SynthesisAddictive behaviors2021
Associations of housing stress with later substance use outcomes: A systematic review.
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Who cites it
33 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Barriers and facilitators to initiating and adhering to harm reduction services among people who inject drugs in the United States: a systematic review.Harm reduction journal · 2026Pooled it
- Illicit opioids, methamphetamine/amphetamine, and cocaine use are associated with loss of housing and delay with becoming rehoused across seven diverse cohorts with and without HIV in the United States and Canada.Drug and alcohol dependence reports · 2026Article
- Does Housing Eviction Modify the Effects of Alcohol Outlet Density on Hospitalizations for Assault and Alcohol Use Disorder in Pennsylvania?Alcohol, clinical & experimental research · 2026Article
- At-Risk Substance Use Among Trans and Gender Diverse Adults in Australia: Findings From the Private Lives 3 Survey.Drug and alcohol review · 2026Article
- History of Cannabis Use and Obesity Among U.S. Low-Income Veterans: Associations With Mental Health and Psychosocial Functioning.The Psychiatric quarterly · 2026Article
- Housing distress and subsequent health and well-being among older adults: An outcome-wide longitudinal approach.SSM - population health · 2026Article
- Leveraging a digital health intervention to improve recovery outcomes among people with substance misuse experiencing housing insecurity.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2026Article
- Lifting eviction moratoria shifted treatment for substance use disorders.Health affairs scholar · 2026Article
- Economic instability and substance use among adults in 10 US states: Evidence from a population-based study.PloS one · 2026Article
- Association between housing instability and frailty among people with HIV.AIDS (London, England) · 2026Article
- Fentanyl test strip use and homelessness among people who use drugs in Rhode Island.The International journal on drug policy · 2026Article
- Trajectories of neighborhood-level overdose risk predictions for prioritization of harm reduction services: Results from the PROVIDENT study.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2025Article
- Substance use and use disorders among Veterans on long-term opioid therapy.Drug and alcohol dependence reports · 2025Article
- Impact of scaling up harm reduction interventions on injecting risk behaviours, ART outcomes and HIV incidence among people who inject drugs in Kenya.The International journal on drug policy · 2025Article
- Novel methods to construct a representative sample for surveying California's unhoused population: the California Statewide Study of People Experiencing Homelessness.American journal of epidemiology · 2025Article
- Participant Needs, Service Utilization, and Costs in a Medicaid Housing Pilot Program.JAMA network open · 2025Article
- Real-world access to buprenorphine treatment in Philadelphia: A secret shopper study.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2025Article
- Housing matters: The long-term impact of stable housing on mortality among people with HIV in British Columbia, Canada.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2025Article
- Housing instability, health, and substance use among adults over age 50 living in New York City.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Influence of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Severity on Return to Substance Use Immediately Following Residential Substance Use Treatment.International journal of mental health and addiction · 2025Article
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Abstract
A synthesis of existing evidence regarding the association of housing stress with later substance use outcomes can help support and inform housing interventions as a potential strategy to address problematic substance use. We conducted a comprehensive search of PubMed, Web of Science, PsycInfo, CINAHL, Social Work Abstracts, and Sociological Abstracts and systematically screened for articles examining housing stress and later substance use outcomes among U.S. adults. Across 38 relevant articles published from 1991 to 2020, results demonstrated an association of homelessness with an increased likelihood of substance use, substance use disorders (SUD), and overdose death. Results regarding the association of homelessness with receipt and completion of SUD treatment were mixed, and one study indicated no association of homelessness with motivation to change substance use behaviors. Several studies did not find an association of unstable housing with substance use or receipt of SUD treatment, while others found an association of unstable housing with intensified SUD symptoms and a decreased likelihood of completing SUD treatment. Overall, while there is evidence of an association of homelessness with later substance use, SUD, and overdose death, results for other forms of housing stress and some substance use outcomes are less consistent. There are several methodological considerations specific to selected measures of housing stress and substance use, study populations, and analytic approaches that have implications for results and directions for future research. Despite these considerations, results collectively suggest that innovative interventions to address housing stress, namely homelessness, may help mitigate some substance use outcomes.
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