ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2020
Cycle of Perpetual Vulnerability for Women Facing Homelessness near an Urban Library in a Major U.S. Metropolitan Area.
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- Improving post-traumatic stress symptoms in homeless-experienced women using narrative exposure therapy: a single-arm, open pilot study.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2026Article
- Associations Between Violence and Psychological Distress Among Women Experiencing Homelessness: A Cross-Sectional Study.Violence against women · 2026Article
- Walk in our shoes: older homeless women's perceptions of the challenges of navigating streets and shelter life.Frontiers in global women's health · 2026Article
- "Bupe by the book": A study protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial of library-facilitated telehealth to increase buprenorphine treatment among individuals experiencing homelessness.Addiction science & clinical practice · 2025Article
- "I don't think of it as a shelter. I say I'm going home": a qualitative evaluation of a low-threshold shelter for women who use drugs.Harm reduction journal · 2024Article
- Predictors of self-reported general health status in people experiencing homelessness with serious mental illness.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2023Article
- Homelessness at the San Diego Central Library: Assessing the Potential Role of Social Workers.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Women, Patriarchy and Health Inequalities: The Urgent Need to Reorient Our Systems.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Conceptualizing an Interdisciplinary Collective Impact Approach to Examine and Intervene in the Chronic Cycle of Homelessness.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundHomelessness among women and the multiple vulnerabilities they endure (sexual exploitation/human trafficking, violence, and mental health issues) is a perpetually unresolved issue in the U.S. and globally.
methodsThis study is based on qualitative in-depth interviews accompanied by brief socio-demographic surveys conducted among 32 total participants, consisting of cisgender females (
resultsOf the women, 35% were White, 35% Latina, 18% African American/Black, and 18% LGBT. Half of all participants said in qualitative interviews that they witnessed violence against women, and/or experienced unwanted harassment/sexual exploitation; one in three described suspected human trafficking. Of the women interviewed, half struggled with mental health symptoms, feelings of hopelessness, and nearly all reported isolation; approximately one-third had substance use issues. Many described an inadequate number of emergency and long-term shelters Available for women facing homelessness; many had to wait or saw other women waiting to get into shelters and faced abuse on the streets in the meantime.
conclusionThe emergent themes showed that women face a "cycle of perpetual vulnerability" with three relational pathways: iterated trauma from chronic abuse/violence inflicted on them, a state of paralysis due to inadequate availability of supportive services, shelters, and mental health resources to cover all women living on the streets, leaving women susceptible to being a target phenotype for predators.
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