TY - JOUR PY - 2023// TI - Trauma-disclosure, meaning-making, and help-seeking in mothers experiencing homelessness: results from a trauma-focused, clinical ethnographic narrative intervention JO - Violence against women A1 - Gültekin, Laura A1 - Gilchrist, Christine A1 - Walker, Andrea A1 - Hinebaugh, Analise A1 - Brush, Barbara L. SP - ePub EP - ePub VL - ePub IS - ePub N2 - Mothers experiencing homelessness are seldom asked about past trauma that may be causal to housing instability and poor health. There are also few validated trauma-focused interventions in family shelters. To address this gap, we tested the feasibility and acceptability of the trauma-focused clinical ethnographic narrative intervention (CENI-TF) in increasing mothers' trauma disclosure, appraisal of its meaning in their lives, and help-seeking behaviors. We also present the qualitative findings to contextualize the intervention.

FINDINGS are organized under three major domains and nine subthemes that capture participants' voices and experiences. The CENI-TF has the potential to promote help-seeking behaviors and interrupt recurring cycles of trauma and housing instability in this at-risk population.

Language: en

LA - en SN - 1077-8012 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10778012231170860 ID - ref1 ER -