Social Support Among Impoverished Women

Nyamathi, Adeline; Bennett, Crystal; Leake, Barbara; Chen, Sheying

doi:10.1097/00006199-199511000-00010

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“…The findings of this study add to the body of literature supporting the importance of the development of healthy attachments during infancy and childhood in the later development of adult relationships/support networks. The ability to form positive relationships contributes to the ability to develop support networks that ultimately may help prevent homelessness or end homelessness early in an individual's first episode of homelessness (Nyamathi, Bennett, Leake, & Chen, 1995; Morrell‐Bellai, Goering, & Boydell, 2000).…”

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“…Homelessness is a devastating societal problem. Our profession has been a leader in providing health care to homeless individuals and families and in assuring that health care is available for this vulnerable population (Nyamathi et al, 1995; Flynn, 1997; Hatton, 1997). Nurses should be visible as leaders in developing early intervention programs to decrease the catastrophic effects of homelessness and be proactive in the development of health and social programs that identify at‐risk individuals and families.…”

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Factors Influencing Homelessness in Women

Anderson¹,

Rayens²

2004

Public Health Nursing

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The specific aims of the article were to: (i) compare childhood experiences of intimacy and autonomy as they occurred in the families of origin of women who have and women who have not experienced homelessness; (ii) compare social support, reciprocity, and conflict as they occurred in the childhood support networks and in the current support networks of women who have and women who have not experienced homelessness; (iii) examine the relationships between intimacy and autonomy in families of origin and the social support networks from childhood of women who have and women who have not experienced homelessness. Descriptive correlational design: 255 women were interviewed to determine levels of intimacy, autonomy, social support, reciprocity, and conflict in childhood relationships. The ANCOVA models for each of support, reciprocity, and conflict indicated a significant group effect. The post-hoc analysis for support indicated that the homeless group was significantly lower in support and reciprocity and significantly higher in conflict than the never-homeless groups. The never-homeless, never-abused group scored significantly higher on autonomy and intimacy than the homeless or the never-homeless, abused groups. This study demonstrates the significance of families of origin and learning how to develop and utilize support systems in preventing or reducing homelessness.

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Factors Influencing Homelessness in Women

Anderson¹,

Rayens²

2004

Public Health Nursing

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“…Homeless women are considered an extremely vulnerable population with numerous risk factors associated with an impoverished lifestyle, such as limited education, gender discrimination, inadequate financial resources, unemployment, fragmented social support, ineffective coping, dependent children, health and mental problems (including psychological distress, depression) and barriers to services (Buckner et al, 1993;Flynn, 1997;Ingram, Corning, & Schmidt, 1996;Merves, 1992;Nyamathi, Bennett, Leake, & Chen, 1995;Stein & Gelberg, 1995, 1997. For example, homeless women have weaker and more frequently disrupted social networks (Bassuk & Rosenberg, 1988;Wood, Valdez, Hayashi, & Shen, 1990).…”

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Psychosocial predictors of current drug use, drug problems, and physical drug dependence in homeless women

Galaif

Nyamathi

Stein

1999

Addictive Behaviors

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“…36 Similarly, one study found that social support decreased the occurrence of stress, depression and somatic problems among a group of homeless women. 37 Social support has also been found to increase substance abuse treatment retention 38 and decrease the likelihood of relapse among women. 39 In contrast to these positive findings, several studies have found that social support may also act as a stressor for women, especially when the supports are not positive.…”

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Empowerment and Social Support: Implications for Practice and Programming Among Minority Women with Substance Abuse and Criminal Justice Histories

Barringer

Hunter

Salina

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J Behav Health Serv Res

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Programs for women with substance abuse and criminal justice histories often incorporate empowerment and social support into service delivery systems. Women’s empowerment research has focused on the relationship between women’s personal identities and the larger sociopolitical context, with an emphasis on how community based resources are critical for promoting well-being. Social support often protects against negative outcomes for individuals who live with chronic stress. However, few studies have evaluated community resource knowledge and empowerment among marginalized women or how social support might strengthen or weaken this relationship. This study investigated resource knowledge, social support and empowerment among 200 minority women in substance abuse recovery who had recent criminal justice involvement. Results indicated that resource knowledge was related to empowerment and belonging social support marginally moderated this relationship. In addition, education level increased and current involvement in the criminal justice system decreased empowerment. Implications for research, practice and policy are discussed.

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Social Support Among Impoverished Women

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Factors Influencing Homelessness in Women

Factors Influencing Homelessness in Women

Psychosocial predictors of current drug use, drug problems, and physical drug dependence in homeless women

Empowerment and Social Support: Implications for Practice and Programming Among Minority Women with Substance Abuse and Criminal Justice Histories

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