Reframing reentry: Understanding how reentry programming affects the well-being and quality of life of returning citizens.

Autor: Wilson PA; University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA., Lee E; University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA., Hutchinson CL; Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA., Malcolm N; Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of community psychology [J Community Psychol] 2024 Aug; Vol. 52 (6), pp. 691-704. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 May 11.
DOI: 10.1002/jcop.23116
Abstrakt: This study examined the experiences returning citizens (RCs) have in participating in different reentry programs and how these experiences may lead to improved well-being and quality of life (QOL). We conducted 14 semi-structured interviews with RCs participating in employment-oriented reentry programs. The interviews focused on participants' reentry programming experience and areas affecting their well-being (e.g., housing, education, financial stability). QOL was enhanced for RCs when they were able to access stable housing, develop supportive relationships, have a job that permitted them the resources needed to live independently, and increase their perceptions of self-efficacy and social capital. While reentry programs maintain a focus on employment for RCs, housing, healthy relationships, and opportunities for increasing self-efficacy and social capital are tied to well-being and QOL among RCs. Reentry programs have the potential to influence a variety of factors at multiple levels that shape well-being and QOL, and in turn employment and recidivism, among RCs.
(© 2024 The Authors. Journal of Community Psychology published by Wiley Periodicals LLC.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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