Homelessness Analyzed

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This paper discusses four articles that deal with homelessness in America. It looks at the topic of article, the methods of research, and the results of the assessments. The articles analyzed are: ?Health Status of Homeless and Marginally Housed Users of Mental Health Self-help Agencies,? by Carol Silverman (1998); ?Patterns, Predictors, and Situational Contexts of HIV Risk Behaviors Among Homeless Men and Women? by Donna P. Whitson (1998); ?Tracking Change in Psychological Distress Among Homeless Adults: An Examination of the Effect of Housing Status? by Yin-Ling Irene Wong (2002); and ?Mother-Child Separations Among Homeless and Housed Families Receiving Public Assistance in New York City? by Kirstin Cowal, et. al. (2002).

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"The researchers focused on mother-child separation and evaluated maternal factors that might contribute, such as the presence of substance abuse, major depression, history of institutionalization in psychiatric hospital or jail, or involvement with a partner who abused the children in some way. This study had a large sample -- 543 women. 25% of participants reported that they had been separated from their children at least at some time. Homeless mothers were more likely to experience this than housed mothers at a significance of p < .05. This study looked in great detail at correlational relationships between separation of child and mother and various life stresses including mental illness, substance abuse, and removal of children by child welfare services."

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