Nubani Linda, De Biasi Alaina, Ruemenapp Marie A, Tams Lisa D, Boyle Robert
School of Planning, Design and Construction, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA.
School of Criminal Justice, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA.
J Community Psychol. 2022 Sep;50(8):3681-3699. doi: 10.1002/jcop.22865. Epub 2022 Apr 16.
Very few empirical evaluations have been conducted on the impact of furniture on the lives of those who have transitioned from homelessness into permanent housing, especially within the United States. Our study contributes to this limited body of research by exploring the impact of furniture on the lives of 20 recently housed individuals residing in the Detroit Metropolitan Area. In partnership with the Furniture Bank of Southeast Michigan, we conducted semi-structured interviews with recently housed individuals that lived for a period of time in an un- or under-furnished house before receiving furniture support. Given the study's exploratory nature, interview questions were purposefully broad to allow themes to naturally emerge and were analyzed using a qualitative data analysis software package, NVivo (release 1.0). We present a conceptual model that outlines our findings and conclude with a discussion of the limitations of our approach, avenues for future research, and policy implications.
在美国，很少有关于家具对从无家可归过渡到永久性住房的人的生活影响的实证评估。我们的研究通过探索家具对底特律都会区20名最近入住的个人生活的影响，为这一有限的研究领域做出了贡献。我们与密歇根东南部家具银行合作，对那些在得到家具支持之前曾在无家具或家具不足的房子里住过一段时间的最近入住的个人进行了半结构化访谈。鉴于该研究的探索性质，访谈问题有意宽泛，以便主题自然浮现，并使用定性数据分析软件包NVivo（版本1.0）进行分析。我们提出了一个概念模型，概述了我们的研究结果，并最后讨论了我们方法的局限性、未来研究的途径以及政策含义。
