Erin Roark Murphy
Biographic Data
| ID | 5417017 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Erin Roark Murphy |
| GIVEN NAMES | Erin Roark |
| FAMILY NAME | Murphy |
| SIGNATURE | MURPHY E R |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Texas at Arlington |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2414-2738 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
How to spend the newly dedicated public transportation funding
The current study explores perceived difficulty accessing transportation among persons experiencing homelessness in two communities, one with and one without a public bus system. Researchers administered a survey (N = 164) containing nine items measured on a 5-point Likert scale; higher scores indicated greater difficulty with transportation access. The scale, with the omission of one item, was found to demonstrate adequate validity and reliabili…
Impacts of health insurance on older adults with histories of homelessness
The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between having health insurance and securing unsubsidized housing among older adults with histories of homelessness. This study also examined individual and clinical factors that may contribute to having health insurance and establishing residency without housing assistance. Using data from the 2019 Tampa Hillsborough Homeless Initiative, we identified 1,204 older adults aged 55 and over wi…
Experiences with Technology Amongst an International Sample of Older Adults
Identifying and implementing effective strategies to combat social exclusion and isolation is critical, given that eradicating social isolation has been identified as one of the social work profession’s main goals. Training older adults to use information and communications technology (ICT) effectively may be an appropriate intervention to combat and mitigate the negative impacts of social isolation within the aging population. ICT has demonstrat…
Homelessness From a Holistic Paradigm
In the following article we argue that social work education and research ought to approach homelessness from a holistic paradigm emphasizing individual resilience and autonomy. The current lack of explicit curriculum in many schools of social work necessitates creative strategies to integrate homeless content into social work education. We offer 3 diverse pedagogical strategies: course-based service learning, program evaluation, and graduate res…
The ‘Collective Voice that Could Change the World’
Homelessness is a global phenomenon that contributes to and exacerbates social exclusion and marginalisation. The objective of this study is to generate a rich description of the experience of participating in arts-based programming as told by adults experiencing homelessness using a qualitative interpretive meta-synthesis. The synthesis includes eight studies, using direct quotes provided by fifty-three individuals in Canada, the USA and Austral…
Transportation and homelessness
Measuring mental illness stigma among Hispanics
Comparing Unsheltered and Sheltered Homeless
A community of singers
This exploratory study employed cluster analysis to identify profiles of resilience, social support, stress, and mental health among members of a homeless and formerly homeless street choir; we examined the association between choir attendance and cluster membership, and the interaction of cluster membership and race. Respondents (N = 111, 66% African American, 84% homeless) had participated in the choir for an average of 12 months (SD = 12.02). …
Tribe
Modern civilization and its associated autonomy has created societies where individuals “can, for the first time in history, go through an entire day – or an entire life – mostly encountering compl
Understanding the Phenomenon of Older Adult Homelessness in North America
Research demonstrates that homelessness among older adults will significantly increase in the coming decades due to population ageing, a trend of first-time homelessness at mid-life and continued economic vulnerability into old age without appropriate prevention and policy response. The objective of this study was to generate a rich description of homelessness as told by older adults using a qualitative interpretive meta-synthesis (QIMS). This ap…
Creating safe spaces
Day shelter programs are an important resource for people experiencing homelessness, offering respite from inclement weather, social stigma, victimization, and access to essential services and resources. Creating functional day shelter spaces requires that staff, services, and facilities support the needs of this vulnerable and marginalized population. Little guidance, however, is available regarding the design of day shelter spaces that support …
Understanding Power
Power operates as a dynamic force that leaves no area of life untouched, influencing individuals, families, communities, and institutions. “Power matters for those who have it and for those who lack it. Power matters because it affects one's ability to secure desired outcomes (including the satisfaction of basic human needs to control and to belong)” (p. 8). The editors to Understanding Power: An Imperative for Human Services begin the book with …
Understanding the Phenomenon of Older Adult Homelessness in North America
Research demonstrates that homelessness among older adults will significantly increase in the coming decades due to population ageing, a trend of first-time homelessness at mid-life and continued economic vulnerability into old age without appropriate prevention and policy response. The objective of this study was to generate a rich description of homelessness as told by older adults using a qualitative interpretive meta-synthesis (QIMS). This ap…
Comparing Unsheltered and Sheltered Homeless
Experiences with Technology Amongst an International Sample of Older Adults
Identifying and implementing effective strategies to combat social exclusion and isolation is critical, given that eradicating social isolation has been identified as one of the social work profession’s main goals. Training older adults to use information and communications technology (ICT) effectively may be an appropriate intervention to combat and mitigate the negative impacts of social isolation within the aging population. ICT has demonstrat…
