Measuring community integration using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and participatory mapping for people who were once homeless
Measuring community integration using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and participatory mapping for people who were once homeless
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DOI：
10.1016/j.healthplace.2013.12.011
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发表时间：
2014-05-01
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4.8
通讯作者：
Gopal, Sucharita
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作者：
Chan, Dara V.;Helfrich, Christine A.;Gopal, Sucharita
社区整合的测量依赖于自我报告评估，通常量化身体或社会参与，但不能捕捉个人在社区中的空间存在。目前的研究通过参与式制图和地理信息系统（GIS）记录了37名曾经无家可归的人的活动空间或日常经历区域。与预期相反，活动空间大小与社区整合措施之间没有显著关系，除了与物理整合呈负相关。然而，进一步的分析显示，继续使用无家可归者服务，在地理上遍布整个城市，与更大的活动空间规模有关，但可能对社会和心理整合的努力产生反效果。对所确定地点类型的分析表明，休闲地点和持续参与医疗和心理健康地点的重要性很高。最后，社区融合结果在人口统计或住房类型方面没有显著差异，而是家庭参与程度和家的感觉，这些因素可能更有可能发生变化。(C) 2014年作者。Elsevier Ltd.出版。这是一篇基于CC BY-NC-ND许可的开放获取文章（https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/）。
Measures of community integration rely on self report assessments that often quantify physical or social participation, buy fail W capture the individual's spatial presence in the community. The current study documents the activity space, or area of daily experiences, of 37 individuals who were once homeless through participatory mapping and Geographic information Systems (GIS). Contrary to expectations, there was no significant relationship between activity space size and community integration measures, except a negative association with physical integration. Further analysis revealed, however, that continued use of homeless services, geographically spread throughout the city, was associated with larger activity space size, but may be counterproductive to social and psychological integration efforts. Analysis of the types of locations identified revealed high importance given to leisure locations and ongoing involvement with medical and mental health locations. Finally, community integration outcomes did not differ significantly by demographics or housing type, but rather degree of family involvement and feeling like home, factors that may have more potential for change. (C) 2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (htip://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/).