Date of Award
2024
Document Type
Critically Appraised Topic
Degree Name
Doctor of Occupational Therapy (OTD)
Department
Occupational Therapy
First Advisor
Anne Haskins
Second Advisor
Breann Lamborn
Third Advisor
Julie Grabanski/Devon Olson Lambert
Abstract
The focus for this critically appraised topic (CAT) is increasing the autonomy of homeless veterans through life-skills-based education programs. A review of existing literature found a gap of published research on this topic within occupational therapy and interdisciplinary research communities. There is a lack of experimentally designed research studies focusing on autonomy and community assistance programs utilizing life skills education training for or including the homeless veteran population. The level of evidence presented in the literature relating to this topic has been predominantly found to include non-experimental descriptive quantitative studies (Jones et al., 2021; Kline et al., 2021; Laan et al., 2020; Nichter et al., 2023; Tsai & Byrne, 2023), non-experimental correlational studies (Holder et al., 2023), and qualitative studies (Doris & Löfstrand, 2020; Greenberg et al., 2019) indicating a need for experimental and more rigorous studies. Additionally, many existing research utilizes the same national data set, The National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study (NHRVS), as a basis for statistical analysis (Nichter et al., 2023; Kline et al., 2021). Although the national data set yielded multiple avenues of analysis, the data was collected from two cohorts most recently surveyed in 2019 and 2020 indicating a need for a broader and more current sample.
Recommended Citation
Kuntz, Madeline; March, Karli; and Thompson, Cheyenne, "Increasing Autonomy in the Homeless Veteran Population Through Education-Based Occupational Therapy Intervention: A Critically Appraised Topic" (2024). Critically Appraised Topics. 80.
https://commons.und.edu/cat-papers/80