Catherine A Marshall
Biographic Data
| ID | 250265 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Catherine A Marshall |
| GIVEN NAMES | Catherine A |
| FAMILY NAME | Marshall |
| SIGNATURE | MARSHALL C A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Western University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0592-7716 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 34 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 78 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 33 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
“Beggars can’t be choosers”: Exploring service users’ perspectives on accessing charitable meal services while experiencing homelessness
Better than Nothing? A scoping review on tiny homes and sleeping cabins as a response to homelessness in high-income countries
Tiny homes and sleeping cabins are often touted as a quick and efficient solution to providing shelter or housing for unhoused individuals. No known knowledge syntheses have amalgamated this body of literature, and this is needed to inform future research, practice and policy. To address this gap, we conducted a scoping review using the framework advanced by Arksey and O’Malley. We searched seven databases supplemented by a search of grey literat…
Processes and experiences of women after leaving a shelter: A scoping review
After a shelter stay, women frequently face continued housing and economic instability. This scoping review, which is a companion paper to our scoping review on outcomes for women post-shelter (Jacobsen et al. [2024]. Outcomes for women after leaving a shelter: A scoping review of the quantitative evidence. Women’s Studies International Forum, 105, 102921.), explores the experiences of women post-shelter stay, and factors that affect this transit…
Exploring the Experiences of Mental Health Service Providers in Delivering Services to International Graduate Students in Canada: An Interpretive Phenomenological Study
International graduate students contribute significantly to Canadian universities through their roles in research, teaching, and the enrichment of academic and cultural life. Despite these contributions, they face distinct mental health challenges related to cultural adjustment, financial pressures, and social isolation. Campus-based mental health services are often their primary source of support, yet little is known about the experiences of tho…
The lived experiences of familial mental illness stigma among persons living with mental illnesses
Persons with mental illnesses may experience stigma from their immediate family members in addition to other forms of stigma. The researchers used semi-structured interviews to investigate the experiences of familial mental illness stigma among 15 people diagnosed with mental illnesses in a mid-sized city in Canada. Five themes that spoke to participants' experiences of familial mental illness stigma and ways to reduce it were identified by the i…
“Making a homeless person even more homeless … it’s a necessary evil”: The health and safety complexities of service restrictions as perceived by emergency shelter staff
Service restrictions involve people experiencing homelessness being banned from an emergency shelter in response to a violation of program policies. Their use can be a pathway into unsheltered homelessness and reliance on other institutional services. However, the prevalence of service restriction use and the perspectives of shelter staff toward the practice are unknown. Accordingly, this mixed methods study used a one-phase QUAL(quan) embedded d…
Caught in a machine that de-emphasizes human potential: Using Goffman’s theory of the total institution to understand service provider perspectives on boredom among unhoused persons
Boredom is a central feature of the experience of homelessness influencing well-being. • Providers recognize boredom as a serious problem in the lives of unhoused persons. • Boredom emerges in the lives of unhoused persons due to the way in which services are structured. • Services for unhoused persons can be conceptualized as a closed, institutional system. • The rigidness of this institutional environment contributes to moral distress in provid…
The recovery experiences of individuals with schizophrenia in northwestern Ethiopia
Generally, participants focused on recovery from illness by emphasizing being free from symptoms to start their regular life. However, some of them were interested in pursuing education and engaging in work. The meaning given for recovery determines the kind of recovery process individuals have. Accepting that schizophrenia is a lifelong disorder, following medical treatments, finding ways to be active in their social life, and engaging in day-to…
We Have to Evict Certain People Sometimes”: A Descriptive Mixed-Methods Study of Service Providers’ Perceptions of the Impacts of High-Risk Issues in Supportive Housing and Housing First
Retracted – The experiences of familial mental illness stigma among individuals living with mental illnesses
Persons with mental illnesses may experience stigma from their immediate family members in addition to other forms of stigma. Using semi-structured interviews, we investigated experiences of familial mental illness stigma among 15 people diagnosed with mental illnesses in a mid-sized city in Canada. We identified five themes that speak to participants’ experiences of familial mental illness stigma and ways to reduce it. The themes include the fol…
