“Notice of major cleaning”: A qualitative study of the negative impact of encampment sweeps on the ontological security of unhoused people who use drugs

J.L. Goldshear, N. Kitonga, N. Angelo, A. Cowan, B.F. Henwood and R.N. Bluthenthal

Social Science & Medicine, 2023, vol. 339, issue C

Abstract: Unhoused people who use drugs in the United States are at risk for a variety of negative health outcomes. As the crisis of houselessness continues to impact major urban areas, a wave of punitive policies has been enacted to remove visible unhoused people from public spaces. There is reason to believe that harsh policies of encampment displacement will have negative immediate and downstream impacts on this community.

Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.116408

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