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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.

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