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Permanent supportive housing: Addressing homelessness and health disparities?

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  • Henwood, B.F.
  • Cabassa, L.J.
  • Craig, C.M.
  • Padgett, D.K.

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Permanent supportive housing (PSH) is an intervention to address long-term homelessness. Evidence has resulted in a shift in US policy toward using PSH rather than shelters and transitional housing. Despite recognizing that individuals transitioning from homelessness to PSH experience a high burden of disease and health disparities, public health research has not considered whether and how PSH improves physical health outcomes. Based on diverse areas of research, we argue that in addition to improved access to quality health care, social determinants of health (including housing itself, neighborhood characteristics, and built environment) affect health outcomes. We identify implications for practice and research, and conclude that federal and local efforts to end long-term homelessness can interact with concurrent efforts to build healthy communities.

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  • Henwood, B.F. & Cabassa, L.J. & Craig, C.M. & Padgett, D.K., 2013. "Permanent supportive housing: Addressing homelessness and health disparities?," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 103(S2), pages 188-192.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.2013.301490_2
    DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301490
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    1. Brothers, Sarah & Lin, Jess & Schonberg, Jeffrey & Drew, Corey & Auerswald, Colette, 2020. "Food insecurity among formerly homeless youth in supportive housing: A social-ecological analysis of a structural intervention," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 245(C).
    2. Helen Taylor & Henry Dawson, 2024. "The Role of Companionship in Volunteer Homelessness Support Services: A Qualitative Study," Social Sciences, MDPI, vol. 13(11), pages 1-13, October.
    3. Fernando Fajardo-Bullón & Jesús Pérez-Mayo & Igor Esnaola, 2021. "The Association of Interpersonal Relationships and Social Services with the Self-Rated Health of Spanish Homelessness," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(17), pages 1-18, September.
    4. Kimberly A. Rollings & Christina S. Bollo, 2021. "Permanent Supportive Housing Design Characteristics Associated with the Mental Health of Formerly Homeless Adults in the U.S. and Canada: An Integrative Review," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(18), pages 1-37, September.
    5. Jane E. Hamilton & Diana C. Guevara & Sara F. Steinfeld & Raina Jose & Farrah Hmaidan & Sarah Simmons & Calvin W. Wong & Clara Smith & Eva Thibaudeau-Graczyk & Shreela V. Sharma, 2024. "Pilot Implementation of a Nutrition-Focused Community-Health-Worker Intervention among Formerly Chronically Homeless Adults in Permanent Supportive Housing," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 21(1), pages 1-16, January.
    6. Min Zhou & Wei Guo, 2023. "Self-rated Health and Objective Health Status Among Rural-to-Urban Migrants in China: A Healthy Housing Perspective," Population Research and Policy Review, Springer;Southern Demographic Association (SDA), vol. 42(1), pages 1-24, February.
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    8. Pauline Rhenter & Delphine Moreau & Christian Laval & Jean Mantovani & Amandine Albisson & Guillaume Suderie & French Housing First Study Group & Mohamed Boucekine & Aurelie Tinland & Sandrine Loubièr, 2018. "Bread and Shoulders: Reversing the Downward Spiral, a Qualitative Analyses of the Effects of a Housing First-Type Program in France," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 15(3), pages 1-22, March.
    9. Mounah Abdel-Samad & Jerel P. Calzo & Jennifer K. Felner & Lianne Urada & Matthew E. Verbyla & Hala Madanat & Brian E. Adams & Thais Alves & Bruce Appleyard & Joshua Chanin & Shawn Flanigan & Hisham F, 2021. "Conceptualizing an Interdisciplinary Collective Impact Approach to Examine and Intervene in the Chronic Cycle of Homelessness," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(4), pages 1-17, February.

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