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Women & Girls

United States

Exploring Domestic Violence Survivors' Need for Transitional Housing
Dessie Clark
Cris Sullivan
and Leila Wood
This study explores the intersection of homelessness and domestic violence (DV) in the U.S. According to this article, DV is a leading cause of homelessness for women and children. The lack of stable housing further increases women’s risk...
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North America
Correlates of Treatment Readiness among Formerly Incarcerated Homeless Women
Maria Ekstrand
Yen Le
Adeline Nyamathi
Tanya Oleskowicz
Benissa Salem
Sanghyuk Shin
Katrik Yadav
Treatment readiness is a key predictor of drug treatment completion, rearrest, and recidivism during community reentry; however, limited data exist among homeless female offenders (HFOs). The purpose of this study was to present baseline...
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North America
The Perpetual Homelessness of College Experiences: Tensions between Home and Campus for African American Women
Rachelle Winkle-Wagner
There is an ongoing debate about whether African American students need to sever ties with their families to be successful in college. Adding nuance to this debate, this ethnographic study examines African American women’s experiences of...
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North America
Working Therapeutically with Mothers Who Experience the Trauma of Homelessness: An Opportunity for Growth
Victoria Tischler
Vicki Edwards
Panos Vostanis
Homelessness is recognised to be a traumatic event in itself and is often preceded by the experience of violence. More recent research has indicated that homelessness can function to enact growth and resilience in women with dependent...
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North America
Enabling Older Homeless Minority Women to Overcome Homelessness by Using a Life Management Enhancement Group Intervention
Jacquelyn Y. Taylor
David P. Moxle
Olivia G. M. Washington
This paper describes the importance of a life management enhancement (LME) group intervention for older minority women in developing personal control and self-confidence in social relationships as they overcome homelessness. Women in the...
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North America
Becoming Homeless, Being Homeless, and Resolving Homelessness Among Women
Deborah Finfgeld-Connett
PhD
The purpose of this investigation was to more comprehensively articulate the experiences of homeless women and make evidence-based inferences regarding optimal social services. This study was conducted using qualitative meta-synthesis...
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North America
Distance to Veterans Administration Medical Centers as a Barrier to Specialty Care for Homeless Women Veterans.
LM Gawron
WBP Pettey
AM Redd
Y Suo
AV Gundlapalli
Homeless women Veterans have a high prevalence of chronic mental and physical conditions that necessitate frequent healthcare visits, but travel burdens to specialty services may be overwhelming to navigate for this population, especially...
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North America
Network Approaches to Substance Use and HIV/Hepatitis C Risk among Homeless Youth and Adult Women in the United States: A Review
Kirk Dombrowski
Kelley Sittner
Devan Crawford
Melissa Welch-Lazoritz
Patrick Habecker
Bilal Khan
During the United States economic recession of 2008-2011, the number of homeless and unstably housed people in the United States increased considerably. Homeless adult women and unaccompanied homeless youth make up the most marginal...
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North America
Innovative Strategies to Provide Housing for Battered Women
Amy Correia
This report was produced by the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence as part of its Building Comprehensive Solutions to Domestic Violence initiative. One goal of this initiative is to build meaningful public policy agendas that...
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The Impact of Running Away on Teen Girls’ Sexual Health
Terri Lacoursiere
Holly B. Fontenot
This article reviews three recent studies investigating the impact of running away on adolescent females’ sexual health. There are between 500,000 and 2.8 million runaway and homeless youth in the U.S. at any point in time, and adolescent...
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