ArticleAmerican journal of public health2013
Permanent supportive housing: addressing homelessness and health disparities?
Article in American journal of public health, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 56 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
56 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Mental Health and Addiction Related Emergency Department Visits: A Systematic Review of Qualitative Studies.Community mental health journal · 2022Pooled it
- Effects of Housing First approaches on health and well-being of adults who are homeless or at risk of homelessness: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.Journal of epidemiology and community health · 2019Pooled it
- Health outcomes related to the provision of free, tangible goods: A systematic review.PloS one · 2019Pooled it
- Systematic Review of Psychosocial Smoking Cessation Interventions for People with Serious Mental Illness.Journal of dual diagnosisPooled it
- Using Electronic Health Records to Enhance a Peer Health Navigator Intervention: A Randomized Pilot Test for Individuals with Serious Mental Illness and Housing Instability.Community mental health journal · 2018Trial
- Developing a peer-based healthy lifestyle program for people with serious mental illness in supportive housing.Translational behavioral medicine · 2017Trial
- Peer-led healthy lifestyle program in supportive housing: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.Trials · 2015Trial
- Attitudes toward tobacco-free and cannabis-free policies among residents in permanent supportive housing who use tobacco, cannabis, and other substances.Addictive behaviors reports · 2026Article
- Referral linkages to support pregnant and postpartum individuals with opioid use disorders in Florida: a social network analysis.Addiction science & clinical practice · 2026Article
- Systems and policy factors affecting service delivery for homeless adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Assessing Racial Heterogeneity in "Housing First" Supports' Effectiveness Among Older Adults Experiencing Homelessness: Evidence From Los Angeles County.The Gerontologist · 2025Article
- The Built Environment, PTSD Symptoms, and Tobacco Use among Permanent Supportive Housing Residents.Journal of community health · 2025Article
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- Pilot Implementation of a Nutrition-Focused Community-Health-Worker Intervention among Formerly Chronically Homeless Adults in Permanent Supportive Housing.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- Screening tools to address social determinants of health in the United States: A systematic review.Journal of clinical and translational science · 2024Review
- How the war on drugs impacts social determinants of health beyond the criminal legal system.Annals of medicine · 2022Review
- Primary care embedded within permanent supportive housing for people who use substances: A qualitative study examining healthcare access in Vancouver, Canada.Health & social care in the community · 2022Article
- Impact of Moderating Demographic Variables on a Health Intervention for People with Serious Mental Illness.Research on social work practice · 2022Article
- The Impact of Supportive Housing on Liver-Related Outcomes Among Persons With Hepatitis C Virus Infection.The Journal of infectious diseases · 2022Article
- Health Service Access Among Homeless Veterans: Health Access Challenges Faced by Homeless African American Veterans.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2022Review
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Abstract
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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