In:
Policy, Politics, & Nursing Practice, SAGE Publications, Vol. 17, No. 3 ( 2016-08), p. 156-169
Abstract:
Welfare Reform has caused a dramatic change in the lives and health of single mothers living in poverty. This qualitative study explored the health and socioeconomic lives of 22 community-dwelling women in poverty in the years after they were terminated from the current work-based welfare program intended to move women from welfare to work and independence. The instruments were a semistructured interview guide, the HANES General Well-Being Schedule, and a demographic data form. Data were analyzed using multistage narrative analysis and descriptive statistics. These primary source data showed participants had multiple barriers that precede or follow poverty. Their voices of how they survive are a rich source of data to assist providers and policy makers in devising evidence-based solutions for reducing poverty in America.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
1527-1544
,
1552-7468
DOI:
10.1177/1527154416672204
Language:
English
Publisher:
SAGE Publications
Publication Date:
2016
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2070898-1
SSG:
2
