- Title
- WAND : An Activity Program for Women in a Rooming House
- Creator
- Grace, Marty; Malone, Jennifer; Murphy, Angela
- Date
- 2016
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/162067
- Identifier
- vital:12618
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.1177/0886109915574577
- Identifier
- ISBN:0886-1099
- Abstract
- Rooming houses are often considered last resort accommodation for people affected by homelessness. However, some rooming houses aspire to provide safe, affordable, good-quality accommodation. This article reports on research into an activity program Women Achieving New Directions (WAND) in one such rooming house for women in Melbourne, Australia. Women-only homelessness programs are important because of women’s specific, gendered experiences of homelessness. Five main themes relating to program impact and structure were identified from the data, namely, reducing isolation, the importance of leaving choice to the women, the vital role of staff support, the emerging sense of program ownership, and experiences of building community connection. © 2015, The Author(s) 2015.
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Inc.
- Relation
- Affilia - Journal of Women and Social Work Vol. 31, no. 1 (2016), p. 84-97
- Rights
- Copyright © 2015, The Author(s)
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Subject
- 1607 Social Work; Health and well being; Homeless women; Qualitative; Social work practice
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