The ‘Collective Voice that Could Change the World’
Homelessness is a global phenomenon that contributes to and exacerbates social exclusion and marginalisation. The objective of this study is to generate a rich description of the experience of participating in arts-based programming as told by adults experiencing homelessness using a qualitative interpretive meta-synthesis. The synthesis includes eight studies, using direct quotes provided by fifty-three individuals in Canada, the USA and Austral…
Understanding Power
Power operates as a dynamic force that leaves no area of life untouched, influencing individuals, families, communities, and institutions. “Power matters for those who have it and for those who lack it. Power matters because it affects one's ability to secure desired outcomes (including the satisfaction of basic human needs to control and to belong)” (p. 8). The editors to Understanding Power: An Imperative for Human Services begin the book with …
Creating safe spaces
Day shelter programs are an important resource for people experiencing homelessness, offering respite from inclement weather, social stigma, victimization, and access to essential services and resources. Creating functional day shelter spaces requires that staff, services, and facilities support the needs of this vulnerable and marginalized population. Little guidance, however, is available regarding the design of day shelter spaces that support …
Understanding Power
Power operates as a dynamic force that leaves no area of life untouched, influencing individuals, families, communities, and institutions. “Power matters for those who have it and for those who lack it. Power matters because it affects one's ability to secure desired outcomes (including the satisfaction of basic human needs to control and to belong)” (p. 8). The editors to Understanding Power: An Imperative for Human Services begin the book with …
A community of singers
This exploratory study employed cluster analysis to identify profiles of resilience, social support, stress, and mental health among members of a homeless and formerly homeless street choir; we examined the association between choir attendance and cluster membership, and the interaction of cluster membership and race. Respondents (N = 111, 66% African American, 84% homeless) had participated in the choir for an average of 12 months (SD = 12.02). …
Tribe
Modern civilization and its associated autonomy has created societies where individuals “can, for the first time in history, go through an entire day – or an entire life – mostly encountering compl
Understanding the Phenomenon of Older Adult Homelessness in North America
Research demonstrates that homelessness among older adults will significantly increase in the coming decades due to population ageing, a trend of first-time homelessness at mid-life and continued economic vulnerability into old age without appropriate prevention and policy response. The objective of this study was to generate a rich description of homelessness as told by older adults using a qualitative interpretive meta-synthesis (QIMS). This ap…
Transportation and homelessness
Measuring mental illness stigma among Hispanics
Comparing Unsheltered and Sheltered Homeless
Homelessness From a Holistic Paradigm
In the following article we argue that social work education and research ought to approach homelessness from a holistic paradigm emphasizing individual resilience and autonomy. The current lack of explicit curriculum in many schools of social work necessitates creative strategies to integrate homeless content into social work education. We offer 3 diverse pedagogical strategies: course-based service learning, program evaluation, and graduate res…
The ‘Collective Voice that Could Change the World’
Homelessness is a global phenomenon that contributes to and exacerbates social exclusion and marginalisation. The objective of this study is to generate a rich description of the experience of participating in arts-based programming as told by adults experiencing homelessness using a qualitative interpretive meta-synthesis. The synthesis includes eight studies, using direct quotes provided by fifty-three individuals in Canada, the USA and Austral…
Experiences with Technology Amongst an International Sample of Older Adults
Identifying and implementing effective strategies to combat social exclusion and isolation is critical, given that eradicating social isolation has been identified as one of the social work profession’s main goals. Training older adults to use information and communications technology (ICT) effectively may be an appropriate intervention to combat and mitigate the negative impacts of social isolation within the aging population. ICT has demonstrat…
Impacts of health insurance on older adults with histories of homelessness
The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between having health insurance and securing unsubsidized housing among older adults with histories of homelessness. This study also examined individual and clinical factors that may contribute to having health insurance and establishing residency without housing assistance. Using data from the 2019 Tampa Hillsborough Homeless Initiative, we identified 1,204 older adults aged 55 and over wi…
How to spend the newly dedicated public transportation funding
The current study explores perceived difficulty accessing transportation among persons experiencing homelessness in two communities, one with and one without a public bus system. Researchers administered a survey (N = 164) containing nine items measured on a 5-point Likert scale; higher scores indicated greater difficulty with transportation access. The scale, with the omission of one item, was found to demonstrate adequate validity and reliabili…
Psychology (10 works) · Medicine (9 works) · Political science (9 works) · Homelessness and Social Issues (8 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Mental health (4 works) · Psychiatry (4 works) · Clinical Psychology (3 works) · Environmental health (3 works) · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations (3 works)