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Author(s): Jimmy Bourque, Linda VanTil, Stefanie Renee LeBlanc, Kathy Darte
Publication Date: 2017
Veteran homelessness is an issue gaining in visibility. Both Veterans and the homeless seem to be more susceptible to an array of physical health issues than the general population. However, very little is known about the health status of homeless Veterans in Canada. A more thorough knowledge of the physical health status of homeless Veterans could help better target services.
This study has two objectives: (1) to estimate the prevalence of physi...
Author(s): Carol E. Adair, David L. Streiner, Ryan Barnhart, Brianna Kopp, Scott Veldhuizen, Michelle Patterson, Tim Aubry, Jennifer Lavoie, Jitender Sareen, Stefanie Renee LeBlanc, Paula Goering
Publication Date: 2017
Purpose
Housing First (HF) has been shown to improve housing stability, on average, for formerly homeless adults with mental illness. However, little is known about patterns of change and characteristics that predict different outcome trajectories over time. This article reports on latent trajectories of housing stability among 2140 participants (84% followed 24 months) of a multisite randomised controlled trial of HF.
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Data were analyzed...
Author(s): Jimmy Bourque, Linda VanTil, Stefanie Renee LeBlanc, Brianna Kopp, Stéphanie Daigle, Jacinthe LeBlanc, Jitender Sareen, Kathy Darte, Liette-Andrée Landry, Faye More
Publication Date: 2014
Many veterans at risk of homelessness also suffer from mental health problems. The aim of this study was to identify correlates of veteran status among housing, mental health, and service use variables in a Canadian sample of homeless people with mental illness. The data were obtained from At Home / Chez Soi, a Canadian multisite study. The participants were 99 veterans and a matched comparison group of 297 non-veterans. Data were gathered at bas...