Jino Distasio

Title:Professor
Office:4CM05 (Research Office)
Building:Centennial Hall
Phone:204.982.1147
Email:j.distasio@uwinnipeg.ca

Teaching Areas:

Urban Geography
Cultural Geography
Social Geography

Courses:

GEOG-3413(3) Urban Revitalization

Research Interests:
Housing and neighbourhood studies.
City planning (land use, zoning and development processes).
Urban revitalization.
Urban Aboriginal issues homelessness and mental health urban transportation.

Publications:

Worton, S. K., J. Hasford, E. Macnaughton, G. Nelson, T. MacLeod, S. Tsemberis, V. Stergiopoulos, P. Goering, T. Aubry,J. Distasio, and T. Richter. 2017.Understanding systems change in early implementation of Housing First in Canadian communities: An examination of facilitators/barriers, training/technical assistance, and points of leverage.American Journal of Community Psychology. doi:10.1002/ajcp.12219.

Aquin J, L. RoosJ. Distasio, L. Y. Katz, J. Bourque, J. M. Bolton, S. Bolton, J. Y. Wong, D. Chateau, J. M. Somers, M. W. Enns, S. W. Hwang, J. C. Frankish, J. Sareen. 2017.Effect of Housing First on suicidal behaviour: A randomised controlled trial of homeless adults with mental disorders.Canadian Journal of Psychiatry62(7): 473–481.

O’Campo, P.; S. W. Hwang, A. Gozdzik, A. Schuler, V. Kaufman-Shriqui, D. Poremski, L. I. P. Lazgare,J. Distasio, S. Belbraouet, S. Addorisio. 2017.Food security among individuals experiencing homelessness and mental illness in the At Home/Chez Soi Trial.Public Health Nutrition1(11).

Hinds, A., B. Bechtel, J. Distasio, L. L. Roos, and L. Lix. 2017.Predicting who applies to Public Housing using Linked Administrative Data.International Journal for Population Data Science1(1).

阿黛尔,c, E。b .科普,J. Distasios . w .黄,J. Lavoie, S. Veldhuizen, ... and S. Cote, S. 2016.Housing quality in a randomized controlled trial of housing first for homeless individuals with mental illness: Correlates and associations with outcomes.Journal of Urban Health93(4): 682–697.

Hinds, A,M.; B. Bechtel,J. Distasio, L. Roos, L. M. Lix. 2016.Health and social predictors of applications to public housing: A population-based analysis.Journal of Epidemiology Community Health: doi:10.1136/jech-2015-206845.

Reynolds, K. A., C. A. Isaak, T. DeBoer, M. Medved,J. Distasio, L. Y., Katz, and J. Sareen. 2016.Aging and homelessness in a Canadian context.Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health34: 1–13.

Poremski, D., V. Stergiopoulos, E. Braithwaite,J. Distasio, R. Nisenbaum, and E. Latimer, E. 2016.Effects of housing first on employment and income of homeless individuals: Results of a randomized trial.Psychiatric Services67(6): 603–609.

DeBoer, T.J., M. I. Medved, J. Sareen, D. Hiebert-Murphy, andJ. Distasio. 2016.Narratives by health professionals on solvent use and housing insecurity.Housing, Care and Support19(1): 1–9.

Aubry, T., P. Goering, S. Veldhuizen, C. E. Adair, J. Bourque,J. Distasio, E. Latimer, V. Stergiopoulos, J. Somers, D. L. Streiner, and S. Tsemberis. 2015.Multiple-city RCT of Housing First with assertive community treatment for homeless Canadians with serious mental illness.Psychiatric Service: http://dx.doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201400587。

Poremski, D,J. Distasio, S. Hwang, and L. Latimer. 2015.Employment and income of people who experience mental illness and homelessness in a large Canadian sample/Emploi et revenu des personnes sans abri souffrant de maladie mentale dans un vaste échantillon canadien.Canadian Journal of Psychiatry60(9): 379–385.

Volk, J S., T. Aubry, P. Goering, C. E. Adair,J. Distasio, J. Jette, D. Nolin, V. Stergiopoulos, D. E. Streiner, and S. Tsemberis. 2015.Tenants with additional needs: When housing first does not solve homelessness.Journal of Mental Health, DOI: 10.3109/09638237.2015.1101416.

Goering, P., S. Veldhuizen, G. B. Nelson, A. Stefancic, S. Tsemberis, C. E. Adair,J. Distasio, T. Aubry, V. Stergiopoulos, and D. L. Streiner. 2015.Further validation of the pathways housing First Fidelity Scale.Psychiatric Services: appi.ps.201400359.

De Boer, T.,J. Distasio, C. Isaak, L. Roos, S. Bolton, M. Medved, L. Y. Katz, P. Goering, and J. Sareen. 2015.What are the predictors of volatile substance use in an urban community of adults who are homeless?Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health34(2): 37–51.

Alaazi, D. A., J. R. Masuda, J. Evans, andJ. Distasio. 2015.Therapeutic landscapes of home: Exploring Indigenous peoples' experiences of a Housing First intervention in Winnipeg.Social Science & Medicine147: 30–37.

Distasio, J., and S. McCullough. 2014. Revitalization in downtown Winnipeg: Current successes and lessons learned.Plan Canada53(4).

鲁斯,l . E。J. Distasio, S. L. Bolton, L. Y. Katz, T. O. Afifi, C. Isaak, and J. Sareen. 2014.A history in-care predicts unique characteristics in a homeless population with mental illness.Child Abuse & Neglect38(10): 1618-1627.

Nelson, G., A. Stefancic, J. Rae, G. Townley, S. Tsemberis, E. Macnaughton, T. Aubry,J. Distasio, R. Hurtubise, M., Patterson, V., Stergiopoulos, M. Piat, and G. Goering. 2014.Early implementation evaluation of a multi-site housing first intervention for homeless people with mental illness: A mixed methods approach.Evaluation and Program Planning43: 16–26

Adair, C E., B. Koop, J. Lavoie,J. Distasios . w .黄,A. Watson, S. Veldhuizen, K., Chislett, J. Voronka, M. Ahmad, N. Ahmed, and P. Goering. 2014.Development and initial validation of the Observer-rated Housing Quality Scale (OHQS) in a multisite trial of Housing First.Journal of Urban Health: doi:10.1007/s11524-013-9851-6