A scoping review examining the association of housing quality and psychosocial well-being following homelessness: An ecological systems perspective
Housing quality (HQ) has been previously associated with health and quality of life. Although HQ is an important factor in preventing homelessness, little is known about the range and breadth of this body of literature. To identify existing studies, we conducted a scoping review guided by the question: “in what ways has housing quality been associated with psychosocial well-being following homelessness in existing peer-reviewed literature?” using…
Experiences of belonging following homelessness: A systematic review and meta-aggregation
Experiences of transitioning from homelessness: A systematic review and meta-aggregation of qualitative studies conducted in middle to high income countries
Beyond Securing a tenancy: Using the capabilities approach to identify the daily living needs of individuals during and following homelessness
Individuals experiencing homelessness have a range of unmet needs during homelessness. Less is known about how these daily living needs evolve in the transition to housing and how existing services are supporting individuals to meet these needs. Using the capabilities approach, we conducted a cross-sectional qualitative study with two participant groups (unhoused; housed between 1 and 24 months). Using thematic analysis, we generated five meta-th…
Outcomes for women after leaving a shelter: A scoping review of the quantitative evidence
Women and single mother families constitute one of the fastest growing segments of individuals experiencing homelessness. While women experiencing homelessness may temporarily use emergency shelters, second-stage shelters, or transitional housing, whose services range from basic life necessities to extensive supports, many women experience ongoing housing instability after leaving a shelter. We conducted a scoping review to explore outcomes for w…
Service restrictions from emergency shelters among people experiencing homelessness: Uncovering pathways into unsheltered homelessness and institutional circuitry
Service restrictions refer to temporary or permanent bans of individuals from a program or an organization's services, and are widely used in emergency shelter systems. Limited research exists on how service restrictions unfold and their impacts on people experiencing homelessness. This qualitative study used in-depth interviews with timeline mapping to examine the antecedents and consequences of service restrictions from emergency shelters among…
Victimization, safety, and overdose in homeless shelters: A systematic review and narrative synthesis
Effectiveness of employment‐based interventions for persons experiencing homelessness: A systematic review
The experience of food insecurity during and following homelessness in high‐income countries: A systematic review and meta‐aggregation
Violence and victimisation in the lives of persons experiencing homelessness who use methamphetamine: A scoping review
Methamphetamine (MA) use among individuals who experience homelessness has tripled in recent years. This is a problematic trend given the harmful impacts of this substance on health and social well-being. While there is a large body of literature on the relationship between substance use and trauma, little is known about the scope of existing empirical literature exploring this topic related to MA use. Anecdotally, MA is frequently associated wit…
We stick people in a house and say okay, you're housed. The problem is solved’: A qualitative study of service provider and organisational leader perspectives on thriving following homelessness
Research aimed at identifying and evaluating approaches to homelessness has predominately focused on strategies for supporting tenancy sustainment. Fewer studies focus on strategies for enabling thriving following homelessness, and the perspectives of service providers and organisational leaders (SPOL) on this topic are rare. We conducted this study in the context of a community-based participatory research project in two cities in Ontario, Canad…
The Big Island Model’: Resident experiences of a novel permanent supportive housing model for responding to rural homelessness
Research on rural homelessness focuses primarily on describing the experiences and prevalence of homelessness in rural contexts, with little focus on intervention strategies. We conducted a case study of the 'Big Island Model' (BIM), a novel approach to providing housing and support to individuals experiencing homelessness that has been developed for, and reflects, a rural context. We interviewed 13 participants (n = 10 men; n = 3 women) supporte…
A rapid review of practices to support people experiencing homelessness during Covid-19
Purpose People experiencing homelessness are uniquely vulnerable to the impacts of a pandemic, such as COVID-19. Therefore, governments across Canada have been implementing a patchwork of responses to address the needs of those who are homeless at this time. The purpose of this study is to both compile and assess the varying responses by exploring the breadth of actions presented in print and social media. Design/methodology/approach Rapid review…
Boredom and homelessness: A scoping review
