The housing first model (HFM) fidelity index: Designing and testing a tool for measuring integrity of housing programs that serve active substance users

Substance Abuse: Treatment, Prevention, and Policy

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Watson, Dennis P ^a   Orwat, John ^b   Wagner, Dana E ^b   Shuman, Valery ^c   Tolliver, Randi ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^c Heartland Health Outreach Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

(3 10): Housing; Fidelity; Harm reduction; Implementation; Instrument development; Low demand; Mixed methods

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG USE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOMELESSNESS; HOUSING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

CHECKLIST; DIAGNOSIS, DUAL (PSYCHIATRY); DRUG USERS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; PUBLIC HOUSING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TEMPERANCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84877911676     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1747597X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1747-597X-8-16     Document Type: Article

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