Helen and Arthur E. Johnson College of Nursing and Health Sciences, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, 1420 Austin Bluffs Parkway, Colorado Springs, CO 80918, USA.
University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing, 1710 Red River, Austin, TX 78712, USA.
Arch Psychiatr Nurs. 2019 Aug;33(4):400-406. doi: 10.1016/j.apnu.2019.05.005. Epub 2019 May 22.
Homelessness among female veterans is increasing and expected to rise further as more women enter the military. Very few studies qualitatively describe female homeless veterans' needs from their own perspective.
Homeless female veterans' perceptions of their homelessness and what they believe is needed for independence and self-sustenance was examined.
OA qualitative interpretive interview design was used and findings are reported as a case study.
A definitive picture emerged of a homeless female veteran, bounded by several factors they all had in common including age, family upheaval, mental health diagnoses, substance abuse, trauma, and need for information and networking.
随着越来越多的女性加入军队，女性退伍军人中的无家可归者人数正在增加，预计这一数字还将进一步上升。很少有研究从女性退伍军人自身的角度定性描述他们的无家可归问题和他们认为实现独立和自给自足所需的条件。
本研究旨在探讨无家可归女性退伍军人对其无家可归状况的看法，以及她们认为实现独立和自给自足所需的条件。
采用定性解释性访谈设计，研究结果以案例研究的形式呈现。
研究结果清晰地描绘出了一名无家可归的女性退伍军人的形象，该形象受到年龄、家庭动荡、精神健康诊断、药物滥用、创伤以及对信息和网络的需求等几个共同因素的限制。
