Thursday, September 19, 2024
9/19/2024
PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT The parent award (R01NR021156) focuses on the mental health trajectories of two groups of adult renters who were threaten with eviction: (1) those who received an eviction filing and (2) those who were at-risk for eviction but did not receive a court-ordered eviction filing. Household that receive an eviction filing are at risk for a hard displacement. Households that are at-risk for an eviction but did not receive a court-ordered eviction filing are in a tenuous housing status and feel a “pressure to move” to avoid hard displacement. Among households that feel pressure to move, there are some that 1) move (i.e. soft displacement), while 2) others stay yet continue to feel the pressure to move (i.e. potential displacement). These 2 groups of marginalized renters cannot be tracked through the court systems, and less is known about them. Thus, an important supplement to the parent award's efforts is to conduct a closer examination at tenants who felt the pressure to move and experienced soft or potential displacement. The proposed supplement employs a mixed methods sequential explanatory design, just like the parent award. For aim 1, the baseline and time 2 survey from the parent award will be used to examine the direct and indirect associations between (soft vs. potential) displacement, economic hardship, psychosocial stressors, and mental health. The goal of aim 2 will be to gain new data that will inform how and why the positive associations in aim 1 exists, along with pinpoint barriers and facilitators not identified in survey through focus group and photo elicitation interviews with a subset of tenants (n=40). The supplement also provides a wonderful opportunity to concurrently provide training to first-generation early-career scholars to strengthen their research skills. The PI, a first-generation Latina college graduate, has a strong track record of recruiting and mentoring first-generation college graduates that includes being the PI of $1.2 million in training grants and opportunities. Through this supplement, two trainees will engage in a series of online webinars and didactic courses to facilitate content and methodological expertise, a professional development seminar, and applied research experiences through the proposed research study. The trainees will also disseminate the findings associated with this supplement through conference presentations, publications, and a photography exhibit. Last, trainees will provide mentorship to first-generation undergraduate students. The short-term outcomes of the training program include, but not limited, to trainees increasing their research self-efficacy and serving as role models to first- generation undergraduate students. Building on the NINR-funded research occurring at the Cizik School of Nursing (CSON), the long-term outcomes includes establishing CSON as having a strong training program focused on the social and structural determinants of health across communities affected by homelessness and displacement. The program's impact contributes to a more diverse workforce in behavioral research and an increased accrual of health disparities research studies. These studies have the potential to improve housing policies and social services designed to reduce displacement pressures and poor mental health.
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