At a time when Americans are dealing with rising food and fuel prices, slowing jobs and soaring home foreclosures, is it really possible that homelessness is on the decline? Perhaps, but it depends on your meaning of the word homeless. (Thornburgh) Everyone has experience the homeless either if it was walking pass and seeing them laying on the ground or begging for money or maybe driving pass them and seeing them holding up signs or holding out cups asking for any spare change. Homelessness is not just strictly an absolute lack of shelter but rather an extreme form of poverty characterized by instability of housing and inadequacy of income. Some people may have limited sensitivity to, and understanding of the issues of homeless because “Getting
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Compared with housed populations, alcoholism, anemia, and growth problems are more common among homeless people, and pregnancy rates are higher . The risk among homeless vary for malnutrition, nutrition- related health problems, drugs and alcohol abuse, and mental illness. Fewer heads of families than single adults are substance abusers, and mental illness varies in prevalence among single men, single women, and parents in homeless families. (Jean L. Wiecha, Ms Johanna T. Dwyer, Dsc, RD Martha Dunn- Strohecker, PhD) Many if not most homeless individuals have had past involvement with the criminal justice system. Some researchers have reported that the criminal activities of homeless individuals are predominantly minor crimes that directly result from their efforts to survive on limited resources. For example, breaking into building or stealing.
Several studies have found substantial rates of criminal justice system involvement for major crimes among homeless population. (Greg A. Greenberg, Ph. D. Robert A. Rosenheck, M.D.) Instead of sleeping outside and struggling to find something to eat homeless people do reckless stuff to get put in jail just so they can have somewhere to lay their head and a meal to eat …show more content…
The homeless problem locally has historically been fought with a patchwork of programs and shelters. Many homeless people eat fewer meals per day, lack food more often, and are more likely to have inadequate diets and poorer nutritional status than house U.S. populations. Yet many homeless people eligible for food stamps do not receive them. Many homeless people lack the appropriate health care, and certain nutrition-related health problems are prevalent among them. Alcoholism, anemia, and growth problems are more common among homeless people compared with housed populations; pregnancy rates are also higher for homeless women. If the world took my advice and had better resources for the homeless the streets wouldn’t have as many hobo’s. You wouldn’t see anyone sleeping outside begging for food/money as much. There also would be less people going to jail just to have a place to sleep at night and to get free
Compared with housed populations, alcoholism, anemia, and growth problems are more common among homeless people, and pregnancy rates are higher . The risk among homeless vary for malnutrition, nutrition- related health problems, drugs and alcohol abuse, and mental illness. Fewer heads of families than single adults are substance abusers, and mental illness varies in prevalence among single men, single women, and parents in homeless families. (Jean L. Wiecha, Ms Johanna T. Dwyer, Dsc, RD Martha Dunn- Strohecker, PhD) Many if not most homeless individuals have had past involvement with the criminal justice system. Some researchers have reported that the criminal activities of homeless individuals are predominantly minor crimes that directly result from their efforts to survive on limited resources. For example, breaking into building or stealing.
Several studies have found substantial rates of criminal justice system involvement for major crimes among homeless population. (Greg A. Greenberg, Ph. D. Robert A. Rosenheck, M.D.) Instead of sleeping outside and struggling to find something to eat homeless people do reckless stuff to get put in jail just so they can have somewhere to lay their head and a meal to eat …show more content…
The homeless problem locally has historically been fought with a patchwork of programs and shelters. Many homeless people eat fewer meals per day, lack food more often, and are more likely to have inadequate diets and poorer nutritional status than house U.S. populations. Yet many homeless people eligible for food stamps do not receive them. Many homeless people lack the appropriate health care, and certain nutrition-related health problems are prevalent among them. Alcoholism, anemia, and growth problems are more common among homeless people compared with housed populations; pregnancy rates are also higher for homeless women. If the world took my advice and had better resources for the homeless the streets wouldn’t have as many hobo’s. You wouldn’t see anyone sleeping outside begging for food/money as much. There also would be less people going to jail just to have a place to sleep at night and to get free