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Pursuing the Mission: How Homeless Veterans Manage Chronic Disease
The purpose of this study was to describe and explain the process by which homeless veterans manage their chronic health problems. In the United States, over 550,000 people experience homelessness on any given night. Of these, over 11% are veterans of the military, many whom suffer from at least one...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6088465/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30116766 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2333393618792093 |
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description | The purpose of this study was to describe and explain the process by which homeless veterans manage their chronic health problems. In the United States, over 550,000 people experience homelessness on any given night. Of these, over 11% are veterans of the military, many whom suffer from at least one chronic disease. Study participants included male homeless veterans with at least one chronic health problem recruited at a Veterans Affairs emergency department, a homeless shelter, and a soup kitchen. Semi-structured interviews with 32 veterans from the Vietnam/post-Vietnam era were audio-recorded, verified, and coded resulting in a theory entitled “pursuing the mission,” which describes and explains four ways (deferring, exploring, embarking, embracing) they manage their chronic health problems. The findings from this study provide insight from individuals living this experience and will help guide the future delivery of health care to homeless veterans. |
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spelling | pubmed-60884652018-08-16 Pursuing the Mission: How Homeless Veterans Manage Chronic Disease Weber, Jillian Lee, Rebecca C. Martsolf, Donna Glob Qual Nurs Res Single-Method Research Article The purpose of this study was to describe and explain the process by which homeless veterans manage their chronic health problems. In the United States, over 550,000 people experience homelessness on any given night. Of these, over 11% are veterans of the military, many whom suffer from at least one chronic disease. Study participants included male homeless veterans with at least one chronic health problem recruited at a Veterans Affairs emergency department, a homeless shelter, and a soup kitchen. Semi-structured interviews with 32 veterans from the Vietnam/post-Vietnam era were audio-recorded, verified, and coded resulting in a theory entitled “pursuing the mission,” which describes and explains four ways (deferring, exploring, embarking, embracing) they manage their chronic health problems. The findings from this study provide insight from individuals living this experience and will help guide the future delivery of health care to homeless veterans. SAGE Publications 2018-08-09 /pmc/articles/PMC6088465/ /pubmed/30116766 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2333393618792093 Text en © The Author(s) 2018 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
spellingShingle | Single-Method Research Article Weber, Jillian Lee, Rebecca C. Martsolf, Donna Pursuing the Mission: How Homeless Veterans Manage Chronic Disease |
title | Pursuing the Mission: How Homeless Veterans Manage Chronic Disease |
title_full | Pursuing the Mission: How Homeless Veterans Manage Chronic Disease |
title_fullStr | Pursuing the Mission: How Homeless Veterans Manage Chronic Disease |
title_full_unstemmed | Pursuing the Mission: How Homeless Veterans Manage Chronic Disease |
title_short | Pursuing the Mission: How Homeless Veterans Manage Chronic Disease |
title_sort | pursuing the mission: how homeless veterans manage chronic disease |
topic | Single-Method Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6088465/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30116766 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2333393618792093 |
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