Characteristics of Mothers Caring for Children During Episodes of Homelessness

This study provides a description of the physical, psychological, and substance use problems of adult homeless women who are and are not caring for children. We also examined differences in the characteristics of these two groups of women. Interviews were conducted with 148 homeless women from three mid-sized U.S. cities, 24.3% of whom were caring for at least one child. Our results showed that women caring for children were more likely to be sheltered and have health insurance. Homeless women caring for children and solitary homeless women were generally similar in terms of substance abuse problems. However, rates of Borderline Personality Disorder were higher among women caring for children than among solitary homeless women. Our results are somewhat consistent with previous research, with the exception of substance abuse problems and mental health problems, which were shown to be equally problematic for all women, regardless of current caregiving status

Natural / Disaster: Differential Media Portrayals of Wildfire Displacement and Homelessness in Portland, Oregon

The devastating 2020 wildfires in Oregon provide an opportunity to revisit the “discursive creation of homelessness” first identified by Céline Pascale in this journal in 2005. Drawing on physical observation of the unfolding event and discursive analysis of media reporting (print, radio, and television), we find radically different media coverage of people unhoused by wildfires and those previously unhoused but also affected by the fires. Journalistic uses of nomenclature and reported speech, portrayals of agency, and exclusion of marginalized voices provide current examples of the stratification of deservedness. The wildfires, deemed a natural disaster but simultaneously an “unnatural” cause of houselessness, reinforced the differential material treatment of “evacuees” as a special category deserving of aid and support in contrast to people living unhoused before the wildfires. Yet this reasoning ignores the temporal dimensions of displacement and lack of housing, which independent of their causes produce compounding and tangible socio-economic and physical effects on those affected. We argue that as climate change-related disasters such as wildfires displace more people in Oregon and across the United States, the origins of houselessness will be less meaningful while societal response and compassion will matter more

Anatomy of the elbow and how It affects implant design

The elbow is considered a complex joint because it is composed of three closely connected articulations: the ulnohumeral joint, the radiohumeral joint, and the proximal radioulnar joint. A thorough knowledge of the morphology of the elbow has important implications on implant design. Indeed, the advancement in our understanding of the anatomy and biomechanics of the elbow in recent years has led to an improvement in the design of prostheses, which has in turn increased the indications and clinical results associated with such implants. The aim of this chapter is to provide a detailed description of the morphology of the distal humerus, proximal radius, and proximal ulna, which is critical to the design of an anatomical implant