Honors Program

Global Citizen Scholars

Date of Award

5-2026

Thesis Professor(s)

Daniel Hedden

Thesis Professor Department

Philosophy and Humanities

Thesis Reader(s)

Meaghan Heimbach

Abstract

This capstone thesis details the importance of healthcare for unhoused women. Unhoused women do not have the ability to receive women’s healthcare nor receive proper education surrounding the topic of women’s healthcare. After participating in several events with unhoused women throughout Johnson City, a lack of attention to improving the quality of women’s healthcare was noticed. To address this issue, I began by surveying unhoused women, talking with unhoused women, and collecting online data and statistics regarding homelessness, prevelant diseases, and infection rates among unhoused women. After collecting data, educational materials, such as flyers with information about local resources and women’s health topics, like menstruation, pregnancy, and infection prevention, were created. At Munsey Memorial United Methodist Church, I hosted a women’s health booth, where I distributed my educational materials and provided women’s health products. Overall, forty unhoused women visited the booth, which demonstrated a need for better interventions regarding unhoused women’s health throughout Johnson City and among organizations that help unhoused people.

Publisher

East Tennessee State University

Document Type

Honors Thesis - Open Access

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