Health Status, Quality of Life, Residential Stability, Substance Use, and Health Care Utilization among Adults Applying to a Supportive Housing Program

Supportive housing, defined as subsidized housing in conjunction with site-based social services, may help improve the health and residential stability of highly disadvantaged individuals. This study examined changes in health status, quality of life, substance use, health care utilization, and resi...

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Published in:Journal of urban health 2011-12, Vol.88 (6), p.1076-1090
Main Authors: Hwang, Stephen W., Gogosis, Evie, Chambers, Catharine, Dunn, James R., Hoch, Jeffrey S., Aubry, Tim
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Alcoholism - epidemiology
Canada
Continental Population Groups
Drug use
Educational Status
Epidemiology
Female
Health
Health care
Health Informatics
Health Services - utilization
Health Status
Homeless people
Homeless Persons - psychology
Homeless Persons - statistics & numerical data
Homelessness
Housing
Housing subsidies
Humans
Male
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Mental Health - statistics & numerical data
Middle Aged
Prospective Studies
Public Health
Public Housing - statistics & numerical data
Quality of Life
Social services
Social Work - organization & administration
Social Work - statistics & numerical data
Substance use
Substance-Related Disorders - epidemiology
Young Adult
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Summary:Supportive housing, defined as subsidized housing in conjunction with site-based social services, may help improve the health and residential stability of highly disadvantaged individuals. This study examined changes in health status, quality of life, substance use, health care utilization, and residential stability among 112 homeless and vulnerably housed individuals who applied to a supportive housing program in Toronto, Canada, from December 2005 to June 2007. Follow-up interviews were conducted every 6 months for 18 months. Comparisons were made between individuals who were accepted into the program (intervention) and those who were wait-listed (usual care) using repeated-measures analyses. Individuals who were accepted into the housing program experienced significantly greater improvements in satisfaction with living situation compared with individuals in the usual care group (time, F 3,3,261  = 47.68, p  
ISSN:1099-3460
1468-2869
DOI:10.1007/s11524-011-9592-3