Graduate Fellow, and casual Research Coordinator at Western University and St. Joseph’s Health Care London. To date, my body of published scholarship traverses understandings of digital health literacy across the lifespan with particular attention given to the sociocultural effects and consequences of digital health technology use from a critical lens. In continuing my work within the critical digital health sphere, my doctoral research focuses on exploring how menstruating persons engage with menstrual-tracking apps; how their practices influence their relationship to their bodies and conceptions of selfhood; how menstrual-tracking apps further play a role in the development of norms and assumptions surrounding menstruation and menstruating persons; and lastly, the health information needs and healthcare needs of menstruating persons. I have been fortunate to study at Western for many years under the brilliant instruction of Humanities and Health Science scholars which has made me into the interdisciplinary digital health researcher I am today. I have published on topics related to: digital surveillance within the health research context; digital health literacy; women’s use of digital technologies to support their transition to parenting; children’s use of digital technologies and information sharing practices across social media; as well as theoretical approaches to qualitative inquiry including critical understandings of ‘voice’ in research with young people. My research areas of interest include, but are not limited to: digital health; child/youth health; digital health technologies (i.e., smartphones, apps, wearables); critical digital health literacy; health equity; surveillance (technologies) in the health context; critical theory; digital methodologies; and qualitative inquiry, among others.

Research Storyteller Summit

The Faculty of Health Science Knowledge Mobilization Unit at Western invites you to a FREE Research Storyteller Summit
Wednesday, November 30 from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM

In-person, remote, or asynchronous access!

This is for you if you are:

  • preparing a funding proposal
  • writing a journal article for publication
  • discussing your study with a journalist
  • presenting at a conference
  • briefing policymakers

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