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''This article is about the Vulnerability Index used in homeless enumeration counts worldwide. For other uses, see'' Vulnerability index. The Vulnerability Index is a survey and analysis methodology for "identifying and prioritizing the street homeless population for housing according to the fragility of their health."〔http://www.endhomelessness.org/files/2061_file_Kanis_handout_vi101.pdf〕〔http://www.health.medicbd.com/wiki/Homeless%20Vulnerability%20Index〕 It is a pragmatic methodology based on concern and inquiry into the reasons for recurring fatalities of homeless living in the outdoor urban context. It was developed by Dr. Jim O'Connell of Boston’s Healthcare for the Homeless organization.〔''Ibid''〕 According to its proponents, his work succeeded in pinpointing the health problems that led to homeless persons being "most at risk for dying on the street". He lists eight conditions, in medical terminology called "markers". According to Common Ground, a national organization to house the homeless, 40% of the Boston mortality was attributable to those factors.〔''Ibid''〕 In its formulation as currently promulgated by Common Ground, the index includes these factors: hospitalizations/emergency room visits in a year, age, HIV-AIDS, liver disease or kidney disease, history of frostbite, immersion foot, or hypothermia, and tri-morbidity. Tri-morbidity is co-occurring disorder (psychiatric, substance abuse) with a chronic medical condition.〔http://www.nmha.org/go/co-occurring-disorders〕 A national drive is underway by Common Ground to piggy back data collection for the VI onto the bi-annual homeless enumeration count mandated for communities participating in the Continuum of Care grant program of the US Department of Housing and Urban Development.〔http://www.commonground.org/?page_id=789〕 Its proponents contend that such demand side data will assist in placements and getting needy individuals off the street, whereas critics argue that it is intrusive and not likely to lead to increased supply of housing.〔http://www.hud.gov/offices/cpd/homeless/programs/coc/〕 The Vulnerability Index has been used outside of the north eastern United States. Cities include Charlotte, North Carolina,〔http://www.urbanministrycenter.org/resources/vulnerability-index-fact-sheet〕 Albuquerque,New Mexico, Santa Monica, California.〔http://vulnerabilityindex.blogspot.com/〕 Los Angeles, California, Santa Barbara,〔(A Brief Preview of Registry Week ) 〕 California and New Orleans, Louisiana.〔http://www.endhomelessness.org/files/2061_file_Kanis_handout_vi101.pdf〕 By June 2011, it had also been deployed in various cities in Australia.〔Common Ground Au Cited in Vulnerability index on English Wikipedia〕 == Antecedent use of the concept == (詳細は 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Homeless Vulnerability Index」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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