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The roles of social support and family resilience in accessing healthcare and employment resources among families living in traditional public housing communities
Author(s) -
Distelberg Brian,
Taylor Sherria
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
child and family social work
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.912
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1365-2206
pISSN - 1356-7500
DOI - 10.1111/cfs.12098
Subject(s) - psychological resilience , social support , psychological intervention , public housing , resilience (materials science) , community resilience , family resilience , health care , family support , business , public support , psychology , economic growth , gerontology , nursing , public relations , political science , medicine , social psychology , resource (disambiguation) , economics , computer network , physics , computer science , thermodynamics , physical therapy
This study relied on theories of family resilience to examine and differentiate the roles of community social support and family resilience in regards to access and utilization of healthcare and employment resources for public housing residents. The study assessed 234 public housing residents and used structured regressions to test the role of family resilience, internal and external community social support on outcomes associated with economic mobility. Results suggest that external community social support is associated with increased access to and use of health and employment resources. Additionally, residents with higher levels of resilience sought social support from outside of their communities to a greater degree, thereby increasing their access and use of resources. Increases in internal community support were associated with increases in external community support, but alone, limited access to and use of resources. Implications of the findings for policy, interventions, and future research are discussed.