Meeting the needs of homeless people: Interprofessional work in Norway and Scotland. A pilot study

Abstract

This report is based on the pilot project " Meeting the needs of homeless people: Interprofessional work in Norway and Scotland" . The project is a comparative pre-study carried through in cooperation between three institutions: University of Stirling in Scotland, Diakonhjemmet University College and Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research (NIBR). The latter has been project manager. The main themes of this report are: how cooperation between welfare agencies and professions contribute to a better life for homeless people; and the role of housing in interprofessional work. This report gives an account of the outcome of a pilot project based on literature and research reviews, supplemented with interviews with professionals working with homeless people. Tilknyttet prosjekt Meeting the needs of homeless people