Exploring the Mental Health Correlates of Welfare Stigmatization, Violent Crime, and Property Crime
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Stigmatization of individuals who utilize public welfare in the United States is prevalent and correlates with negative mental health outcomes. Poverty has often been associated violence crime, which exacerbates stigmatization people experiencing poverty. Hence, study applied empowerment perspective examining nutritional assistance as an empowering intervention. It was hypothesized that would be negatively violent crime property crime. Bivariate multivariate statistical methods were how utilization prevalence a US city. Findings showed inverse relationships between while maintained positive association Implications for advocacy, health, social work education, policy are discussed.
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عنوان ژورنال: Social development issues
سال: 2023
ISSN: ['2372-014X', '0147-1473']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3998/sdi.4488