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OCLC number
951012895
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Author
Walsh, Judith Ruth,
Title
Housed and still hungry : barriers to food security for single adults with mental illness andor problematic substance use living in supported housing on Vancouver Isalnd
Degree
Ph. D. -- University of Victoria, 2016
Publisher
[Victoria, British Columbia] : [University of Victoria], [2016]
©2016
Description
1 online resource
Notes
Supervisor: Pauly, Bernadette M.
Supervisor: Ostry, Aleck S.
In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Program: Social Dimensions of Health.
Available to the World Wide Web.
Includes bibliographical references.
Abstract
The purpose of this research is to examine the barriers to food security for single adults with mental illness and/or problematic substance use living in supported housing on Vancouver Island. The objectives are: (a) to examine the difference in the level of food security for tenants of supported housing neighbourhoods located in urban versus a rural community; (b) to examine the barriers to food access experienced by the tenants; and (c) to examine which barriers have the greatest effect on the tenants. Using an explanatory case study design, I employ a community-based research method with a social justice perspective as the framework. I have used an explanatory matrix to illustrate the tenant identified barriers to food security and the social structures that affect these barriers. As well, I have made recommendations for integrating food security services and programs into supported housing projects. I have argued that food security is a matter of public health and an integrative approach is needed. I am suggesting a shift on a larger policy scale, to promote the health and well-being of tenants in supported housing. An adequate holistic perspective with an integrated, long-term strategy linking all the determinants of health would result in health-in-all policies. This strategy could reduce the existing health inequities that the tenants in supported housing experience.
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Subject
Food Security; supported Housing Food Security; Supported Housing; single Adults; Mental Illness; Problematic Substance Use