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Understanding Risk Environments in Permanent Supportive Housing for Formerly Homeless Adults.
- Source :
- Qualitative Health Research; Nov2018, Vol. 28 Issue 13, p2011-2019, 9p
- Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- In this study, we used ethnographic methods and a risk environment framework to consider how contextual factors produce or reduce risk for substance use with a sample of 27 adults who recently moved into permanent supportive housing (PSH). Most apparent was how the social and physical environments interacted, because most participants focused on how having an apartment had dramatically changed their lives and how they interact with others. Specific themes that emerged that also involved economic and policy environments included the following: isolation versus social engagement; becoming one’s own caseworker; and engaging in identity work. This study underscores the scarcity yet importance of research that examines the multiple types of environment in which PSH is situated, and suggests that a better understanding of how these environments interact to produce or reduce risk is needed to develop optimal interventions and support services. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- SOCIAL context
ATTITUDE (Psychology)
CLUSTER analysis (Statistics)
EXPERIENCE
GROUP identity
HEALTH behavior
HIV
HOMELESS persons
INTERVIEWING
LONGITUDINAL method
MENTAL illness
PUBLIC housing
RESEARCH funding
RISK assessment
HUMAN sexuality
SOCIAL isolation
SOCIAL participation
SUBSTANCE abuse
ETHNOLOGY research
QUALITATIVE research
JUDGMENT sampling
SOCIAL support
THEMATIC analysis
DATA analysis software
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
PSYCHOLOGY
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10497323
- Volume :
- 28
- Issue :
- 13
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Qualitative Health Research
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 132372733
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/1049732318785355