In the business of trauma : an intersectional-materialist feminist analysis of 'trauma informed' women's refuges and crisis accommodation services in Sydney and Vancouver

Abstract

"This thesis was guided by the following research<br/ >questions: <br/ >1) How do staff understand and experience 'trauma informed care' in women's refuges and crisis accommodation services? <br/ >2) How do these understandings shape their work with women who are victims/survivors of gendered violence, systemic racism and housing injustice? <br/ >3) How do staff understand 'cultural safety' (a key principle of trauma informed care) in women's refuges and crisis accommodation services and how do these understandings<br/ >influence their work with women? <br/ >4) How does an espoused trauma informed care/cultural<br/ >safety model shape women's experiences in women's refuges and crisis accommodation services? <br/ >5) What service gaps and contradictions are addressed or unaddressed by the implementation of trauma informed care?"