Vivian: Writ150 Blog

One of the sources found through research is a study on the effectiveness of the Housing First Program, an attempt to address chronicle homeless, by including data and quotes from various perspectives. I found this resource on Google Scholar by searching specifically about the opinions and evaluations of the program from the program's residents. The source is helpful by including feedback from both the housing staff and the homeless residents' perspectives and also by providing some background about the program. From the thematic descriptions of the experiences, the source also included some suggestions for program enhancement, which would be worth considering for my proposal to minimize the health disparities faced by the unsheltered homeless population and enhance health and quality of life. Since the study targets the alcoholic population of the unsheltered homeless, the evidence included may be limited to that specific group.

Figure 1 : Fuzzy cognitive map with calculated quantitative weights assigned to factors contributing to homelessless.         I am choosing the homeless as a topic. Some problems the homeless face in terms of health equity are poverty, lack of education, starvation, lack of childhood development, undetermined housing status, l ack of self-identification, and social discrimination and judging. It's a bit head to explain the parts individually as the causes are all to some degree interconnected. The financial inability, potentially caused by the type of job, the personal debts, or the lack of Medicaid coverage, disables them from receiving primary or follow-up health care. The lack of childhood development, such as personal trauma or either school or family education, would lead to the absence or refusal to notice their conditions. An undetermined housing status correlates to an undetermined knowledge or awareness of the healthcare opportunities provided in the area. This also connec