Housing First is an anti-homelessness intervention which recognizes that people must first have access to safe housing before engaging with other forms of health and social services.
In their article published this week Ahead of Print, Devlin Hanson and Sarah Gillespie of the Urban Institute examine the impacts of the Housing First initiative on health care use, Medicaid enrollment, and mortality among people experiencing chronic homelessness who had frequent arrests and jail stays.
In collaboration with the Denver Supportive Housing Social Impact Bond Initiative (SIB), Hanson and Gillespie randomly assigned study participants to receive permanent supportive housing.
The researchers find that during the two-year study period, those assigned to the Housing First intervention had “significantly more office-based care for psychiatric diagnoses, fewer ED visits, more unique prescription medications, and greater use of other health care.”
Health Affairs is implementing a new word limit for journal research articles.
Beginning with submissions received on or after April 1, 2024, the word limit will change from 5,000 words, including endnotes, to 3,250, excluding endnotes.
This change will allow for a tighter focus on core empirical research elements and create shorter, more accessible content for our audience.
Research papers using both qualitative and quantitative methods will be allowed a word count of 4,000 (excluding endnotes).
For more on this change, check out a newly released article from Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil.
Health Affairs' Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Tse Yang Lim of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health on his recent paper that explores why similar policies resulted in different COVID-19 outcomes and how responsiveness as well as culture influenced mortality rates.
In a special series on housing and health, Health Affairs' Rob Lott interviews Ingrid Gould Ellen from the NYU Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy.
This is a special series leading up to the release of a theme issue on housing and health in February.
Millions in the United States experience housing instability (the continuum between homelessness and stable, secure housing), which can threaten their health and well-being.
The February 2024 issue of Health Affairs explores health across a range of housing policy areas, centered around health equity; highlights best practices and lessons learned by communities across the country; and identifies potential policy interventions.
You are invited to join us on Tuesday, February 6, 2024, at 1:00 p.m. (Eastern) for a virtual forumat which authors will present their work, engage in discussion, and answer questions on these important issues. Panels include:
Communities And Neighborhoods
Health Sector Interventions
Homelessness
Housing Costs, Quality, and Stability
Register and learn more about the participating speakers below!
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