HOMELESS MOTHERS AND CHILDREN--LONGITUDINAL STUDY

无家可归的母亲和儿童——纵向研究

• 批准号: 2250722
• 负责人: ELLEN L BASSUK
• 金额: $ 58.94万
• 依托单位: BETTER HOMES FUND
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1994
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1994-08-01 至 1998-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/2250722
• 关键词: academic achievement; child (0-11); community health services; emotional adjustment; female; health care service utilization; homeless; household; housing; human subject; interview; longitudinal human study; low socioeconomic status; mother child interaction; social service; socioeconomics; statistics /biometry

(Adapted from Applicant's Abstract): While the extent of family homelessness can be traced to broader economic and social issues, particularly the gap between income and rent, the availability of decent affordable low-income housing and the high poverty rates among families headed by women, much remains to be learned about the course of hopelessness and the experience of residential instability over time. Such information is critical for designing effective interventions and for the development of prevention strategies. This revised application proposes to add a longitudinal component to an ongoing, NIMH-funded study of 250 homeless and 250 housed families in Worcester, Massachusetts. It would build on the existing population-based case-control comparison of homeless and housed families and the strong collaborative relationships that have been developed with the Worcester community. The proposed prospective study would involve follow-up interviews of both mothers and their approximately 1000 children at 8, 16, and 24 months subsequent to the initial, baseline interview completed for the cross-sectional study. By following the sample of homeless and housed families for 24 months and collecting additional data over time. It will be possible to: 1) examine the natural course of homelessness among undomiciled families and the extent to which family homelessness is chronic or episodic; 2) compare and contrast factors that increase homelessness vulnerability with those that prolong it; 3) examine mediating factors, in particular social resources and their effects on residential stability for homeless women and their children; 4) describe the consequences of homelessness for women on service utilization, victimization, and other life stressors; 5) examine the consequences of homelessness, other risk, and protective factors (such as mother's mental health) on the development, socio- emotional adaptation, and academic achievement of children over time. A prospective study of community population-based samples of homeless and housed women and their children holds considerable promise for developing an understanding of the course of hopelessness for families, how factors influencing course differ from factors affecting vulnerability, and the consequences of hopelessness for women and children.

（摘自申请人摘要）：虽然家庭的范围 无家可归现象可以追溯到更广泛的经济和社会问题， 特别是收入和租金之间的差距， 负担得起的低收入住房和家庭中的高贫困率 由妇女领导，关于妇女的发展进程， 随着时间的推移，绝望和居住不稳定的经历。 这些信息对于制定有效的干预措施至关重要， 制定预防战略。本修订申请 建议在一项正在进行的、由NIMH资助的研究中增加一个纵向组成部分 在马萨诸塞州的伍斯特，250个无家可归的家庭和250个有住房的家庭。它 将建立在现有的基于人群的病例对照比较基础上， 无家可归和有住房的家庭以及强大的合作关系 是与伍斯特社区共同开发的拟议 前瞻性研究将涉及对母亲和 他们的大约1000名儿童在8，16和24个月后， 完成横断面研究的初始基线访谈。 通过对无家可归和有住房的家庭进行为期24个月的抽样调查， 随着时间的推移收集额外的数据。它将有可能：1）检查 无家可归的家庭的自然过程， 家庭无家可归的程度是长期的或偶发的; 2）比较 并将增加无家可归者脆弱性的因素与那些 3）研究中介因素，特别是社会因素， 资源及其对无家可归妇女居住稳定性的影响 （4）描述无家可归的后果， 妇女对服务的利用、受害情况和其他生活压力因素; 5)审查无家可归的后果，其他风险和保护 母亲的心理健康等因素对发展、社会、 情绪适应和孩子的学习成绩。一 前瞻性研究的社区人口为基础的样本无家可归者和 有住房的妇女及其子女在发展方面有相当大的希望， 了解家庭绝望的过程， 影响过程与影响脆弱性的因素不同， 对妇女和儿童的绝望的后果。