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To house or not to house: the effects of providing housing to homeless substance abusers in treatment (2005)
(Logés ou pas logés : conséquences de l'attribution d'un logement aux consommateurs de substances en traitement qui n'ont pas de domicile)
Auteur(s) :
J. B. MILBY ;
J. E. SCHUMACHER ;
D. WALLACE ;
M. J. FREEDMAN ;
R. E. VUCHINICH
Article en page(s) :
1259-1265
Refs biblio. :
35
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Note générale :
American Journal of Public Health, 2005, 95, (7), 1259-1265, fig. ; tabl.
Résumé :
Objectives. Housing typically is not provided to homeless persons during drug abuse treatment. We examined how treatment outcomes were affected under 3 different housing provision conditions.
Methods. We studied 196 cocaine-dependent participants who received day treatment and no housing (NH), housing contingent on drug abstinence (ACH), or housing not contingent on abstinence (NACH). Drug use was monitored with urine testing. Results. The ACH group had a higher prevalence of drug abstinence than the NACH group (after control for treatment attendance), which in turn had a higher prevalence than the NH group. All 3 groups showed significant improvement in maintaining employment and housing.
Conclusions. The results of this and previous trials indicate that providing abstinence-contingent housing to homeless substance abusers in treatment is an efficacious, effective, and practical intervention. Programs to provide such housing should be considered in policy initiatives. (Review' s abstract)
Methods. We studied 196 cocaine-dependent participants who received day treatment and no housing (NH), housing contingent on drug abstinence (ACH), or housing not contingent on abstinence (NACH). Drug use was monitored with urine testing. Results. The ACH group had a higher prevalence of drug abstinence than the NACH group (after control for treatment attendance), which in turn had a higher prevalence than the NH group. All 3 groups showed significant improvement in maintaining employment and housing.
Conclusions. The results of this and previous trials indicate that providing abstinence-contingent housing to homeless substance abusers in treatment is an efficacious, effective, and practical intervention. Programs to provide such housing should be considered in policy initiatives. (Review' s abstract)
Affiliation :
Department of PsychologyCH415, University of Al-abama at Birmingham, 1530 3rd Ave S, Birmingham, AL 35294-1170
Etats-Unis. United States.
Etats-Unis. United States.