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Homeless Adults' Recovery Experiences in Housing First and Traditional Services Programs in Seven European Countries.
Ronni Michelle GreenwoodRachel M. ManningBranagh O’ ShaughnessyMaria J. Vargas‐monizSandrine LoubièreFreek SpinnewijnMichela LenziJudith R. WolfAnna BokszczaninRoberto BernadHåkan KällménJosé OrnelasMaria F. Jorge‐monteiroInês AlmasTeresa DuarteFrancesca DisperatiMarta GaboardiMassimo SantinelloAlessio VienoRita P. MarquesMaria CarmonaAmérico NaveBorja RiveroMartin JuliánBarbara Zmaczynska–witekSkałacka KatarzynaAleksandra RogowskaSandra SchelYvonne PetersTessa LoenenLiselotte RabenUlla BeijerMats BlidTeresa BispoTiago CruzCarla PereiraPascal AuquierJunie M. PetitSandrine LoubièreAurélie Tinlandsubject
GerontologyAdultMaleHealth (social science)Housing Firstmedia_common.quotation_subjectService satisfactionConsumer choiceSatisfactionContext (language use)Community integrationChoice; Homelessness; Housing First; Housing quality; Recovery; SatisfactionChoice BehaviorHealthcare improvement science Radboud Institute for Health Sciences [Radboudumc 18]03 medical and health sciencesYoung AdultChoiceRecoveryHumans0501 psychology and cognitive sciencesQuality (business)Service userApplied Psychologymedia_commonAgedAged 80 and over030505 public healthbusiness.industryMental Disorders05 social sciences1. No povertyPublic Health Environmental and Occupational HealthHomelessnessHousing qualityMiddle AgedCommunity Mental Health ServicesEuropeCross-Sectional StudiesIll-Housed PersonsHousingFemaleHousing First0305 other medical sciencebusinessPsychologyAccommodation050104 developmental & child psychologydescription
Across Europe, as governments turn to housing-led strategies in attempts to reverse rising rates of homelessness, increasing numbers of Housing First (HF) programs are being implemented. As HF programs become more widespread, it is important to understand how service users experience them compared to the more prevalent traditional treatment-first approach to addressing long-term homelessness. Although there is a large body of research on service users' experiences of Housing First compared to treatment-first in North American contexts, comparatively less is known about how these two categories of homeless services are experienced in the European context. In a correlational and cross-sectional study, part of a larger examination of homelessness in Europe, participants (n = 520) engaged with either HF (n = 245) or traditional services (TS; n = 275) programs in seven countries completed measures of their experiences of services (consumer choice, housing quality, and service satisfaction) and recovery (time in independent housing, psychiatric symptoms, and community integration). Across the seven countries, participants engaged with HF programs reported experiencing more consumer choice, better perceived housing quality, and more satisfaction with services than participants engaged in TS programs. Participants in HF programs also reported a greater proportion of time in independent accommodation, fewer psychiatric symptoms, and more community integration. Varying patterns of association between experiences of services and recovery outcomes were observed. Findings indicate HF consistently predicts greater recovery than TS across diverse sociopolitical and economic contexts. Implications of findings for configurations of homeless services and homeless services policy are discussed. info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-01-01 | American journal of community psychologyReferences |