作者
Ezra Susser, Elie Valencia, Sarah Conover, Alan Felix, Wei-Yann Tsai, Richard Jed Wyatt
发表日期
1997/2
期刊
American journal of public health
卷号
87
期号
2
页码范围
256-262
出版商
American Public Health Association
简介
OBJECTIVES
This study examined a strategy to prevent homelessness among individuals with severe mental illness by providing a bridge between institutional and community care. METHODS
Ninety-six men with severe mental illness who were entering community housing from a shelter institution were randomized to receive 9 months of a "critical time" intervention plus usual services or usual services only. The primary analysis compared the mean number of homeless nights for the two groups during the 18-month follow-up period. To elucidate time trends, survival curves were used. RESULTS
Over the 18-month follow-up period, the average number of homeless nights was 30 for the critical time intervention group and 91 for the usual services group. Survival curves showed that after the 9-month period of active intervention, the difference between the two groups did not diminish. CONCLUSIONS
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