Prevalence of episodic homelessness among adult childbearing women in Philadelphia, PA.
Prevalence of episodic homelessness among adult childbearing women in Philadelphia, PA.
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宾夕法尼亚州费城成年育龄妇女偶发性无家可归的发生率。
DOI：
10.2105/ajph.93.11.1895
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发表时间：
2003
影响因子：
12.7
通讯作者：
D. Culhane
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作者：
D. Webb;J. Culhane;Stephan Metraux;J. Robbins;D. Culhane
怀孕和照顾子女的责任为低收入妇女和家庭寻求适足和负担得起的住房造成了额外的障碍，但很少有研究评估美国怀孕或育儿妇女无家可归的相对风险或普遍程度。与住房不稳定和无家可归有关的心理混乱可能对健康和委员会还强调指出，有必要对处于这种状况的妇女人数进行记录。统计无家可归人口既有困难又有争议，5然而，如果不更好地了解孕妇和育儿妇女无家可归问题的范围，有效的公共卫生规划和宣传就成了问题。
鉴于对相关数据的需求，我们试图估计生活在美国大陆一个单一的大城市地区的育龄妇女中无家可归的患病率。
Pregnancy and the responsibilities of caring for children create additional barriers for low-income women and families seeking adequate and affordable housing, yet few studies have assessed the relative risk or prevalence of homelessness among pregnant or parenting women in the United States.1 The economic, social, and psychological dislocations associated with housing instability and homelessness may have particularly serious negative consequences for the health and well-being of pregnant and parenting women and their children,2–4 highlighting the need to document the number of women exposed to such conditions. Enumerating homeless populations is fraught with both difficulty and controversy5; however, effective public health planning and advocacy are problematic in the absence of a better understanding of the scope of the homelessness problem among pregnant and parenting women.
In light of the need for relevant data, we sought to estimate the prevalence of homelessness among childbearing women living in a single, large urban area within the continental United States.