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来源

JOURNAL OF HOUSING AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT,Vol.32,Issue2,P.253-268

语言

英文

关键字

Experiences of home; Housing stability; Intimate partner violence; Ontological security; Women and housing; HOUSING INSTABILITY; ONTOLOGICAL SECURITY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; POSSIBLE SELVES; POOR HEALTH; HOMELESSNESS; SELF; GEOGRAPHIES; FRAMEWORK; PLACE

作者单位

[Woodhall-Melnik, Julia; Hamilton-Wright, Sarah; Daoud, Nihaya; Matheson, Flora I.; Dunn, James R.; O'Campo, Patricia] St Michaels Hosp, Ctr Res Inner City Hlth, Keenan Res Ctr, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Inst, 3rd Floor,30 Bond St, Toronto, ON M5B 1W8, Canada. [Daoud, Nihaya] Ben Gurion Univ Negev, Dept Publ Hlth, Fac Hlth Sci, Beer Sheva, Israel. [Matheson, Flora I.; O'Campo, Patricia] Univ Toronto, Dalla Lana Sch Publ Hlth, Toronto, ON, Canada. [Woodhall-Melnik, Julia; Dunn, James R.] McMaster Univ, Dept Hlth Aging & Soc, Hamilton, ON, Canada. Woodhall-Melnik, J (reprint author), St Michaels Hosp, Ctr Res Inner City Hlth, Keenan Res Ctr, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Inst, 3rd Floor,30 Bond St, Toronto, ON M5B 1W8, Canada.; Woodhall-Melnik, J (reprint author), McMaster Univ, Dept Hlth Aging & Soc, Hamilton, ON, Canada. E-Mail: woodhallmelj@smh.ca

摘要

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.