Implementations of housing first in europe: Successes and challenges in maintaining model fidelity

American Journal of Psychiatric Rehabilitation

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 290-312

  Greenwood, Ronni Michelle ^a   Stefancic, Ana ^b   Tsemberis, Sam ^b   Busch Geertsema, Volker ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^c Association for Innovative Social Research GISS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fidelity; Homelessness; Housing first; Mental illness; Supportive housing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EUROPE; FINLAND; FRANCE; HARM REDUCTION; HOMELESSNESS; HOUSING; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; IRELAND; MORALITY; NETHERLANDS; PHILOSOPHY; POLITICS; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRATEGIC PLANNING; UNITED KINGDOM; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY SHELTER; EUROPEAN; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOUSING FIRST; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MULTICENTER STUDY; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; THEMATIC ANALYSIS;

EID: 84888992586     PISSN: 15487768     EISSN: 15487776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15487768.2013.847764     Document Type: Article

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