Titre : | Home and dry? Homelessness and substance use |
Titre traduit : | (A l'abri et sobre ? Sans-abris et consommation de substances psychoactives) |
Auteurs : | J. FOUNTAIN ; S. HOWES |
Type de document : | Rapport |
Editeur : | London : Crisis, 2002 |
ISBN/ISSN/EAN : | 978-1-899257-50-8 |
Format : | 31 p. / tabl. |
Langues: | Anglais |
Discipline : | EPI (Epidémiologie / Epidemiology) |
Mots-clés : |
Thésaurus mots-clés SANS ABRI ; ENQUETE ; CONSOMMATION ; EPIDEMIOLOGIE DESCRIPTIVEThésaurus géographique ROYAUME-UNI |
Résumé : | Homelessness and substance use represent two of today's most pressing social concerns. Both are strongly associated with social exclusion and often coalesce with a wide range of other social and individual problems into an impenetrable tangle. Periods of homelessness place a person in a vulnerable position for the development of patterns of problematic substance use. This may be related to the peer-mediated nature of drug and alcohol initiation, or because homelessness acts as a stressor to which substance use is seen as a palliative. Whatever the case, these factors are also likely to impact on a homeless drug user's ability to access and benefit from service provision: the revolving door which spins people from insecure housing to the street and back again, can turn that much quicker when drugs are involved. All this has, of course, been recognised and some notable practical work carried out - but there is still a serious gap in the knowledge base to guide the development of service delivery. Despite the enormity of the issues concerned - as a literature search of Britain's most comprehensive drugs library shows - only a handful of studies have been conducted in the UK looking at homelessness and drugs. If interventions and policy-making are not informed by a better understanding of the relationship between homelessness and substance use, they are likely to be at best ineffective - and at worst counter-productive. This research project was initiated to provide that evidence base. A key aspect of the study has been to ensure that an improved understanding of the relationship between homelessness and substance use will have practical relevance for improving and developing; service provision. The conclusions therefore focus on how services can be developed to better meet the needs of homeless people who are also drug or alcohol users. There were three parts to the study. Interviews with 389 homeless people were conducted in London - one of the largest surveys in Britain looking at homelessness and drugs. The only criterion for inclusion in the study was sleeping rough for at least six nights in the last six months. In-depth, themed interviews with service providers were also conducted. These interviews were designed to provide insight into what practitioners see as the key issues when providing services to homeless drug users. Some of these people therefore came from the drug sector and others from the homelessness field. Finally, in the autumn of 2001, we re-visited London-based service providers in a series of meetings to find out whether and how their experiences had changed in the intervening year. We used this information to shape the final direction of the report. (Extract of the publication) |
Domaine : | Plusieurs produits / Several products |
Refs biblio. : | 10 |
Affiliation : | National Addiction Centre, UK |
Numéro Toxibase : | 1300550 |
Centre Emetteur : | 13 OFDT |
Cote : | A01229 |
Lien : | http://www.drugsandhousing.co.uk/homeanddrycrisis.pdf |
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