Voices From The Street Exploring The Realities Of Family...

Gultekin, L., Brush, B. L., Baiardi, J. M., Kirk, K., Vanmaldeghem, K. (2014). Voices From the Street: Exploring the Realities of Family Homelessness. Journal of Family Nursing, 20(4), 390-414. doi:10.1177/1074840714548943 The purpose of this study were to conduct focus groups with homeless mothers and their case workers in Detroit, Michigan, to explore the pathways into homelessness, to understand the day to day experiences of living in shelters, the process of rehousing, identify real and perceived barriers of homeless families attempting to reestablish stable housing, and to understand the impact of the homeless families’ complete health and welfare. The design and sample of the study were a simple qualitative and descriptive design and consist of seven caseworkers and twenty-one homeless mothers and broken into four focus groups. 90 minutes semi-structured interviews were used during the focus groups for data collection. The analysis of the data collected from the focus groups of homeless mothers identified four predominant themes that illuminate these women experiences with homelessness: Pathways to and the meaning of homelessness, daily shelter life and the rehousing process, impact on health and well-being, and personal needs and wants. Then the analyses of the data collected from the caseworkers were evaluated to find similarities and differences of perceptions, which lead to several significant findings that included the following; reports of family historiesShow MoreRelatedStreet Children17655 Words   |  71 Pages_______________________ ___________________ Name Examiner Signature _______________________ ___________________ ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Well, I have enjoyed various supports from different people and organizations through out my work on this senior essay; and I am grateful to each one of them. Assefa Melka, my advisor, I am thankful to your friendly advise on my work and free offerings that you provided me with. I wish youRead MoreAn Employers Guide Inclusive Workplace16409 Words   |  66 Pagessolutions to business problems. Inclusive workplaces that openly communicate their values and strategies on equality, human rights and inclusion are capitalising on this as they are able to attract a wider pool of applicants and talent. Candidates from minority groups may be put off applying for positions in organisations that do not make their commitment to inclusion known. Retain productive and committed staff Inclusive workplaces that understand the needs of their employees and make staffRead MoreAbstract: Strategic Contingency Planning23625 Words   |  95 PagesContingency planning should be part of an organization’s quality cycle as well. â€Å"Business continuity and disaster recovery have gained somewhat in the eyes of top corporate management since the start of the 1990s. As the industry has slowly evolved from what could almost have been called a ‘black art’ to something starting to resemble a disciplined science, basic business principles have begun to become increasingly relevant† (Rothstein, 2003, p. 1). Purpose of this Study In this study, theRead MoreDeveloping Management Skills404131 Words   |  1617 PagesWeidemann-Book Credits and acknowledgments borrowed from other sources and reproduced, with permission, in this textbook appear on appropriate page within text. Copyright  © 2011, 2007, 2005, 2002, 1998 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Prentice Hall, One Lake Street, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey 07458. All rights reserved. Manufactured in the United States of America. This publication is protected by Copyright, and permission should be obtained from the publisher prior to any prohibited reproductionRead MoreInnovators Dna84615 Words   |  339 Pages(Continued from front flap) is the Horace Beesley Professor of Strategy at the Marriott School, Brigham Young University. He is widely published in strategy and business journals and was the fourth most cited management scholar from 1996–2006. is a professor of leadership at INSEAD. He consults to organizations around the world on innovation, globalization, and transformation and has published extensively in leading academic and business journals. is the Robert and Jane Cizik