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Supporting Female Survivors of Gender-Based Violence Experiencing Homelessness: Outcomes of a Health Promotion Psychoeducation Group Intervention

Homelessness is an important risk factor for gender-based violence (GBV), particularly among youth, and disproportionally affects women and girls. Survivors of GBV experience enduring and severe physical, psychological, and sexual health problems. Although key elements in service delivery for surviv...

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Autores principales: Bani-Fatemi, Ali, Malta, Monica, Noble, Amanda, Wang, Wei, Rajakulendran, Thanara, Kahan, Deborah, Stergiopoulos, Vicky
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Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7755885/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33362610
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.601540
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author Bani-Fatemi, Ali
Malta, Monica
Noble, Amanda
Wang, Wei
Rajakulendran, Thanara
Kahan, Deborah
Stergiopoulos, Vicky
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Malta, Monica
Noble, Amanda
Wang, Wei
Rajakulendran, Thanara
Kahan, Deborah
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description Homelessness is an important risk factor for gender-based violence (GBV), particularly among youth, and disproportionally affects women and girls. Survivors of GBV experience enduring and severe physical, psychological, and sexual health problems. Although key elements in service delivery for survivors of GBV have been identified, little is known about outcomes of community-based programs aiming to assist homeless and unstably housed youth experiencing GBV. This longitudinal study aimed to quantitatively evaluate changes in mental health and well-being outcomes in female identified youth experiencing GBV and homelessness, 12 months after enrolment in a community-based, trauma-informed, brief group psychoeducation intervention. Standardized survey measures were administered at baseline, 6 and 12 months for 70 participants, recruited between February 2017 and April 2019, assessing quality of life, psychological distress, traumatic symptoms, substance use, resilience, victimization, and sense of mastery. Linear mixed models were used to examine longitudinal changes in quality of life as well as secondary outcomes among study participants. After 12 months, quality of life increased significantly among participants (p = 0.009), and the 12-month victimization score was significantly decreased relative to baseline (p = 0.05). Changes in other outcomes were not statistically significant. Findings suggest that community-based brief group psychoeducation interventions may be a promising approach to improving outcomes for this disadvantaged population.
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spelling pubmed-77558852020-12-24 Supporting Female Survivors of Gender-Based Violence Experiencing Homelessness: Outcomes of a Health Promotion Psychoeducation Group Intervention Bani-Fatemi, Ali Malta, Monica Noble, Amanda Wang, Wei Rajakulendran, Thanara Kahan, Deborah Stergiopoulos, Vicky Front Psychiatry Psychiatry Homelessness is an important risk factor for gender-based violence (GBV), particularly among youth, and disproportionally affects women and girls. Survivors of GBV experience enduring and severe physical, psychological, and sexual health problems. Although key elements in service delivery for survivors of GBV have been identified, little is known about outcomes of community-based programs aiming to assist homeless and unstably housed youth experiencing GBV. This longitudinal study aimed to quantitatively evaluate changes in mental health and well-being outcomes in female identified youth experiencing GBV and homelessness, 12 months after enrolment in a community-based, trauma-informed, brief group psychoeducation intervention. Standardized survey measures were administered at baseline, 6 and 12 months for 70 participants, recruited between February 2017 and April 2019, assessing quality of life, psychological distress, traumatic symptoms, substance use, resilience, victimization, and sense of mastery. Linear mixed models were used to examine longitudinal changes in quality of life as well as secondary outcomes among study participants. After 12 months, quality of life increased significantly among participants (p = 0.009), and the 12-month victimization score was significantly decreased relative to baseline (p = 0.05). Changes in other outcomes were not statistically significant. Findings suggest that community-based brief group psychoeducation interventions may be a promising approach to improving outcomes for this disadvantaged population. Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-12-09 /pmc/articles/PMC7755885/ /pubmed/33362610 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.601540 Text en Copyright © 2020 Bani-Fatemi, Malta, Noble, Wang, Rajakulendran, Kahan and Stergiopoulos. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Kahan, Deborah
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title_sort supporting female survivors of gender-based violence experiencing homelessness: outcomes of a health promotion psychoeducation group intervention
topic Psychiatry
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7755885/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33362610
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.601540
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