Capital, change and Elsie's Place : Understanding the history of safe accommodation in Australia

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Lewer, Kelly. (2023). Capital, change and Elsie's Place : Understanding the history of safe accommodation in Australia. Public Health Nursing. 40(1), pp. 191-194. https://doi.org/10.1111/phn.13149
AuthorsLewer, Kelly
Abstract

Gendered violence, specifically, domestic violence, continues to be a global issue impacting the health and well-being of women despite the improvements to women's rights and the expansion of women's health and well-being services in the 1970s. While considerable attention has been given to this period of time, scant attention has been given to understanding the resources and change processes involved in the opening of Australia's feminist-led women's health and wellbeing services from a theoretical perspective. During a Visiting Scholar appointment at the State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia I undertook a review of historical documentation and academic literature search pertaining to the opening of Australia's first feminist-led safe accommodation for women fleeing domestic violence: Elsie's Place. The concepts of Bourdieu (1977) Theory of Practice informed my understanding of resources, while Lewin (1947) Change Theory provided a conceptual lens through which to view change within the textual and graphical documents. The findings from this project point to the importance of capital, particularly social capital, in the forms of cooperation, collaboration, and networking, in the supporting of change within this sector during the opening of foundational services for women in Australia.

Keywordscapital; change; DV; homelessness; women’s wellbeing
Year2023
JournalPublic Health Nursing
Journal citation40 (1), pp. 191-194
PublisherWiley Periodicals LLC
ISSN0737-1209
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1111/phn.13149
PubMed ID36372956
Scopus EID2-s2.0-85142040390
Open accessPublished as ‘gold’ (paid) open access
Page range191-194
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Accepted25 Oct 2022
Deposited03 Jun 2025
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