ArticleAmerican journal of preventive medicine2021
Characteristics Associated With Unsheltered Status Among Veterans.
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- Financial strain measures and associations with adult health: A systematic literature review.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2025Pooled it
- Patient and Primary Care Characteristics Associated with Emergency Department Utilization Among Homeless-Experienced Veterans.Journal of general internal medicine · 2026Article
- Risk factors and circumstances associated with homelessness in older adults: a scoping review of quantitative and qualitative studies.The Gerontologist · 2026Article
- Perspectives on the Low Demand Transitional Model in Engaging and Housing hard-to-reach Veterans Experiencing Unsheltered Homelessness.Community mental health journal · 2026Article
- Scoping review of military veterans involved in the criminal legal system and their health and healthcare: 5-year update and map to the Veterans-Sequential Intercept Model.Health & justice · 2024Article
- Association of homelessness and diet on the gut microbiome: a United States-Veteran Microbiome Project (US-VMP) study.mSystems · 2024Article
- Quality of Depression Care for Veterans Affairs Primary Care Patients with Experiences of Homelessness.Journal of general internal medicine · 2023Article
- Does Street Outreach Engage Its Intended Target Population? Clinical Experience in the Veteran's Health Administration Homeless Service Programs.The Psychiatric quarterly · 2022Article
- Unsheltered vs. Sheltered Adults Experiencing Homelessness: Health Care Spending and Utilization.Journal of general internal medicine · 2022Article
- Growing Concern About Unsheltered Homelessness Among Veterans: Clinical Characteristics and Engagement in Health Care Services.Public health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974)Article
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Abstract
introductionUnsheltered homelessness is a strongly debated public issue. The study objective is to identify personal and community characteristics associated with unsheltered homelessness in veterans and to test for interactions between these characteristics.
methodsIn a 2018 national survey of U.S. veterans with homeless experiences; investigators assessed unsheltered time; psychosocial characteristics; and community measures of shelter access, weather, and rental affordability. Associations between these characteristics and unsheltered status were tested in July-August 2020. This study also tested whether the count of personal risk factors interacted with community characteristics in predicting unsheltered status.
resultsAmong 5,406 veterans, 481 (8.9%) reported ≥7 nights unsheltered over 6 months. This group was more likely to report criminal justice history, poor social support, medical and drug problems, financial hardship, and being unmarried. Their communities had poorer shelter access and warmer temperatures. The likelihood of unsheltered experience rose with risk factor count from 2.0% (0-1) to 8.4% (2-3) and to 24.2% (4-11). Interaction tests showed that the increase was greater for communities with warmer weather and higher rents (p<0.05).
conclusionsAmong veterans experiencing homelessness, unsheltered experiences correlate with individual and community risk factors. Communities wishing to address unsheltered homelessness will need to consider action at both levels.
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