Community-wide strategies for preventing homelessness: Recent evidence

Journal of Primary Prevention

Volumn 28, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 213-228

  Burt, Martha R ^a   Pearson, Carol ^b   Montgomery, Ann Elizabeth ^b  

^a URBAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Walter R McDonald and Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Community strategies; Families; Homelessness; People with serious mental illness; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCUMENTATION; HOMELESSNESS; HOUSING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE;

CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FAMILY; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34447641589     PISSN: 0278095X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10935-007-0094-8     Document Type: Article

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