Conceptualizing Housing Instability: Experiences with Material and Psychological Instability Among Women Living with Partner Violence

O’Campo, Patricia; Daoud, Nihaya; Hamilton‐Wright, Sarah; Dunn, James R.

doi:10.1080/02673037.2015.1021768

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“…[33,34] Many cooccurring challenges related to IPV and residential instability shape the relationship between the two. [35] For instance, there is evidence to suggest that residential instability is linked to weakened social ties, which may prevent neighbours from collectively intervening during cases of violence. [36][37][38] The association between individual and neighbourhood level material deprivation and DVA is also well established in the U.S. literature.…”

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Domestic Violence and Abuse Related Emergency Room Visits in Ontario, Canada

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Orr

Singh

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Background: Hospitals’ emergency rooms (ERs), are generally the first point of contact of domestic violence and abuse (DVA) victims to the health care system. For efficient management and resource allocation for ERs to manage DVA-related emergencies in Canada, it is important to quantify and assess the pattern of these visits.Methods: Aggregate DVA-related ER visits data, using relevant ICD-10-CA codes, from 2012 to 2016 were retrieved from IntelliHealth Ontario. The 2011 ON-Marg (Ontario Marginalization) indices were linked at the Dissemination Area level to ER data. Descriptive analyses including total number and rate of visits per 100,000 people were calculated, stratified by age and sex. The Slope Index of Inequality (SII) and Relative Index of Inequality (RII) were also assessed. Results: From 2012-2016, 10,935 (81.2% by females and 18.8% by males) DVA-related visits were made to ERs in Ontario. An annual average of 25.5 visits per 100,000 females and 6.1 visits per 100,000 males was observed. Residential instability and deprivation were significant predictors of DVA-related ER visits. No particular site of injury was indicated in 38.5% of visits, 24.7% presented with cranio-maxillofacial (CMF) trauma in isolation, 28.9% presented with non-CMF injuries, and 7.9% visits presented with both CMF and non-CMF injuries.Conclusion: This study identified that the burden of DVA-related ER visits is large enough to warrant timely public health interventions, and observed that certain populations in Ontario experience more DVA and/or are more prone to its impact. Our findings have important implications for various stakeholders involved in planning and implementing relevant policies and programs.

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Domestic Violence and Abuse Related Emergency Room Visits in Ontario, Canada

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Singh

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“…Our focus is how the issue of housing instability becomes visible through the routine practice of a question about address. Housing instability is a documented problem for women experiencing violence at home, seeking to leave a violent relationship, or attempting to forge a new life free from violence (O'Campo et al, 2015;Woodhall-Melnik et al, 2017).…”

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“I don’t have an address”: Housing instability and domestic violence in help-seeking calls to a support service

Weatherall

Tennent

2020

Feminism & Psychology

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Increasing recognition of the long-term negative impacts of gendered violence has led to the establishment of a variety of social support services. Feminist research has examined the barriers that prevent women from accessing these services and the problems women report getting the help they need. However, little is known about what happens in situ when women interact with support services. This paper is a novel empirical investigation of naturalistic social interactions where women seek help with problems resulting from violence at home. We used conversation analysis to examine how problems of housing instability and help-seeking unfolded in recorded telephone calls to a victim support service. We found that the routine institutional practice of asking for an address posed interactional trouble for women who were seeking to leave violence, had left a violent home, or were homeless as a result of violence. When answers could not be provided, callers’ responses included disclosures of violence or challenges to the meanings of address. Our findings point to an interactional burden that women confront in institutional interactions. We suggest institutions should carefully consider how routine practices such as asking for an address might pose unintended problems for service users in vulnerable circumstances.

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“…Although gender is not a significant predictor of community integration in the homeless population (Cherner et al, 2017; Chinchilla et al, 2019; Ecker & Aubry, 2016), women have unique community transitions and are often susceptible to cycles of victimization and housing instability (Brown, Chodzen, Mihelicova, & Collins, 2017; Daoud et al, 2016; O'Campo, Daoud, Hamilton‐Wright and Dunn, 2016; Padgett, Hawkins, Abrams, & Davis, 2006). Further, although men and women entering supportive housing have similar life goals around strengthening relationships and obtaining employment, women are more likely to set goals related to education (Bird, Rhoades, Lahey, Cederbaum, & Wenzel, 2017), suggesting potential differences in community integration needs.…”

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Finding home: Community integration experiences of formerly homeless women with problematic substance use in Housing First

Bassi

Sylvestre

Kerman

2020

Journal Community Psychology

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Aims This study explored community integration among women participating in a Housing First program. Physical, social, and psychological dimensions of community integration were examined. Methods This study used neighborhood walk‐along and photo‐elicitation interviews to explore 16 formerly homeless women's experiences of community integration. Results Participants described limited community integration. Health, poverty, service inaccessibility, and safety concerns shaped how they took part in activities in their neighborhoods. Participants primarily socialized with people in their buildings, though some preferred to keep to themselves. There was minimal sense of neighborhood belonging, with participants not interested in belonging to a community and being judged by others. Conclusion Housing First promoted housing stability but did not contribute to community integration. Participants did not express a strong desire to integrate in their communities. Future research should consider the extent to which community integration remains a priority for marginalized populations, such as formerly homeless women.

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Conceptualizing Housing Instability: Experiences with Material and Psychological Instability Among Women Living with Partner Violence

Cited by 43 publications

References 30 publications

Domestic Violence and Abuse Related Emergency Room Visits in Ontario, Canada

Domestic Violence and Abuse Related Emergency Room Visits in Ontario, Canada

“I don’t have an address”: Housing instability and domestic violence in help-seeking calls to a support service

Finding home: Community integration experiences of formerly homeless women with problematic substance use in Housing First

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