Homeless mapping project aims to end postcode lottery for service provision

Dentistry

Press/Media: Research

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A report produced by the Smile4Life programme, developed by a team of researchers from the University’s Dental Health Services Research Unit (DHSRU), suggests that support services in the city are unequally focused upon crisis periods rather than prevention or early-intervention initiatives and follow-up services. The three-year Reflexive Mapping Exercise, which involved the identification of 135 frontline services available to those who find themselves homeless in Dundee, also found that a geographical disparity of the services in the city.

Period	30 May 2019

Media coverage

Title	Homeless mapping project aims to end postcode lottery for service provision
Media name/outlet	Scottish Housing News
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
Date	30/05/19
Description	Significant gaps in the provision of services for the homeless in Dundee have been revealed in a new report published by researchers from the University of Dundee.
URL	https://www.scottishhousingnews.com/article/homeless-mapping-project-aims-to-end-postcode-lottery-for-service-provision
Persons	Andrea Rodriguez, Garima Arora, Fernando Lannes Fernandes, Ruth Freeman

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Title	The Launch of the Smile4life Reflexive Mapping Exercise of services and organisations working with people experiencing homelessness or at risk of becoming homeless across Dundee
Location	Dalhousie Building, Room 2F15, Dundee, United Kingdom
Period	29 May 2019 → 29 May 2019