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Women speak: healing the wounds of homelessness through writing. (Women Speak writing project, MGH Institute of Health Professions, Boston, Massachusetts)(Successes in Community Outreach)
The growing ranks of women in the homeless population in the United States challenges nurses to think creatively about health care and to explore new opportunities in their practices. The Women Speak writing project explores the use of writing as a therapeutic process with homeless women at an urban drop-in center. The project grew out of a community health rotation for graduate students at an entry-level masters degree program at the MGH Institute of Health Professions in Boston, MA. The focus of the community health clinical rotation was on community care for homeless populations. Students participated in a community assessment of an urban homeless community. Pairs of ...
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