ArticleAnnual review of public health2019
Solving Homelessness from a Complex Systems Perspective: Insights for Prevention Responses.
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34 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 139 citations in OpenAlex.
- Exploring the trauma experiences of people working in homelessness: mixed-methods systematic review.BMJ open · 2025Pooled it
- Dermatologic conditions and risk factors in people experiencing homelessness (PEH): systematic review.Archives of dermatological research · 2023Pooled it
- Association of Promoting Housing Affordability and Stability With Improved Health Outcomes: A Systematic Review.JAMA network open · 2022Pooled it
- Effect of modified income assistance payment schedules on substance use service access: Evidence from an experimental study.The International journal on drug policy · 2024Trial
- Protocol: Community-Based Interventions to Improve the Health of People Experiencing Homelessness in High-Income Countries: An Evidence and Gap Map.Campbell systematic reviews · 2026Article
- Personality disorders and related healthcare use among older United States veterans experiencing housing instability and homelessness, 2016-2024.GeroScience · 2026Article
- Community Coalition Building and Human-Centered Design Strategies to Advance Homeless Health Systems: A Case Study from Rural North Carolina.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Article
- Community-level perceptions of housing services for people with opioid use disorder: a qualitative analysis of community stakeholders in the HEALing communities study.Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy · 2026Article
- Developing community-based programme theories to address unmet needs of people experiencing homelessness and severe mental illness: protocol for a realist review.NIHR open research · 2026Article
- Communication and Coordination in a VA Rapid Rehousing and Homelessness Prevention Program:Cityscape (Washington, D.C.) · 2026Article
- Using community-based system dynamics to understand connections between housing and education: A case study with implications for homelessness prevention school-housing partnership.American journal of community psychology · 2025Article
- "Either way, they will use. And so, probably, would you:" A critical discourse analysis of harm reduction portrayal in United States opinion news media.The International journal on drug policy · 2025Article
- Improving Cross-Sector Collaborations between Healthcare and Housing: Challenges and Strategies Identified by Unhoused People with Complex Health Needs.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2025Article
- Isolation to stabilization: A Housing First approach to address homelessness in Kingston, Ontario.Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2025Article
- Health Status of People Who Are and Are Not Experiencing Homelessness: Opportunities for Improvement.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
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- Community-Based Wound Care Programs for Unhoused Individuals.Journal of epidemiology and global health · 2023Review
- Skincare from the inside out: a pilot project addressing social determinants of health through dermatology.International journal of women's dermatology · 2023Article
- Understanding Why Many People Experiencing Homelessness Reported Migrating to a Small Canadian City: Machine Learning Approach With Augmented Data.JMIR formative research · 2023Article
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Abstract
Homelessness represents an enduring public health threat facing communities across the developed world. Children, families, and marginalized adults face life course implications of housing insecurity, while communities struggle to address the extensive array of needs within heterogeneous homeless populations. Trends in homelessness remain stubbornly high despite policy initiatives to end homelessness. A complex systems perspective provides insights into the dynamics underlying coordinated responses to homelessness. A constant demand for housing assistance strains service delivery, while prevention efforts remain inconsistently implemented in most countries. Feedback processes challenge efficient service delivery. A system dynamics model tests assumptions of policy interventions for ending homelessness. Simulations suggest that prevention provides a leverage point within the system; small efficiencies in keeping people housed yield disproportionately large reductions in homelessness. A need exists for policies that ensure reliable delivery of coordinated prevention efforts. A complex systems approach identifies capacities and constraints for sustainably solving homelessness.
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