Background: Emerging literature suggests that boredom is a frequent problem experienced by homeless persons that may influence their health and well-being. Purpose: The range and breadth of literature exploring boredom among homeless persons is unknown. We initiated this study to fill this gap in existing literature. Method: Using the method advanced by Arksey and O’Malley (2005), and furthered by Levac, Colquhoun and O’Brien (2010), we carried o…
Effectiveness of interventions targeting community integration among individuals with lived experiences of homelessness: A systematic review
Indigenous Ways of Knowing: Implications for Participatory Research and Community
Researchers have a responsibility to cause no harm, but research has been a source of distress for indigenous people because of inappropriate methods and practices. The way researchers acquire knowledge in indigenous communities may be as critical for eliminating health disparities as the actual knowledge that is gained about a particular health problem. Researchers working with indigenous communities must continue to resolve conflict between the…
The Older Native American Indian With Disabilities: Implications for Providers of Health Care and Human Services
This article presents a review of the literature as regards the older Native American Indian, as well as a report of health care and human service needs based on a recent study of urban Native American Indians with disabilities in the Denver metropolitan area
Stories Rather than Surveys: A Journey of Discovery and Emancipation
Empirical research, which has traditionally been privileged in Western health disciplines, has left notable gaps in the implementation of health interventions for Indigenous people and in the knowledge of and respect for Indigenous ways of knowing, both locally and globally. This article emphasizes the notion of pluralism in health research, and the responsibility of non-Indigenous researchers to collaborate respectfully and at a personal level w…
The experience of occupational engagement of chronically homeless persons in a mid-sized urban context
Background: Chronic homelessness is a growing problem in many Western nations. Few studies have explored the occupations of chronically homeless persons, and most of this research has sampled from large metropolitan areas.Purpose: This research sought to explicate the meaning and experience of occupational engagement for homeless persons in a mid-sized urban context.Method: Interpretive phenomenology informed qualitative interviews with 12 chroni…
Service restrictions from emergency shelters among people experiencing homelessness: Uncovering pathways into unsheltered homelessness and institutional circuitry
Service restrictions refer to temporary or permanent bans of individuals from a program or an organization's services, and are widely used in emergency shelter systems. Limited research exists on how service restrictions unfold and their impacts on people experiencing homelessness. This qualitative study used in-depth interviews with timeline mapping to examine the antecedents and consequences of service restrictions from emergency shelters among…
Nobody cares about you as a group of people”: A mixed methods study of women living in congregate social housing in Ontario, Canada
Guided by the social model of disability, we carried out this exploratory study to understand the health and psychosocial needs of women living in social housing in Ontario, Canada. Using a sequential, mixed-methods design, we interviewed 19 women using a 126-item quantitative interview including six standardized measures exploring indicators of psychosocial well-being. From these findings, we designed a qualitative interview protocol and returne…
Family-Focused Preventive Interventions With Cancer Cosurvivors: A Call to Action
Health promotion and preventive action in the context of public health interventions for highly prevalent, long-term conditions such as cancer are rarely geared toward the family as a whole. Yet family members, as cancer cosurvivors, must manage their own substantial stress and multiple caregiving responsibilities and often constitute a critical nexus between individual patients and clinicians. We drew on 2 examples of cancer cosurvivorship from …
A Model Project for Families of the Chronically Mentally Ill
As a result of deinstitutionalization, families are frequently the primary caretakers of chronically mentally ill relatives. These families report a variety of stresses. La Frontera Center, Inc., a comprehensive community mental health center in Tucson, Arizona, is currently addressing the needs of these families through the Family Support Project. Families in this project have learned how to enhance the lifestyles of their ill family members as …
A Model Project for Families of the Chronically Mentally Ill
As a result of deinstitutionalization, families are frequently the primary caretakers of chronically mentally ill relatives. These families report a variety of stresses. La Frontera Center, Inc., a comprehensive community mental health center in Tucson, Arizona, is currently addressing the needs of these families through the Family Support Project. Families in this project have learned how to enhance the lifestyles of their ill family members as …
The Older Native American Indian With Disabilities: Implications for Providers of Health Care and Human Services
