Quality of Life and Mental Well-Being: A Gendered Analysis of Persons Experiencing Homelessness in Canada

Buccieri, Kristy; Oudshoorn, Abe; Schiff, Jeannette Waegemakers; Pauly, Bernadette; Schiff, Rebecca; Gaetz, Stephen

doi:10.1007/s10597-020-00596-6

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“…Insufficient and low-quality sleep are known to decrease mental well-being among people experiencing homelessness [36]. We found poor sleep in this veteran population is often tied to mental illness and substance use, problems that are increased among homelessexperienced veterans [37].…”

Section: Individual Levelmentioning

confidence: 69%

Provider Perspectives on Sleep as a Determinant of Health and Housing Outcomes among Veterans Experiencing Homelessness: An Exploratory, Social-Ecological Study

Moore

Gelberg

Soh

et al. 2023

IJERPH

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Sleep problems are common among United States (U.S.) veterans and are associated with poor health, mental health, and functioning. Yet, little is known about insufficient sleep and factors contributing to sleep disparities among veterans experiencing homelessness. We conducted semi-structured interviews to better understand the clinical, environmental, and structural factors contributing to insufficient sleep among veterans and to improve care for this population. Interviews were conducted with 13 providers caring for veterans experiencing homelessness, including physicians, psychologists, nurses, social workers, and peer support specialists. Providers worked at a West Coast VA institution serving a large population of veterans experiencing homelessness. Interviews were analyzed for themes pertaining to sleep using the social-ecological model as a framework. On an individual level, factors influencing sleep included psychiatric disorders and use of substances. On an interpersonal level, factors included safety concerns while sleeping. On an environmental level, factors included noise and proximity to others as barriers to sleep. On the organizational level, logistical issues scheduling sleep clinic appointments and lack of transportation to attend sleep clinic appointments were identified as treatment barriers. These findings can inform future research studying the impact of sleep on health and housing outcomes and interventions addressing sleep among veterans experiencing homelessness.

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Section: Individual Levelmentioning

confidence: 69%

Provider Perspectives on Sleep as a Determinant of Health and Housing Outcomes among Veterans Experiencing Homelessness: An Exploratory, Social-Ecological Study

Moore

Gelberg

Soh

et al. 2023

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“…The concept of hybrid Sufism also include achieving quality of life. They include four indicators: (1) physical health, (2) mental state, (3) good social relations and (4) harmony with nature (environment) (Buccieri et al 2020). There are three important things in reassessing the quality of life, namely honesty, fairness and grateful (Smedema 2020).…”

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confidence: 99%

Hybrid Sufism for enhancing quality of life: Ethnographic perspective in Indonesia

Suwito¹,

Novianti

Suparjo³

et al. 2022

HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies

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Sufism has two main dimensions: vertical (God’s pleasure) and horizontal (harmony with nature, society and local wisdom). In reality, many Sufis are considered less concerned about the balancing between vertical and horizontal dimensions. The research explores the concepts and practices of hybrid Sufism undertaken by Kyais (religious leaders) and their followers in improving quality of life. Ethnography was used for exploring the mindset and activities of Kyai and his followers. This study involved four Kyais in Java and Kalimantan, Indonesia. Research data were obtained through participant observations, in-depth interviews and documentation. The data were analysed by Spadley’s ethnographic steps as follows: (1) domain analysis, (2) taxonomy analysis, (3) componential analysis and (4) cultural-thematic analysis. The results showed that hybrid Sufism could improve quality of life. Hybrid Sufism can better appreciate and interpret local wisdom with an attitude of preserving nature and a positive understanding of worldly wealth, increasing the hard work ethos to achieve material–spiritual qualities.Contribution: This article shows that hybrid Sufism encourages the life of Sufis in harmony between vertical and horizontal aspects. This understanding and lifestyle give rise to respect for others, being friendly to the environment and interpreting life and local wisdom.

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“…In Canada, there are 235,000 people with 35,000 on a given night (Gaetz et al, 2016). Homelessness is a serious public health issue in which individuals experience poor health, lack of access to health services, and deficits in key social determinants of health such as housing, food, and income as well as high levels of stigma and discrimination and lack of self-determination (Buccieri et al, 2020;Fowler et al, 2019;Frankish et al, 2005Frankish et al, , 2009Hwang et al, 2011;Ontario Riley et al, 2012;Sleet & Francescutti, 2021;Tsai et al, 2017). As the National Healthcare for the Homeless Council (National Health Care for the Homeless Council, 2019) observes "being without a home is a dangerous health condition" and "no amount of healthcare can substitute for stable housing" (p.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

‘Forced to Become a Community’: Encampment Residents’ Perspectives on Systemic Failures, Precarity, and Constrained Choice

Olson¹,

Pauly

2022

IJOH

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Homelessness is a serious public health concern with devastating consequences for health and wellbeing of homeless people. Visible signs of homelessness often appear in the form of encampments or tent cities. Such sites often raise controversies about public health and safety without attention to the structural, systemic and individual factors that contribute to their existence, including deficits in basic determinants of health and a failure to protect human rights to housing. The purpose of this paper is to explore the conditions that contribute to homeless encampments and ongoing issues of precarity, and right to housing from the perspective of residents of one encampment. The data set was comprised of 47 affidavits taken from 33 people from one tent city in Victoria, British Columbia (BC) in anticipation of legal action to remove residents and their belongings in 2016. We used Braun and Clarke’s (2006) approach to thematic analysis to identify, analyze and report patterns within the data. Residents spoke to systemic failures within the homeless sector itself as a factor in decisions to live in an encampment. Participants highlighted the challenges of ‘being chained to a backpack’ with nowhere to go and the impact of bylaws and policing on their health and well being. They acknowledged that while living in an encampment is a last resort it is often a better option than the streets or shelters with the benefits of a community, albeit a forced one with ongoing precarity. Public health responses to encampments should focus on centring human rights to adequate housing including self-determination and access to determinants of health. Such responses are aligned with public health commitments to health equity and social justice and require public health infrastructure.

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Quality of Life and Mental Well-Being: A Gendered Analysis of Persons Experiencing Homelessness in Canada

Cited by 10 publications

References 32 publications

Provider Perspectives on Sleep as a Determinant of Health and Housing Outcomes among Veterans Experiencing Homelessness: An Exploratory, Social-Ecological Study

Provider Perspectives on Sleep as a Determinant of Health and Housing Outcomes among Veterans Experiencing Homelessness: An Exploratory, Social-Ecological Study

Hybrid Sufism for enhancing quality of life: Ethnographic perspective in Indonesia

‘Forced to Become a Community’: Encampment Residents’ Perspectives on Systemic Failures, Precarity, and Constrained Choice

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