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  • The preventative effect of housing first on health care utilization and costs among chronically homeless individuals
    The goal of this study is to examine the effect of the Housing First model on expenditures by MassHealth, Massachusetts’ Medicaid program. Housing First offers chronically homeless individuals immediate housing as a foundation for the delivery of a range of other supportive services (e.g., mental health and/or substance use disorder services and social service supports). The Massachusetts Housing…
    December 2020
    Housing Discrimination, Healthy Housing
  • Creating the healthiest nation: Health and housing equity
    The relationship between housing and health is more than just the four walls that shelter an individual or family each night. More broadly, the link between health and housing is a result of influences from both the individual home unit and a variety of structural and societal factors within a neighborhood. These elements have the potential to provide safety, recreation, access to transportation…
    May 2020
    Housing Discrimination, Social/Structural Determinants, Environment/Context, Systemic Determinants, Healthy Housing, Racism
  • Housing as a determinant of health equity: A conceptual model
    Housing is a major pathway through which health disparities emerge and are sustained over time. However, no existing unified conceptual model has comprehensively elucidated the relationship between housing and health equity with attention to the full range of harmful exposures, their cumulative burden and their historical production. We synthesized literature from a diverse array of disciplines…
    September 2019
    Housing Discrimination, Social/Structural Determinants, Environment/Context, Healthy Housing, Racism
  • Association of housing first implementation and key outcomes among homeless persons with problematic substance use
    Objectives: Housing First is a supportive housing model for persons with histories of chronic homelessness that emphasizes client-centered services, provides immediate housing, and does not require treatment for mental illness or substance abuse as a condition of participation. Previous studies of Housing First have found reduced governmental costs and improved personal well-being among…
    November 2014
    Substance Use and Misuse, Housing Discrimination, Healthy Housing
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