Vanleit Betsy, Starrett Rebecca, Crowe Terry K
Occupational Therapy Graduate Program, University of New Mexico.
Occup Ther Health Care. 2006;20(3-4):47-62. doi: 10.1080/J003v20n03_04.
SUMMARY The purpose of this exploratory study was to describe the occupational goals and concerns of women who are homeless with children. Twenty-seven women with children living in homeless shelters completed interviews using the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure (COPM). Occupational issues and concerns were identified for each participant, and then they were pooled. A total of 169 occupational concerns were described and analyzed. The most common occupational issues identified by participants concerned finances, employment, education, transportation, housing, time for self, personal appearance, home management, and parenting. Analysis of identified occupational concerns suggests that the homeless women with children experienced a range of institutional and social barriers to occupational participation: essentially a form of occupational injustice. This study raises questions concerning the most effective roles for occupational therapists to facilitate empowerment so that women who are homeless may fully participate in the communities where they live.
摘要 这项探索性研究的目的是描述带着孩子的无家可归女性的职业目标和担忧。27名带着孩子住在收容所的女性使用加拿大职业表现测量工具（COPM）完成了访谈。为每位参与者确定了职业问题和担忧，然后进行汇总。共描述并分析了169项职业担忧。参与者确定的最常见职业问题涉及财务、就业、教育、交通、住房、自我时间、个人外表、家庭管理和育儿。对已确定的职业担忧进行分析表明，带着孩子的无家可归女性在职业参与方面面临一系列制度和社会障碍：本质上是一种职业不公正形式。本研究提出了一些问题，即职业治疗师在促进赋权方面最有效的角色是什么，以便无家可归的女性能够充分参与她们所居住的社区。