This article presents a review of the literature as regards the older Native American Indian, as well as a report of health care and human service needs based on a recent study of urban Native American Indians with disabilities in the Denver metropolitan area
Indigenous Ways of Knowing: Implications for Participatory Research and Community
Researchers have a responsibility to cause no harm, but research has been a source of distress for indigenous people because of inappropriate methods and practices. The way researchers acquire knowledge in indigenous communities may be as critical for eliminating health disparities as the actual knowledge that is gained about a particular health problem. Researchers working with indigenous communities must continue to resolve conflict between the…
Surviving Cancer as a Family and Helping Co-Survivors Thrive
Within this book, family members will find the information they need to better understand and cope with cancer in the family, thereby helping their loved one, and themselves, most effectively. Family members of individuals diagnosed with cancer are, themselves, cancer survivors. Yet, all too often, their needs, questions, and concerns are not systematically addressed by the medical and human services systems. Surviving Cancer as a Family and Help…
Stories Rather than Surveys: A Journey of Discovery and Emancipation
Empirical research, which has traditionally been privileged in Western health disciplines, has left notable gaps in the implementation of health interventions for Indigenous people and in the knowledge of and respect for Indigenous ways of knowing, both locally and globally. This article emphasizes the notion of pluralism in health research, and the responsibility of non-Indigenous researchers to collaborate respectfully and at a personal level w…
Family-Focused Preventive Interventions With Cancer Cosurvivors: A Call to Action
Health promotion and preventive action in the context of public health interventions for highly prevalent, long-term conditions such as cancer are rarely geared toward the family as a whole. Yet family members, as cancer cosurvivors, must manage their own substantial stress and multiple caregiving responsibilities and often constitute a critical nexus between individual patients and clinicians. We drew on 2 examples of cancer cosurvivorship from …
Differences in Transitional Care Provided to Mexican American and Non-Hispanic White Older Adults
Background:Transitional care, assisting patients to move safely through multiple health care settings, may be insufficient for older Hispanic patients. Purpose: Describe home health care services referral rates for Hispanic and non-Hispanic White (NHW) patients and factors that influence case managers’ (CMs’) discharge planning processes. Design: Organized by the Ethno-Cultural Gerontological Nursing Model, health records were reviewed ( n = 33,5…
The experience of occupational engagement of chronically homeless persons in a mid-sized urban context
Background: Chronic homelessness is a growing problem in many Western nations. Few studies have explored the occupations of chronically homeless persons, and most of this research has sampled from large metropolitan areas.Purpose: This research sought to explicate the meaning and experience of occupational engagement for homeless persons in a mid-sized urban context.Method: Interpretive phenomenology informed qualitative interviews with 12 chroni…
Boredom and homelessness: A scoping review
Background: Emerging literature suggests that boredom is a frequent problem experienced by homeless persons that may influence their health and well-being. Purpose: The range and breadth of literature exploring boredom among homeless persons is unknown. We initiated this study to fill this gap in existing literature. Method: Using the method advanced by Arksey and O’Malley (2005), and furthered by Levac, Colquhoun and O’Brien (2010), we carried o…
Effectiveness of interventions targeting community integration among individuals with lived experiences of homelessness: A systematic review
Nobody cares about you as a group of people”: A mixed methods study of women living in congregate social housing in Ontario, Canada
Guided by the social model of disability, we carried out this exploratory study to understand the health and psychosocial needs of women living in social housing in Ontario, Canada. Using a sequential, mixed-methods design, we interviewed 19 women using a 126-item quantitative interview including six standardized measures exploring indicators of psychosocial well-being. From these findings, we designed a qualitative interview protocol and returne…
A rapid review of practices to support people experiencing homelessness during Covid-19
Purpose People experiencing homelessness are uniquely vulnerable to the impacts of a pandemic, such as COVID-19. Therefore, governments across Canada have been implementing a patchwork of responses to address the needs of those who are homeless at this time. The purpose of this study is to both compile and assess the varying responses by exploring the breadth of actions presented in print and social media. Design/methodology/approach Rapid review…
Effectiveness of employment‐based interventions for persons experiencing homelessness: A systematic review
