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

Abstract Background Housing First is an evidence-based practice intended to serve chronically homeless individuals with co-occurring serious mental illness and substance use disorders. Despite housing active substance users, harm reduction is an often-overlooked element during the Housing First impl...

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Main Authors: Dennis P. Watson, Valery Shuman, James Kowalsky, Elizabeth Golembiewski, Molly Brown
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-05-01
Series:Harm Reduction Journal
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12954-017-0158-x