Gender Differences in Reasons for Entering and Time in the Coordinated Entry System Among Unaccompanied Adults: A Community Analysis Within the United States

IF 2 3区心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Journal of community psychology Pub Date : 2025-05-11 DOI:10.1002/jcop.70017

Courtney Cronley, Melody Huslage, Zak Amen

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Abstract

Aims

Knowledge about unaccompanied women experiencing homelessness in the US remains scant. This study used a feminization of homelessness framework to compare time that unaccompanied women and men spent in the coordinated entry system (US process for housing service prioritization and allocation) based on reasons for entering homelessness.

Methods

Bivariate tests and negative binomial models were run using data for persons within one southern U.S. community in 2022 (N = 3,258).

Results

Women spent 232 mean days less in the system than men, and more entered homelessness due to unaffordable housing, eviction, and domestic violence; men entered due to institutional discharge, substance abuse, or job loss. For women, domestic violence predicted less time; substance abuse or being Black predicted more. For men, job loss, mental illness, being Black, or having a disability predicted longer time.

Conclusion

Results underscore the benefits of women-centered trauma-responsive housing, and prioritizing job training and mental healthcare for men. Universally, structural inequalities and racial discrimination are the backdrop of unaccompanied homelessness.

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无陪伴成人进入协调入境系统的原因和时间的性别差异：美国的社区分析

目的在美国，关于无人陪伴的无家可归妇女的知识仍然很少。这项研究使用了一个无家可归女性化的框架来比较无人陪伴的女性和男性在基于无家可归原因的协调进入系统（美国住房服务优先排序和分配程序）中花费的时间。方法使用2022年美国南部一个社区（N = 3258）的数据进行双变量检验和负二项模型。结果女性在系统中的平均天数比男性少232天，并且由于负担不起住房，驱逐和家庭暴力而更多地无家可归；男性因机构释放、药物滥用或失业而进入。对于女性来说，家庭暴力预示着更少的时间；滥用药物或身为黑人的预测更高。对于男性来说，失业、精神疾病、黑人身份或残疾预示着更长的死亡时间。结论研究结果强调了以女性为中心的创伤响应性住房的好处，并优先考虑男性的职业培训和心理保健。普遍而言，结构性不平等和种族歧视是无人陪伴的无家可归者的背景。

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来源期刊

Journal of community psychology Multiple-

CiteScore

4.20

自引率

8.70%

发文量

195

期刊介绍： The Journal of Community Psychology is a peer-reviewed journal devoted to research, evaluation, assessment and intervention, and review articles that deal with human behavior in community settings. Articles of interest include descriptions and evaluations of service programs and projects, studies of youth, parenting, and family development, methodology and design for work in the community, the interaction of groups in the larger community, and criminals and corrections.