Health interventions for people who are homeless

SW Hwang, T Burns - The Lancet, 2014 - thelancet.com
Homelessness has serious implications for the health of individuals and populations.
Primary health-care programmes specifically tailored to homeless individuals might be more …

Housing first for homeless persons with active addiction: are we overreaching?

SG Kertesz, K Crouch, JB Milby… - The Milbank …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Context: More than 350 communities in the United States have committed to ending chronic
homelessness. One nationally prominent approach, Housing First, offers early access to …

Health care and public service use and costs before and after provision of housing for chronically homeless persons with severe alcohol problems

ME Larimer, DK Malone, MD Garner, DC Atkins… - Jama, 2009 - jamanetwork.com
Context Chronically homeless individuals with severe alcohol problems often have multiple
medical and psychiatric problems and use costly health and criminal justice services at high …

Mortality among unsheltered homeless adults in Boston, Massachusetts, 2000-2009

JS Roncarati, TP Baggett, JJ O'Connell… - JAMA internal …, 2018 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Previous studies have shown high mortality rates among homeless people in
general, but little is known about the patterns of mortality among “rough sleepers,” the …

[PDF][PDF] Addiction treatment: A strengths perspective

K Van Wormer, DR Davis - Belmont, CA, 2008 - amberton.edu
The AU Virtual Bookstore provides an easy to use interface, online buyback of books, and
same day shipment of most titles with an average delivery time of 2-3 days depending on the …

[HTML][HTML] Effectiveness of interventions to improve the health and housing status of homeless people: a rapid systematic review

D Fitzpatrick-Lewis, R Ganann, S Krishnaratne… - BMC public health, 2011 - Springer
Background Research on interventions to positively impact health and housing status of
people who are homeless has received substantially increased attention over the past 5 …

Community managed alcohol programs in Canada: overview of key dimensions and implementation

B Pauly, K Vallance, A Wettlaufer… - Drug and Alcohol …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Introduction and Aims People with severe alcohol dependence and unstable
housing are vulnerable to multiple harms related to drinking and homelessness. Managed …

[HTML][HTML] Where harm reduction meets housing first: Exploring alcohol's role in a project-based housing first setting

SE Collins, SL Clifasefi, EA Dana, MP Andrasik… - International Journal of …, 2012 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Housing first (HF) programmes provide low-barrier, nonabstinence-based,
immediate, supportive and permanent housing to chronically homeless people who often …

[BOOK][B] Drugs and drug policy: The control of consciousness alteration

CJ Mosher, SM Akins - 2020 - books.google.com
This engaging and thoroughly updated text provides a cross-national perspective on the use
and regulation of both legal and illegal drugs. It examines and critiques drug policies in the …

[HTML][HTML] “There is a Place”: impacts of managed alcohol programs for people experiencing severe alcohol dependence and homelessness

B Pauly, M Brown, J Evans, E Gray, R Schiff… - Harm reduction …, 2019 - Springer
Background The twin problems of severe alcohol dependence and homelessness are
associated with precarious living and multiple acute, social and chronic harms. While much …