Nursing Publications
Title
Quality of Life and Mental Well-Being: A Gendered Analysis of Persons Experiencing Homelessness in Canada
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
11-1-2020
Journal
Community Mental Health Journal
Volume
56
Issue
8
First Page
1496
Last Page
1503
URL with Digital Object Identifier
10.1007/s10597-020-00596-6
Abstract
© 2020, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature. Homelessness has negative implications for mental well-being and quality of life. This paper identifies the quality of life variables that contribute to positive or negative wellbeing, reporting on a regression analysis from 343 individuals experiencing homelessness in Canada. Results indicate that a lack of sleep duration and quality reduced mental well-being for both genders, not having access to food and/or hygiene facilities decreased men’s well-being, and engaging in illegal subsistence strategies, such as selling drugs, negatively impacted women’s mental well-being. For persons experiencing homelessness, mental well-being and quality-of-life are gendered outcomes of their limited access to social determinants of health.