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A Nursing Model For Addressing The Health Needs Of Homeless Families
Author(s) -
Berne Andrea S.,
Dato Candy,
Mason Diana J.,
Rafferty Margaret
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
image: the journal of nursing scholarship
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009
H-Index - 80
eISSN - 1547-5069
pISSN - 0743-5150
DOI - 10.1111/j.1547-5069.1990.tb00161.x
Subject(s) - poverty , mental health , psychological intervention , nursing , politics , psychology , sociology , economic growth , medicine , political science , psychiatry , economics , law
Homelessness in the United States continues to be a major social problem directly affecting an estimated three million persons, of whom nearly 30 percent belong to families without permanent shelter. This paper reviews recent research concerning homeless families and the conditions in which they live and outlines the significant health and mental health problems that these families experience. Effective nursing interventions for homeless families using Peszneckers' Model of Poverty are proposed. Nurses must advocate for changes in the social and political conditions that bring about homelessness since the resources to meet the needs of these families are either nonexistent or woefully inadequate.