Housing First and harm reduction: A rapid review and document analysis of the US and Canadian open-access literature

Harm Reduction Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Watson, Dennis P ^a   Shuman, Valery ^b   Kowalsky, James ^b   Golembiewski, Elizabeth ^a   Brown, Molly ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Heartland Health Outreach Inc   (United States)

^c DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Document analysis; Drug use; Fidelity; Harm reduction; Housing; Housing First; Implementation; Rapid review; Substance use

Indexed keywords

ABSTINENCE; HARM REDUCTION; HOUSING; HUMAN; MODEL; PRACTICE GAP; SUBSTANCE USE; ACCESS TO INFORMATION; CANADA; COMPLICATION; DOCUMENTATION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG USE; HOMELESS PERSON; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; CANADA; DOCUMENTATION; DRUG USERS; HARM REDUCTION; HOMELESS PERSONS; HOUSING; HUMANS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85019955874     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12954-017-0158-x     Document Type: Review

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