Posada-Abadía CI, Marín-Martín C, Oter-Quintana C, González-Gil MT. Women in a situation of homelessness and violence: a single-case study using the photo-elicitation technique.
BMC WOMENS HEALTH 2021;
21:216. [PMID:
34022870 PMCID:
PMC8141249 DOI:
10.1186/s12905-021-01353-x]
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Abstract
Background
Violence against women places them in a vulnerable position with regard to homelessness. Although sometimes invisible, women’s homelessness is a complex reality shrouded in dramatic biographies that should be sensitively addressed to avoid revictimization.
Methods
With the aim of understanding the chaotic discourse of homeless women’s experiences of violence, a qualitative single-case study was conducted using the photo-elicitation technique. Data were analyzed in accordance with grounded theory.
Results
The participant’s discourse could be summarized in the following categories: “Living in a spiral of violence”, “Confronting vulnerability and violence”, “Being a strong woman”, “New family networks”, “Re-building mother–child relationships”, and “Nurturing spiritual wellbeing”.
Conclusions
Supporting homelessness women requires an approach that focuses on the prevention of re-victimization and the consequences of violence in terms of physical and mental health. Shelters are spaces of care for recovery and represent referential elements for the re-construction of self.
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