The experience of food insecurity during and following homelessness in high‐income countries: A systematic review and meta‐aggregation
Violence and victimisation in the lives of persons experiencing homelessness who use methamphetamine: A scoping review
Methamphetamine (MA) use among individuals who experience homelessness has tripled in recent years. This is a problematic trend given the harmful impacts of this substance on health and social well-being. While there is a large body of literature on the relationship between substance use and trauma, little is known about the scope of existing empirical literature exploring this topic related to MA use. Anecdotally, MA is frequently associated wit…
We stick people in a house and say okay, you're housed. The problem is solved’: A qualitative study of service provider and organisational leader perspectives on thriving following homelessness
Research aimed at identifying and evaluating approaches to homelessness has predominately focused on strategies for supporting tenancy sustainment. Fewer studies focus on strategies for enabling thriving following homelessness, and the perspectives of service providers and organisational leaders (SPOL) on this topic are rare. We conducted this study in the context of a community-based participatory research project in two cities in Ontario, Canad…
The Big Island Model’: Resident experiences of a novel permanent supportive housing model for responding to rural homelessness
Research on rural homelessness focuses primarily on describing the experiences and prevalence of homelessness in rural contexts, with little focus on intervention strategies. We conducted a case study of the 'Big Island Model' (BIM), a novel approach to providing housing and support to individuals experiencing homelessness that has been developed for, and reflects, a rural context. We interviewed 13 participants (n = 10 men; n = 3 women) supporte…
Victimization, safety, and overdose in homeless shelters: A systematic review and narrative synthesis
Retracted – The experiences of familial mental illness stigma among individuals living with mental illnesses
Persons with mental illnesses may experience stigma from their immediate family members in addition to other forms of stigma. Using semi-structured interviews, we investigated experiences of familial mental illness stigma among 15 people diagnosed with mental illnesses in a mid-sized city in Canada. We identified five themes that speak to participants’ experiences of familial mental illness stigma and ways to reduce it. The themes include the fol…
A scoping review examining the association of housing quality and psychosocial well-being following homelessness: An ecological systems perspective
Housing quality (HQ) has been previously associated with health and quality of life. Although HQ is an important factor in preventing homelessness, little is known about the range and breadth of this body of literature. To identify existing studies, we conducted a scoping review guided by the question: “in what ways has housing quality been associated with psychosocial well-being following homelessness in existing peer-reviewed literature?” using…
Experiences of belonging following homelessness: A systematic review and meta-aggregation
Experiences of transitioning from homelessness: A systematic review and meta-aggregation of qualitative studies conducted in middle to high income countries
Beyond Securing a tenancy: Using the capabilities approach to identify the daily living needs of individuals during and following homelessness
Individuals experiencing homelessness have a range of unmet needs during homelessness. Less is known about how these daily living needs evolve in the transition to housing and how existing services are supporting individuals to meet these needs. Using the capabilities approach, we conducted a cross-sectional qualitative study with two participant groups (unhoused; housed between 1 and 24 months). Using thematic analysis, we generated five meta-th…
Outcomes for women after leaving a shelter: A scoping review of the quantitative evidence
Women and single mother families constitute one of the fastest growing segments of individuals experiencing homelessness. While women experiencing homelessness may temporarily use emergency shelters, second-stage shelters, or transitional housing, whose services range from basic life necessities to extensive supports, many women experience ongoing housing instability after leaving a shelter. We conducted a scoping review to explore outcomes for w…
Service restrictions from emergency shelters among people experiencing homelessness: Uncovering pathways into unsheltered homelessness and institutional circuitry
Service restrictions refer to temporary or permanent bans of individuals from a program or an organization's services, and are widely used in emergency shelter systems. Limited research exists on how service restrictions unfold and their impacts on people experiencing homelessness. This qualitative study used in-depth interviews with timeline mapping to examine the antecedents and consequences of service restrictions from emergency shelters among…
Medicine (18 works) · Psychology (18 works) · Homelessness and Social Issues (16 works) · Sociology (12 works) · Psychiatry (11 works) · Mental health (10 works) · Political science (10 works) · Qualitative research (9 works) · Social Psychology (9 works) · Gerontology (8 works)