Annotated Bibliography

Graham-Jones, S., S. Reilly, and E. Gaulton. “Tackling The Needs Of The Homeless: A Controlled Trial Of Health Advocacy.” Health & Social Care In The Community 12.3 (2004): 221-232. Academic Search Complete. Web. 10 Oct. 2012.

            This article is looking at an assessment of a study that had been conducted. The study was looking at whether a health advocate’s attempts of coming up with a way to improve the homeless’ quality of life was effective. The health advocacy intervention involved having homeless people move into hostels or other temporary living environments and registering at a health center. They used three means to determine if the attempt was a success. They used the Life Fulfillment Scale, the Delighted-Terrible Faces Scale, and the Nottingham Health Profile. They had many different types of people in the study. With one group they had support from a health advocate during their stay. The other group just had general care at the health center. Overall, the group with special care from the health advocate showed a better quality of life at the end of the study than people administered general care.

Martins, Diane Cocozza. “Experiences Of Homeless People In The Health Care Delivery System: A Descriptive Phenomenological Study.” Public Health Nursing 25.5 (2008): 420-430. Academic Search Complete. Web. 10 Oct. 2012.

            This article is discussing how homeless people view the healthcare system. There are quite a few things that they see that is impeding their use of healthcare. They see lots of barriers between themselves and getting adequate healthcare. One of these barriers is feeling labeled and set apart from others in the healthcare system. They also feel like they are invisible to health care providers. This also makes them feel disrespected by people in the healthcare field. They don’t see a set system for healthcare for the homeless either. All of these things cause the homeless to put off healthcare until a crisis arrives. There are many things that the homeless people interviewed would change to make the healthcare system better.

Nickasch, Bonnie, and Suzanne K. Marnocha. “Healthcare Experiences Of The Homeless.” Journal Of The American Academy Of Nurse Practitioners 21.1 (2009): 39-46. Academic Search Complete. Web. 9 Oct. 2012.

This journal article is discussing the experiences that the homeless have with healthcare. Many homeless people find that they aren’t able to receive healthcare for various reasons. One of the major reasons is the financial difficulties that they face. They also have issues with meeting the physical needs required for life such as shelter, water, food, and air. They lack adequate transportation to places that provide healthcare. There is also the lack of compassion from health care officials. Lastly, most homeless people have an external locus of control which is when the environment has more control over their situation than they do. Overall homeless people are not satisfied with the health care system and there are many things that could be modified to make the system better.

What did I learn about the library?

I really learned how to use the databases better in this visit. In high school I felt like I was floundering around on the databases. This really was a good way of showing me the best way to use the databases to my advantage. If I had been left to figure this out on my own I’m not sure that it would have gone so well. I probably would try to check out three books that were in all three other campuses and be struggling through searching on the databases. Knowing that there is also help with MLA citations is a big load off of my mind as well. I know I have always struggled with it, as I’m sure many other people have, and I’m glad to still have something to guide me through it. Having questions to answer really helped me because it gave me something to focus on as well. If someone had just said hey look at this that would be exactly what I would do. I would just look at the screen and try and comprehend all of the information on the screen. I’m glad to have more direction and I think that overall this was a really educational experience and I’m glad to have been here.

Aaron Huey’s Definition of Social Justice

I saw Aaron Huey’s view on social justice as being there. Not just saying look what they’re doing to themselves but realizing that you were a part of it and it is your job to help. Turning a blind eye to people that are hurting is a form of social injustice. He focused on what had happened to the Native Americans and he certainly had a lot of social injustice to tell. There were massacres, treaties broken, and things stolen from them. I think that he saw social justice as keeping a treaty. As being fair and treating others the same despite their race. I think that a lot of social injustice stems from racism and people thinking that they are better than someone else because of their race. If people would stop trying to put themselves on a pedestal above others then maybe the frequency of social injustice would go down. Huey talked about the massacre of Wounded Knee. He spoke of how the soldiers were praised for killing so many women and children. I think this is the opposite of what he sees as social justice. Not only did the soldiers see themselves above the Native Americans to kill them, but the country saw them above the Native Americans to the point that they gave out more medals than ever before. It’s sad how social injustice works, but for it to end we all will have to work hard to make everyone have the same rights.

Bryan Stevenson’s View on Injustice

Bryan Stevenson spoke mostly on the injustice of different races. He also spoke about the inequality of different social classes. He saw injustice as people being treated differently because they were black or poor. I agree that it’s not fair for people to be treated differently because of race or social class. He talked about 13 year olds being tried as an adult. I think that they shouldn’t be able to do that because 13 is not legally an adult. If a 13 year old tried to buy cigarettes you wouldn’t let them because they aren’t old enough but they can be put in prison for life? I can’t comprehend how this is possibly the right thing to do. I think it’s really cool that he got to meet Rosa Parks. He is fighting against social injustice in the court systems where she was fighting against social injustice in general at the time. It would be amazing to meet someone who helped to change history the way that she did.