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Item Seattle's homeless : the Belltown Cafe & Shelter(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Arts & Architecture, 1988) Johnson, Shawn L.This study represents an exploration of current homeless issues, the crisis across the nation. It addresses the contemporary social and architectural theories, case studies, and resultant precedents. This will culminate with a specific focus on Seattle, Washington's homeless issues and demographics. Finally, the accumulated data will find expression through the design of an emergency shelter/commercial "soup kitchen" in Seattle's Belltown area. For, "at one time or another, most homeless must rely on shelter providers and soup kitchen operators." This study represents a small part of a greater process to "propagate and deepen awareness, an awareness which, when carried to its inevitable conclusion, will result in the elimination of homelessness." I hope to further broaden the dialogue on housing the homeless. For, inevitably, "the epidemic of homelessness is growing far faster than the remedies." "Quality shelter must be provided. Who more than architects should be concerned and involved in the creation of shelter?" It has been documented that "Whenever decent, humane shelter has been made available, willing recipients have made ready use of it."Item Beyond shelter : a theoretical approach to housing design(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Arts & Architecture, 1990) Downhour, Jeffery Robert; Chairperson, Graduate Committee: Ralph JohnsonThe goal of this thesis is to create a housing complex suitable for all people through the integration of an existential space theory with the realities of shelter, house, and dwelling.Item Providing primary health care to rural homeless populations : a resource manual for rural nurse practitioners(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Nursing, 1997) McNerney, Sarah Jane; Chairperson, Graduate Committee: Doris HensonItem What are the perceived health care needs of the homeless?(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Nursing, 2013) Efinger, Heidi Lynn; Chairperson, Graduate Committee: Carolyn Hamlin WengerAlthough efforts have been made over the years to assist the homeless in their access to health care, and in improving their overall health, many remain in great need. Health care organizations and well-meaning providers may be lacking in the provision of appropriate holistic care, consequently having a limited effect on improving the health status for many of these individuals. Advanced practice nurses and other providers must listen to the expressed needs of the homeless in order to address those needs in more comprehensive and relevant ways. This Qualitative Research study aims to answer the research question, "What ARE the perceived health care needs of the homeless?" Opinions of 18 homeless individuals and concepts from Madeleine Leininger's Cultural Care theory were used to explore and clarify the health care needs of the homeless as expressed by the homeless themselves.Item Re-institute : realization of unrealized resources(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Arts & Architecture, 2009) Nesset, Troy Lawren; Chairperson, Graduate Committee: Christopher Livingston; Bill Rea (co-chair)There are preconceived notions that human beings and built environments have a defined life-span. Both the homeless population and the abandoned infrastructure of cities are seen as existent until their place in society has been tapered, suspended or given up on completely. Once the individual or building reaches a point of societal condemnation it is neglected and eventually forgotten, slipped into the archives of non-existence. What once was an element of a functioning whole becomes a void that is commonly overlooked. Many forgotten people within the homeless population and buildings within abandoned infrastructure have an immense amount of potential energy that may be utilized to further their existence as a function of society. At a human level the homeless person flows through the social construct with little more acknowledgement than a shrug of the shoulder and a minor donation. In the built environment resources sit stagnant amongst constantly advancing infrastructure. In both circumstances the subject is left to exist as a non-participating part of a society that does not acknowledge their presence and lacks the mutual interaction that makes the vagrant or abandoned infrastructure an integral part of the social system. The Re-Institute program identifies contributing factors of social exclusion at both human and infrastructural levels. These factors will be counteracted by reversing the primary concepts of social exclusion into a catalyst to solve the issue. The mechanisms used to combat the problems of social exclusion will exist in a sociological, environmental and programmatic realm within the Re-Institute project. Through the architectural and programmatic development of the program, these mechanisms will re-institute neglected resources back into a constructive part of society.