ArticleBMJ open2011
The At Home/Chez Soi trial protocol: a pragmatic, multi-site, randomised controlled trial of a Housing First intervention for homeless individuals with mental illness in five Canadian cities.
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127 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The Impact of Housing First on Criminal Justice Outcomes among Homeless People with Mental Illness: A Systematic Review.Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie · 2019Pooled it
- The Prevalence of Mental Illness in Homeless People in Germany.Deutsches Arzteblatt international · 2017Pooled it
- Housing and Support Intervention and Mortality Among Homeless Adults With Mental Illnesses: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2025Trial
- Unconditional cash transfers reduce homelessness.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2023Trial
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- Effect of Portable Rent Subsidies and Mentorship on Socioeconomic Inclusion for Young People Exiting Homelessness: A Community-Based Pilot Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2022Trial
- Shelter Bans Among People Experiencing Homelessness: an Exploratory Study of Predictors in Two Large Canadian Datasets.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2022Trial
- The Effect of a Housing First Intervention on Acute Health Care Utilization among Homeless Adults with Mental Illness: Long-term Outcomes of the At Home/Chez-Soi Randomized Pragmatic Trial.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2021Trial
- Associations of resilience with quality of life levels in adults experiencing homelessness and mental illness: a longitudinal study.Health and quality of life outcomes · 2021Trial
- The effect of a Housing First intervention on primary care retention among homeless individuals with mental illness.PloS one · 2021Trial
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- Pathways to Recovery among Homeless People with Mental Illness: Is Impulsiveness Getting in the Way?Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie · 2020Trial
- Trajectories and mental health-related predictors of perceived discrimination and stigma among homeless adults with mental illness.PloS one · 2020Trial
- A randomized controlled trial of the effectiveness of Housing First in a small Canadian City.BMC public health · 2019Trial
- Cost-effectiveness of Housing First Intervention With Intensive Case Management Compared With Treatment as Usual for Homeless Adults With Mental Illness: Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2019Trial
- Convergent validity of the EQ-5D-3L in a randomized-controlled trial of the Housing First model.BMC health services research · 2019Trial
- Continuity of Care among People Experiencing Homelessness and Mental Illness: Does Community Follow-up Reduce Rehospitalization?Health services research · 2018Trial
- The effects of housing stability on service use among homeless adults with mental illness in a randomized controlled trial of housing first.BMC health services research · 2018Trial
- Food security among individuals experiencing homelessness and mental illness in the At Home/Chez Soi Trial.Public health nutrition · 2017Trial
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Abstract
Introduction Housing First is a complex housing and support intervention for homeless individuals with mental health problems. It has a sufficient knowledge base and interest to warrant a test of wide-scale implementation in various settings. This protocol describes the quantitative design of a Canadian five city, $110 million demonstration project and provides the rationale for key scientific decisions. Methods A pragmatic, mixed methods, multi-site field trial of the effectiveness of Housing First in Vancouver, Winnipeg, Toronto, Montreal and Moncton, is randomising approximately 2500 participants, stratified by high and moderate need levels, into intervention and treatment as usual groups. Quantitative outcome measures are being collected over a 2-year period and a qualitative process evaluation is being completed. Primary outcomes are housing stability, social functioning and, for the economic analyses, quality of life. Hierarchical linear modelling is the primary data analytic strategy. Ethics and dissemination Research ethics board approval has been obtained from 11 institutions and a safety and adverse events committee is in place. The results of the multi-site analyses of outcomes at 12 months and 2 years will be reported in a series of core scientific journal papers. Extensive knowledge exchange activities with non-academic audiences will occur throughout the duration of the project. Trial registration number This study has been registered with the International Standard Randomised Control Trial Number Register and assigned ISRCTN42520374.
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