OLDER HOMELESS WOMEN

尽管50岁及以上的女性被认为占所有女性的五分之一， 无家可归的妇女，她们一般都是隐形的，因为 重点关注从事育儿工作的无家可归的年轻妇女。因为 对无家可归的老年妇女知之甚少， 评估他们的需求或计划一系列适当的健康和支持 为他们服务。使用调查技术，深入访谈， 我们的目标是提供第一个大规模的 对无家可归的老年妇女进行系统检查。我们将采访250名 50岁及以上无家可归的妇女，她们住在纽约市的收容所和街道上， 约克城。我们还将采访在项目中工作的关键人员 服务于这一人群。具体审查的领域是：（1） 人口统计学;精神和身体健康;药物滥用水平，以及 受害情况;社会需要和支持;（2）人口的亚群 （3）精神病患者和药物滥用者;（3） 无家可归;（4）社交网络及其与生存的相关性;（5） 无家可归状况的心理/现象学方面;（6） 无家可归的环境/社会背景;（7） （8）将该种群与其他边缘种群进行比较， （9）改善服务 利用（1）-（8）的信息和对比妇女的分娩情况 他们接受各种服务。该研究将在一个 30-月期间。

Although women aged 50 and over are thought to comprise one-fifth of all homeless women, they have generally been rendered invisible because of a focus on younger homeless women engaged in childrearing roles. Because little is known about older homeless women, it has been difficult to assess their needs or plan an appropriate array of health and supportive services for them. Using survey techniques, in-depth interviewing, and ethnographic techniques, we aim to provide the first large-scale systematic examination of older homeless women. We will interview 250 homeless women aged 50 and over living in the shelters and streets of New York City. We will also interview key personnel working in programs serving this population. Specific areas to be examined are: (1) The demographics; mental and physical health; levels of substance abuse, and victimization; social needs and supports; (2) Subsets of the population such as the mentally ill and substance abusers; (3) The pathways to homelessness; (4) Social networks and their relevance to survival; (5) Psychological/phenomenological aspects of the homeless condition; (6) The environmental/social context of homelessness; (7) A theoretical model of adaptation; (8) To contrast this population with other marginal and community populations examined previously; (9) To improve service delivery by utilizing information for (1) - (8) and by contrasting women who accept various levels of services. The study will be conducted over a 30-month period.