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Interagency Working to Support the Health of People Who Are Homeless

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 August 2011

Louise Joly ,
Claire Goodman ,
Katherine Froggatt  and
Vari Drennan
Louise Joly
Affiliation:
Social Care Workforce Research Unit, King's College London E-mail: louise.joly@pobox.com
Claire Goodman
Affiliation:
Centre for Research in Primary and Community Care, University of Hertfordshire E-mail: c.goodman@herts.ac.uk
Katherine Froggatt
Affiliation:
School of Health and Medicine, University of Lancaster E-mail: k.froggatt@lancaster.ac.uk
Vari Drennan
Affiliation:
Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, St. George's, University of London & Kingston University E-mail: v.drennan@sgul.kingston.ac.uk
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Abstract

Interagency working is a recurrent theme in homelessness policy literature, but is ill defined and rarely addressed in UK homelessness research. This article draws on findings from a study that explored how interagency working is achieved between statutory and voluntary sector services concerned with improving the health of people experiencing homelessness. We argue that a focus on the health needs and behaviours perceived as being a risk to the general population directly influences interagency working and how professional networks organise themselves. The findings are discussed with reference to the impact of social policy on the health of people who are homeless.

Type
Themed Section on Exploring Multiple Exclusion Homelessness
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Social Policy and Society , Volume 10 , Issue 4 , October 2011 , pp. 523 - 536
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2011

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