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100 1 Paramonczyk, Christine
245 14 The relationship between homelessness and women's health
|h[electronic resource]
300 173 p
500 Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 46-03,
page: 1327
502 Thesis (M.S.W.)--Wilfrid Laurier University (Canada), 2007
520 Women are increasingly experiencing poverty in Canada
(Townson, 2000). This study seeks to gain an understanding
of how women experience an extreme form of poverty---
homelessness---within Kitchener, a mid-sized city located
within the Waterloo Region in southern Ontario, and the
relationship of this experience to health
520 Employing social determinants of health (SDOH) theory,
this study examines the relationship between homelessness
and women's health. Using a qualitative approach, 10
individual semi-structured interviews were conducted with
women who have experienced homelessness in Kitchener and
one focus group was held
520 This study indicates that homelessness had an all-
encompassing influence on women's health. Women
experienced both impeding and promoting factors
influencing their access to housing, healthy food,
employment, health care, income, and social support, all
key social determinants of health. Also, this research
suggests that there are four linked spheres in which the
social determinants of health present themselves in the
social environment of women who are homeless: social
policy, community resources, living conditions, and social
relationships. Also, it argues that a feminist orientation
in conjunction with SDOH is needed in order to more fully
understand why women who are homeless face forces
detrimental to their health
520 This study also has practical implications, as
recommendations are made that address changes needed in
order to promote women's health at the macro-level as well
as community and individuals levels
590 School code: 1101
650 4 Social Work
650 4 Women's Studies
650 4 Health Sciences, Public Health
650 4 Sociology, Public and Social Welfare
690 0452
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690 0573
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710 2 Wilfrid Laurier University (Canada)
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