Hidden to Whom? Aspects of Visibility among People Who Died While Affected by Homelessness and Implications for Outreach

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2363789
AutoresR Neil Greene (0000-0002-1614-8822, The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA, autor de correspondencia)
Año2024
Volumen67
Número1-3
Páginas109-126
Fecha de publicación2024-06-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSociological Perspectives (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0731-1214 • E-ISSN: 1533-8673
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/07311214241247795
OpenAlexW4396240456
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas69

Service providers and researchers often describe people affected by homelessness as hidden. This study aims to study social relationships and implications for outreach services through a qualitative content analysis of reports written by field investigators for the New Mexico Office of the Medical Investigator that involve people affected by homelessness who died between 2014 and 2019 across the state ( N = 512). Findings describe variation in what is newly conceptualized as the aspects of the visibility framework, which organizes people as most engaged and surveilled, most visible and exposed, or most hidden. Recommendations include facilitating greater engagement with hotel/motel management and staff about harm reduction and engaging more with local business communities and first responders (including the criminal-legal system). This research also conceptualizes subsistence ties, acquaintances that both provide longer-term support and further hide people who are precariously housed. Future research and policy recommendations are described

Business · Criminology · Field research · Geography · Harm · Harm reduction · Outreach · Political science · Public health · Public relations · Qualitative research · Social science · Sociology · Subsistence agriculture · Visibility · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk · Homelessness and Social Issues · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Social Psychology · Marketing