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"En toen zat ik thuis"

Thuis in huis en buurt?

Thuis in huis en buurt?

Differences in housing transitions and changes in health and self-determination between formerly homeless individuals

BackgroundTo reduce homelessness, it is important to gain a better understanding of the differences between homeless people who remain in institutions and those who gain and can sustain independent housing. This longitudinal study explores differences in housing transitions and differences in changes in health and self-determination between formerly homeless people still living in institutions 2.5 years later and those now living in independent housing in the Netherlands.MethodsThis study mapped the housing transitions of 263 participants from when they entered the social relief system (SRS) to 2.5 years later when they were in independent housing or institutions. These individuals were compared at the 2.5-year mark in terms of gender, age and retrospectively in terms of duration of homelessness. They were also compared with regard to changes in psychological distress, perceived health, substance use and self-determination.ResultsTwo and a half years after entering the SRS, 81% of participants were independently housed and 19% still lived in institutions. People in institutions had a longer lifetime duration of homelessness, were more often men, and their number of days of alcohol use had decreased significantly more, whereas independently housed people had shown a significant increase in their sense of autonomy and relatedness.ConclusionFormerly homeless people living in independent housing and in institutions show few health-related differences 2.5 years after entering the SRS, but changes in autonomy and relatedness are distinctly more prevalent, after the same period of time, in those who are independently housed.

Differences in housing transitions and changes in health and self-determination between formerly homeless individuals

BackgroundTo reduce homelessness, it is important to gain a better understanding of the differences between homeless people who remain in institutions and those who gain and can sustain independent housing. This longitudinal study explores differences in housing transitions and differences in changes in health and self-determination between formerly homeless people still living in institutions 2.5 years later and those now living in independent housing in the Netherlands.MethodsThis study mapped the housing transitions of 263 participants from when they entered the social relief system (SRS) to 2.5 years later when they were in independent housing or institutions. These individuals were compared at the 2.5-year mark in terms of gender, age and retrospectively in terms of duration of homelessness. They were also compared with regard to changes in psychological distress, perceived health, substance use and self-determination.ResultsTwo and a half years after entering the SRS, 81% of participants were independently housed and 19% still lived in institutions. People in institutions had a longer lifetime duration of homelessness, were more often men, and their number of days of alcohol use had decreased significantly more, whereas independently housed people had shown a significant increase in their sense of autonomy and relatedness.ConclusionFormerly homeless people living in independent housing and in institutions show few health-related differences 2.5 years after entering the SRS, but changes in autonomy and relatedness are distinctly more prevalent, after the same period of time, in those who are independently housed.

Wanneer het thuis onveilig is

Kinderen hebben het recht om op te groeien in een veilige omgeving, een omgeving waarin liefde en aandacht centraal staan, zonder geweld. Meestal kunnen ouders hierin voorzien, maar helaas lukt dit niet altijd. In Nederland zijn naar schatting jaarlijks tussen de 90.000 en 127.000 kinderen slachtoffer van kindermishandeling. Dit kan gaan om lichamelijke mishandeling of verwaarlozing, om psychische mishandeling of verwaarlozing of om seksueel misbruik. Ook het getuige zijn van geweld tussen ouders valt hieronder. Wanneer kinderen zich thuis onveilig voelen, kan dit ernstige gevolgen hebben, tot ver in hun volwassen leven. Maar hoe krijgt de hulpverlening zicht op gezinnen waarin de veiligheid niet gewaarborgd is? Hoe kunnen professionals geweld stoppen en aan duurzame veiligheid en herstel werken? En is het normaal dat een professional zich soms machteloos, onzeker of angstig voelt, en niet altijd weet wat te doen? Deze vragen staan centraal in het praktijkgerichte onderzoek van het lectoraat van Roos de Wildt. Zo draagt het lectoraat bij aan de ontwikkeling en verspreiding van kennis over het effectief beschermen van kinderen in gezinnen waar de veiligheid niet is gewaarborgd.