ATTITUDES TOWARDS THE HOMELESS/HOMELESS MENTALLY ILL

在全国范围内进行的随机数字电话调查中， 对无家可归者/无家可归的精神病患者的态度和信念，受访者 他们被问到是否曾经无家可归。 令人惊讶的206（13.7%） 报告说，他们在一生中的某个时候无家可归; 169 (11.2%）报告成年后无家可归。 此外，这些事件 自我报告的无家可归者似乎是有效的。 自报无家可归 正如预期的那样，与贫困、教育水平和 有精神病住院史 此外，我们进行了简短的 对自我报告的无家可归者案例的子样本进行了重新采访，发现 绝大多数人当时都在经历严重的困难， 报告说无家可归。 我们建议对这一意想不到的和 通过对受访者进行深入访谈， 成年后无家可归 我们还将重新采访两个比较 来自知识、态度和信念研究的各组（每组N = 280）， 这些人从未无家可归，但他们面临着高风险， 另一个是无家可归的风险较低的。 因为很少有研究专门针对以前无家可归的人 这项研究提供了一个机会， 无家可归的经历。 具体而言，该研究将提供 了解以前的社会和心理健康特征 无家可归的人，他们是如何无家可归的，他们无家可归的经历 他们是如何被重新安置的，他们目前的住房 情况就像。 从研究中获得的知识将有助于广泛了解 社会政策以及旨在帮助无家可归者的干预措施 重新安置。

In a nationwide random digit dial telephone survey of peoples' knowledge, attitudes and beliefs about the homeless/homeless mentally ill, respondents were asked if they had ever been homeless. A surprising 206 (13.7%) reported that they had been homeless at some time in their lives; 169 (11.2%) reported homelessness in adulthood. Moreover, these incidents of self-reported homelessness appear to be valid. Self-reported homelessness correlates as expected with variables like poverty, educational level and a history of mental hospitalization. In addition we conducted a brief reinterview of a subsample of self- reported homeless cases and found that the vast majority were experiencing severe hardship at the time they reported being homeless. We propose to follow-up this unexpected and provocative finding by conducting in-depth interviews with respondents who reported homelessness as adults. We will also reinterview two comparison groups (N=280 each) from the knowledge, attitudes and beliefs study, one consisting of people who have never been homeless but who are at high risk of becoming homeless and another that is at low risk for homelessness. Because there are few studies focused specifically on the formerly homeless this study offers the opportunity to learn a great deal about people's experience with homelessness. Specifically, the study will provide knowledge about the social and mental health characteristics of formerly homeless people, how they became homeless, what their homeless experience was like, how they became rehoused, and what their current housing situation is like. Knowledge gained from the study will help inform broad social policy as well as interventions designed to help homeless people become rehoused.