Best practices for emergency shelters that serve male populations

Newman, Rameika; Donley, Amy M.

doi:10.1080/10530789.2017.1332559

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“…Three studies reported on the impact of the frequency of contact with case managers (First, 1990;Montgomery, 2017;Newman, 2017). Higher contact frequency was seen as beneficial to service users engaging with case management services.…”

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Exploring the effect of case management in homelessness per components: A systematic review of effectiveness and implementation, with meta‐analysis and thematic synthesis

Weightman

Kelson

Thomas

et al. 2023

Campbell Systematic Reviews

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Background Adequate housing is a basic human right. The many millions of people experiencing homelessness (PEH) have a lower life expectancy and more physical and mental health problems. Practical and effective interventions to provide appropriate housing are a public health priority. Objectives To summarise the best available evidence relating to the components of case‐management interventions for PEH via a mixed methods review that explored both the effectiveness of interventions and factors that may influence its impact. Search Methods We searched 10 bibliographic databases from 1990 to March 2021. We also included studies from Campbell Collaboration Evidence and Gap Maps and searched 28 web sites. Reference lists of included papers and systematic reviews were examined and experts contacted for additional studies. Selection Criteria We included all randomised and non‐randomised study designs exploring case management interventions where a comparison group was used. The primary outcome of interest was homelessness. Secondary outcomes included health, wellbeing, employment and costs. We also included all studies where data were collected on views and experiences that may impact on implementation. Data Collection and Analysis We assessed risk of bias using tools developed by the Campbell Collaboration. We conducted meta‐analyses of the intervention studies where possible and carried out a framework synthesis of a set of implementation studies identified by purposive sampling to represent the most ‘rich’ and ‘thick’ data. Main Results We included 64 intervention studies and 41 implementation studies. The evidence base was dominated by studies from the USA and Canada. Participants were largely (though not exclusively) people who were literally homeless, that is, living on the streets or in shelters, and who had additional support needs. Many studies were assessed as having a medium or high risk of bias. However, there was some consistency in outcomes across studies that improved confidence in the main findings. Case Management and Housing Outcomes Case management of any description was superior to usual care for homelessness outcomes (standardised mean difference [SMD] = −0.51 [95% confidence interval [CI]: −0.71, −0.30]; p < 0.01). For studies included in the meta‐analyses, Housing First had the largest observed impact, followed by Assertive Community Treatment, Critical Time Intervention and Intensive Case Management. The only statistically significant difference was between Housing First and Intensive Case Management (SMD = −0.6 [–1.1, −0.1]; p = 0.03) at ≥12 months. There was not enough evidence to compare the above approaches with standard case management within the meta‐analyses. A narrative comparison across all studies was inconclusive, though suggestive of a trend in favour of more intensive approaches. Case Management and Mental Health Outcomes The overall evidence suggested that case management of any description was not more or less effective compared to usual care for an individual's mental he...

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Exploring the effect of case management in homelessness per components: A systematic review of effectiveness and implementation, with meta‐analysis and thematic synthesis

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Kelson

Thomas

et al. 2023

Campbell Systematic Reviews

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“…Widespread transmission of the coronavirus is especially likely in congregate living places, including shelters for people experiencing homelessness (Culhane et al, 2020). Shelter outbreaks were of especially high concern early in the pandemic, given the resource constraints many shelters face (Newman & Donley, 2017). By April 2020, coronavirus clusters appeared in shelters in Boston, San Francisco, and Seattle (Mosites et al, 2020), with many more reported across the country (Finnigan, 2020).…”

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Self-reported impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic for people experiencing homelessness in Sacramento, California

Finnigan

2021

Journal of Social Distress and Homelessness

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The COVID-19 pandemic has likely substantially compounded hardships for people experiencing homelessness. In addition to their already heightened health risks, shelter-inplace orders and recommended physical distancing have constrained available services. Though people experiencing homelessness have surely also been impacted economically, the extent of these impacts remains unclear. This study documents self-reported disease and economic impacts of the coronavirus pandemic for people experiencing homelessness in Sacramento, California. The study analyzes survey data from 198 people experiencing homelessness, collected in collaboration with a homelessness services agency in October 2020. The article contextualizes these data with comparisons to Sacramento's point-in-time survey of homelessness and a sample of low-income housed Californians. The results suggest relatively limited exposure to COVID-19 among people experiencing homelessness in Sacramento. Income and employment losses were more common, but still less pronounced for people experiencing homelessness than for low-income housed Californians. However, these lower economic losses mainly reflect enduring deprivation prior to the pandemic. People experiencing homelessness also received stimulus funds in the spring of 2020 at much lower rates than low-income housed Californians. Overall, the study adds to an emerging empirical literature on the diverse impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic for people experiencing homelessness.

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“…This continued to be the case until the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD's) implementation of Housing First policies in 2009 through the Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing Act (HEARTH). The HEARTH Act emphasized Housing First programs and established a federal goal of housing individuals and families that fall into homelessness into permanent housing within 30 days (Newman & Donley, ).…”

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“…Housing First replaces the “treatment first” model previously used in emergency and transitional programs serving homeless people. Housing First provides housing for homeless individuals prior to treatment for substance abuse or mental illness (Newman & Donley, ). This change in U.S. national policy, and in many other countries around the world, recognizes that people cannot be physically, mentally, or socially healthy without a stable, secure place in which to live.…”

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“…Permanent supportive housing targets chronically homeless individuals and provides for permanent housing in addition to wraparound services. Rapid rehousing targets individuals and families who have been homeless for a relatively short period of time and do not have a disabling condition (what is sometimes termed the “economic” homeless; Newman & Donley, ).…”

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The health of the homeless

Donley

Wright

2017

Sociology Compass

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Studies of homelessness and health date back to at least the 1970s.The current paper presents a summary on the state of the literature on homelessness and health since the onset of Housing First initiatives. Housing First initiatives represent a change in the previously used model used by social services providers and government agencies from recovery first to housing first, a recognition that homeless people should be housed before contending with other issues such as mental health treatment. Since this time, researchers have pushed research inquiry into areas that were only touched on lightly before. These new areas of research fall generally into that categories of access and utilization, newer demographics, and emerging health concerns. Each of these areas is thoroughly reviewed in the paper. Despite Housing First legislation, homelessness continues to threaten the health of the urban population and will continue to do so as long as it is allowed to persist.

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Best practices for emergency shelters that serve male populations

Cited by 5 publications

References 15 publications

Exploring the effect of case management in homelessness per components: A systematic review of effectiveness and implementation, with meta‐analysis and thematic synthesis

Exploring the effect of case management in homelessness per components: A systematic review of effectiveness and implementation, with meta‐analysis and thematic synthesis

Self-reported impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic for people experiencing homelessness in Sacramento, California

The health of the homeless

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