Woodhall-Melnik Julia, Hamilton-Wright Sarah, Daoud Nihaya, Matheson Flora I, Dunn James R, O'Campo Patricia
Centre for Research on Inner City Health, The Keenan Research Centre in the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St Michael's Hospital, 3rd Floor, 30 Bond Street, Toronto, ON M5B 1W8 Canada.
Department of Health, Aging and Society, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON Canada.
J Hous Built Environ. 2017;32(2):253-268. doi: 10.1007/s10901-016-9511-8. Epub 2016 May 17.
There is evidence that involuntary housing instability may undermine health and well-being. For women who have experienced intimate partner violence (IPV), achieving stability is likely as important for other groups, but can be challenging. Through our analysis of 41 interviews with women who have experienced low income and IPV, we argue that definitions of housing stability are multifaceted and for many centred on a shared understanding of the importance of creating an environment of "home". We found that obtaining housing that satisfied material needs was important to women. However, in asking women to define what housing stability meant to them, we found that other factors related to ontological security and the home, such as safety, community, and comfort, contributed to women's experiences of stability. Through our discussion of the importance these women placed on establishing stable homes, we argue that future research on women's experiences with housing stability and IPV should include definitions of stability that capture both material security and women's experiences with building emotionally stable homes.
有证据表明，非自愿的住房不稳定状况可能会损害健康和幸福。对于经历过亲密伴侣暴力（IPV）的女性而言，实现住房稳定可能与其他群体同样重要，但却颇具挑战性。通过对41名经历过低收入和亲密伴侣暴力的女性进行访谈分析，我们认为住房稳定的定义是多方面的，对许多人来说，其核心是对营造“家”的环境的重要性达成共同理解。我们发现，获得满足物质需求的住房对女性很重要。然而，在要求女性定义住房稳定对她们意味着什么时，我们发现，其他与本体安全和家相关的因素，如安全、社区和舒适感，也影响着女性对稳定的体验。通过讨论这些女性对建立稳定家庭的重视程度，我们认为，未来关于女性住房稳定经历和亲密伴侣暴力的研究应纳入能够兼顾物质安全以及女性构建情感稳定家庭经历的稳定定义。
