Housed and still hungry: barriers to food security for single adults with mental illness and/or problematic substance use living in supported housing on Vancouver Isalnd
| dc.contributor.author | Walsh, Judith Ruth | |
| dc.contributor.supervisor | Pauly, Bernadette M. | |
| dc.contributor.supervisor | Ostry, Aleck S. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-05-09T14:31:47Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-05-09T14:31:47Z | |
| dc.date.copyright | 2016 | en_US |
| dc.date.issued | 2016-05-09 | |
| dc.degree.department | Program: Social Dimensions of Health | en_US |
| dc.degree.level | Doctor of Philosophy Ph.D. | en_US |
| dc.description.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. | en_US |
| dc.description.proquestemail | judy@nahs.ca | en_US |
| dc.description.scholarlevel | Graduate | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1828/7292 | |
| dc.language | English | eng |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.rights | Available to the World Wide Web | en_US |
| dc.subject | Food Security; supported Housing | en_US |
| dc.subject | Food Security; Supported Housing; single Adults; Mental Illness; Problematic Substance Use | en_US |
| dc.title | Housed and still hungry: barriers to food security for single adults with mental illness and/or problematic substance use living in supported housing on Vancouver Isalnd | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |