Graduation Semester and Year
2017
Language
English
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Social Work
Department
Social Work
First Advisor
Courtney Cronley
Abstract
Background: As more women joined the armed forces the population of women veterans inevitably increased and with it so did the rates of women veteran homelessness. Women veterans are a unique group of women who also possess protective factors from homelessness, yet are 3 to 4 times likely to become homeless than non-veteran women. The purpose of this systematic review is to glean from other articles and studies what the risk factors for women veteran homelessness are. Method: A systematic review of 7 articles were conducted using the PRISMA method as a guideline for selecting the articles. Results: 5 articles were female veteran focused and 2 had female veterans as a sub-group. Articles were categorized in 3 groups, Military Risk in General, Trauma as a Risk Factor, and Women Veterans' Perspectives on Risk Factors for homelessness. Conclusion: Traumatic experiences of all types have been the repeated theme in the articles reviewed. And, no singular traumatic type can be pin-pointed as the cause of women veterans' homelessness.
Keywords
Homelessness, Women veterans, Veterans, Risk factors, Military sexual trauma, Military sexual assault
Disciplines
Social and Behavioral Sciences | Social Work
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
Graham, Staceyann, "HOMELESSNESS AMONG WOMEN VETERANS: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF THE RISK FACTORS" (2017). Social Work Theses. 35.
https://mavmatrix.uta.edu/socialwork_theses/35
Comments
Degree granted by The University of Texas at Arlington