Navigating contested terrain: How place meanings shape health after homelessness
• Lack of alternative housing forces residents to accept harmful institutional control. • Staff relationships and institutional policies mediate place interpretations. • Identical apartment features create sanctuary or cell depending on trauma history. • Place can function as both an enabling and a risk environment simultaneously. • Health outcomes depend on how structural constraints meet personal experiences.
Authors
- Sophie Lewis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4639-217X)
- Carolyn Day (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4277-1412)
- Maja Lindegaard Moensted (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8708-1039)
- Paul Haber (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8915-8872)
Institutions
- The University of Sydney (AU)
- Sydney Local Health District (AU)
- Central Coast Local Health District (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Health & Place
- Published
- 2025-12-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2025.103598
- Primary Topic
- Homelessness and Social Issues
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00