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12058520

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PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-6-12
pubmed:abstractText
Many factors contribute to homelessness, including extreme poverty, extended periods of unemployment, shortages of low-income housing, deinstitutionalization, and substance abuse. As a result, the needs of people who are homeless are broad and complex. This needs assessment used literature reviews, review of local documents and reports, participant observation, locus groups, and reflective journals to guide the development of an occupational performance skills program at one homeless shelter in south Florida. Through these methods, the role of occupational therapy was extended beyond direct service to include program and resource development, staff education, advocacy, and staff-resident mediation. The findings of the needs assessment and the actions taken as a result of this work point to the huge potential for occupational therapists and students to work together with staff and residents of homeless shelters.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0272-9490
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
56
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
313-21
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
The process and outcomes of a multimethod needs assessment at a homeless shelter.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Occupational Therapy, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1919 West Taylor Avenue (MC 811), Chicago, Illinois 60304, USA. marcia@uic.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't