Implementing Housing First Across Sites and Over Time: Later Fidelity and Implementation Evaluation of a Pan-Canadian Multi-site Housing First Program for Homeless People with Mental Illness

American Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 55, Issue 3-4, 2015, Pages 279-291

  Macnaughton, Eric ^a,n   Stefancic, Ana ^b   Nelson, Geoffrey ^a   Caplan, Rachel ^a   Townley, Greg ^c   Aubry, Tim ^d   McCullough, Scott ^e   Patterson, Michelle ^f   Stergiopoulos, Vicky ^g   Vallée, Catherine ^h   Tsemberis, Sam ^i,j   Fleury, Marie Josée ^k,l   Piat, Myra ^k,l   Goering, Paula ^g,m  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

^f SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

ⁱ Pathways to Housing   (United States)

^j Department of Medicine   (United States)

^k MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^l DOUGLAS MENTAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^m CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

ⁿ University of Toronto ^*  (Canada)

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Author keywords

Evaluation; Fidelity; Housing first; Implementation; Mixed methods

Indexed keywords

CANADA; HOMELESSNESS; HOUSING; HUMAN; MENTAL DISORDERS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL WORK;

CANADA; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC HOUSING; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 84939965322     PISSN: 00910562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10464-015-9709-z     Document Type: Article

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