在特拉华州为智力和发育障碍人口提供住房
Jody A Roberts1, Ankita Mohan2
1Delaware Division of Developmental Disabilities.
Delaware journal of public health
|August 25, 2023
概括
智力和发育障碍的人面临着严重的住房障碍,最近的市场变化使情况恶化. 有限可访问的住房,援助和独立生活支持是迫切需要关注的关键问题.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
- 关于残疾人的研究.
背景情况:
- 智力和发育障碍 (IDD) 患者在获得住房方面面临重大障碍.
- 这些障碍包括金融,物理和文化挑战,由COVID-19大流行和住房市场波动加剧.
- 该研究重点关注了特拉华州IDD患者的住房支持系统.
研究的目的:
- 检查IDD个人的住房支持的可用性和可访问性.
- 评估该人口中住房危机的规模.
- 识别住房援助和独立生活支持方面的差距.
主要方法:
- 定性研究设计. 定性研究设计.
- 采访了特拉华州发育障碍服务司为个人提供住房支持系统的代表.
- 分析了四个领域的调查结果:规模和范围,住房可用性,住房援助和住房支持.
主要成果:
- 对于IDD患者来说,住房危机 (无家可归和不安全) 比一般人群更严重.
- 对于特拉华州IDD的个人而言,存在有限的可访问住房选择.
- 住房选择的导航和独立生活的支持是不够的.
结论:
- 迫切需要改进数据收集和跟踪IDD个人的住房需求.
- 加强住房供应,援助和支持服务的建议.
- 呼吁进行研究,将IDD患者的住房获得与更广泛的健康结果相结合.
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