Examining the health status of homeless adults entering permanent supportive housing

Permanent supportive housing (PSH) has been recognized as an effective intervention and the national policy for addressing chronic homelessness in the United States. Due to an aging cohort of homeless adults and prioritizing those who are most vulnerable for housing, the health status of those entering PSH is likely worse than those previously reported in the literature. This report examined the self-reported health and health conditions of a sample of 421 homeless adults entering PSH between 2014 and 2016. The average age of our sample was 54 years old.

Publication Date: 
2018
Pages: 
415-418
Volume: 
40
Issue: 
2
Journal Name: 
Journal of Public Health