Archiwum autora:Magdalena Mostowska

About mortality @ Fundacja Najpierw Mieszkanie

You can read a short piece about homeless mortality by Magdalena at the Fundacja Najpierw Mieszkanie Polska website (in Polish). The Foundation supports people exiting homelessness using the Housing First method, gathers evidence and advocates for a wider introduction of this model in Poland. https://najpierwmieszkanie.org.pl/publikacje/aktualnosc/bezdomnosc-skraca-zycie Tekst na stronie Fundacji Najpierw Mieszkanie Krótki tekst Magdaleny dotyczący …

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Visible women, invisible gender…

As far as homeless deaths are concerned, we don’t yet have much to say about women and gender. We hope this will change soon, when we receive data from the Central Statistical Office. In the meantime, Magdalena’s article on women and gender in the production of knowledge on homelessness (in Flanders as an example) has …

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The data we’ve got – podcast

The Police, the Warsaw Municipal Police, Social Security, the Ministry…. each institution collects some kind of data on the deaths of people experiencing homelessness. We talk about the data we already have and what it can and cannot tell us…. Listen to the 7th episode of our podcast (in Polish). Jakie mamy dane – siódmy …

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Discussion about our project – new episode of our podcast

We talk about the meeting at our Department at the University of Warsaw, where we presented our project and about the discussion that followed. Spotkanie Katedry – nowy odcinek podcastu Pojawiły się różnorodne perspektywy i kontrowersyjne tematy: „bezdomność z wyboru” i co by się stało, gdyby jakieś miasto faktycznie zakwaterowało „wszystkich swoich bezdomnych”. Rozmawiamy o …

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An update of the review essay

An updated version of Magdalena’s review essay about two recent Irish reports on homeless mortality has been published in the European Journal of Homelessness. Here’s the link: https://www.feantsaresearch.org/public/user/Observatory/2024/EJH_18-1_RE01_v05.pdf Nowa wersja eseju recenzyjnego Poprawiona wersja recenzji-eseju dwóch irlandzkich raportach o śmiertelności osób doświadczających bezdomności została opublikowana w European Journal of Homelessness: https://www.feantsaresearch.org/public/user/Observatory/2024/EJH_18-1_RE01_v05.pdf

Municipal Cemetery – new episode of our podcast

A short report on our visit to the municipal cemetery in Antoninów, where people are buried at the expense of the City of Warsaw. Cmentarz Komunalny – piąty odcinek naszego podcastu Krótki reportaż z naszej wizyty na Cmentarzu Południowym w Antoninowie, gdzie chowane są osoby na koszt miasta Warszawy. Fact-checking and sources Według informacji zawartych …

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Where is the data coming from?

Studying homeless mortality means obtaining data on mortality for the subpopulation of people experiencing homelessness. In theory, this could be done in two different ways: However, the problem is that the death register does not include homelessness status and homelessness databases do not record deaths. Linking different registers could be a solution. We look at …

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Counting the deaths of people experiencing homelessness in Poland

People experiencing homelessness do not disappear, they die. From data collected in other countries, we know that they often die at a young age, and that, contrary to popular perceptions, deaths of hypothermia account for only a small percentage of these deaths. We also know that the experience of homelessness itself is a contributing factor …

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An investigation into UK’s homeless deaths

In the fourth episode of our podcast we present Maeve McClenaghan’s book and its impact on collecting data about homeless deaths in the UK. (in Polish) Śledztwo dziennikarskie – czwarty odcinek podcastu W czwartym odcinku podcastu przedstawiamy książkę Maeve McClenaghan pt.: „Bez stałego miejsca zamieszkania. Życie i śmierć zapomnianych bezdomnych w Zjednoczonym Królestwie”. Dziennikarskie śledztwo …

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