A place to call home: Study protocol for a longitudinal, mixed methods evaluation of two housing first adaptations in Sydney, Australia Health behavior, health promotion and society

BMC Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Whittaker, Elizabeth ^a   Swift, Wendy ^a   Flatau, Paul ^b   Dobbins, Timothy ^c   Schollar Root, Olivia ^a   Burns, Lucinda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Drug misuse; Health; Homeless; Housing; Longitudinal; Mixed methods

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CRIME; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOMELESSNESS; HOUSING; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL PROBLEM; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CRIME; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOMELESS PERSONS; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84927641668     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-1700-y     Document Type: Article

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