Table 1.
Articles included in the literature review arranged by year of publication
| Author(s) | Year | Title | Article type | Country | Harm reduction mentioned |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tsemberis, Gulcur, and Nakae [70] | 2004 | Housing First, consumer choice, and harm reduction for homeless individuals with a dual diagnosis | Research | USA | Yes |
| Milby, Schumacher, Wallace, Freedman, and Vuchinich [71] | 2005 | To house or not to house: the effects of providing housing to homeless substance abusers in treatment | Research | USA | No |
| Dickson-Gomez, Convey, Hilario, Corbett, and Weeks [72] | 2007 | Unofficial policy: access to housing, housing information and social services among homeless drug users in Hartford, Connecticut | Research | USA | No |
| Kertesz et al. [59] | 2007 | Long-term housing and work outcomes among treated cocaine-dependent homeless persons | Research | USA | No |
| Padgett [38] | 2007 | There’s no place like (a) home: ontological security among persons with serious mental illness in the United States | Research | USA | Yes |
| Buchanan, Kee, Sadowski, and Garcia [56] | 2009 | The health impact of supportive housing for HIV-positive homeless patients: a randomized controlled trial | Research | USA | No |
| Kertesz, Crouch, Milby, Cusimano, and Schumacher [44] | 2009 | Housing First for homeless persons with active addiction: are we overreaching? | Research | USA | Yes |
| Parker [58] | 2010 | Housing as an intervention on hospital use: access among chronically homeless persons with disabilities | Research | USA | No |
| Tsai, Mares, and Rosenheck [57] | 2010 | A multisite comparison of supported housing for chronically homeless adults: “Housing First” versus “residential treatment first” | Research | USA | No |
| Fitzpatrick-Lewis et al. [47] | 2011 | Effectiveness of interventions to improve the health and housing status of homeless people: a rapid systematic review | Literature review | USA | No |
| Goering et al. [53] | 2011 | The At Home/Chez Soi trial protocol: a pragmatic, multi-site, randomised controlled trial of a Housing First intervention for homeless individuals with mental illness in five Canadian cities | Protocol | Canada | No |
| Henwood, Stanhope, and Padgett [50] | 2011 | The role of housing: a comparison of front-line provider views in housing first and traditional programs | Research | USA | No |
| Raven, Doran, Kostrowski, Gillespie, and Elbel [73] | 2011 | An intervention to improve care and reduce costs for high-risk patients with frequent hospital admissions: a pilot study | Research | USA | Yes |
| Padgett, Stanhope, Henwood, and Stefancic [74] | 2011 | Substance use outcomes among homeless clients with serious mental illness: comparing Housing First with treatment first programs | Research | USA | Yes |
| Collins, Malone, Clifasefi, et al. [75] | 2012 | Project-based Housing First for chronically homeless individuals with alcohol problems: within-subjects analyses of 2-year alcohol trajectories | Research | USA | No |
| Hwang, Stergiopoulos, O’Campo, and Gozdzik [76] | 2012 | Ending homelessness among people with mental illness: the At Home/Chez Soi randomized trial of a Housing First intervention in Toronto | Research | Canada | Yes |
| Tsemberis, Kent, and Respress [77] | 2012 | Housing stability and recovery among chronically homeless persons with co-occuring disorders in Washington, DC | Research | USA | Yes |
| Stergiopoulos et al. [78] | 2012 | Moving from rhetoric to reality: adapting Housing First for homeless individuals with mental illness from ethno-racial groups | Research | Canada | Yes |
| Collins, Clifasefi, Andrasik, et al. [45] | 2012 | Exploring transitions within a project-based Housing First setting: qualitative evaluation and practice implications | Research | USA | Yes |
| Collins, Malone, and Larimer [41] | 2012 | Motivation to change and treatment attendance as predictors of alcohol-use outcomes among project-based Housing First residents | Research | USA | Yes |
| Collins, Clifasefi, Dana, et al. [63] | 2012 | Where harm reduction meets housing first: exploring alcohol’s role in a project-based Housing First setting | Research | USA | Yes |
| Collins, Malone, and Clifasefi [79] | 2013 | Housing retention in single-site Housing First for chronically homeless individuals with severe alcohol problems | Research | USA | No |
| Henwood, Shinn, Tsemberis, and Padgett [40] | 2013 | Examining provider perspectives within Housing First and traditional programs | Research | USA | Yes |
| Henwood, Stanhope, et al. [62] | 2013 | Addressing chronic disease within supportive housing programs | Research | USA | No |
| O’Toole et al. [60] | 2013 | New to care: demands on a health system when homeless veterans are enrolled in a medical home model | Research | USA | No |
| Owczarzak, Dickson-Gomez, Convey, and Weeks, [36] | 2013 | What is “support” in supportive housing: client and service providers’ perspectives | Research | USA | Yes |
| Palepu, Patterson, Moniruzzaman, Frankish, and Somers [48] | 2013 | Housing First improves residential stability in homeless adults with concurrent substance dependence and mental disorders | Research | Canada | No |
| Patterson, Rezansoff, Currie, and Somers [54] | 2013 | Trajectories of recovery among homeless adults with mental illness who participated in a randomised controlled trial of Housing First: a longitudinal, narrative analysis | Research | Canada | No |
| Somers, Patterson, et al. [61] | 2013 | Vancouver At Home: pragmatic randomized trials investigating Housing First for homeless and mentally ill adults | Research | Canada | No |
| Somers, Rezansoff, Moniruzzaman, Palepu, and Patterson [42] | 2013 | Housing First reduces re-offending among formerly homeless adults with mental disorders: results of a randomized controlled trial | Research | Canada | Yes |
| Srebnik, Connor, and Sylla [80] | 2013 | A pilot study of the impact of Housing First–supported housing for intensive users of medical hospitalization and sobering services | Research | USA | Yes |
| Stefancic et al. [37] | 2013 | Implementing Housing First in rural areas: Pathways Vermont | Research | USA | Yes |
| Adair et al. [55] | 2014 | Development and initial validation of the Observer-Rated Housing Quality Scale (OHQS) in a multisite trial of Housing First | Research | Canada | No |
| Farquhar, Ryder, Henderlong, Lowe, and Amann [81] | 2014 | Listening to consumer perspectives to inform addictions and housing-related practice and research | Research | USA | No |
| Fleury, Grenier, and Vallée [82] | 2014 | Evaluation of the implementation of the Montreal At Home/Chez Soi project | Research | Canada | No |
| Kertesz et al. [83] | 2014 | Making Housing First happen: organizational leadership in VA’s expansion of permanent supportive housing | Research | USA | Yes |
| Kirst, Zerger, Harris, Plenert, and Stergiopoulos [52] | 2014 | The promise of recovery: narratives of hope among homeless individuals with mental illness participating in a Housing First randomised controlled trial in Toronto, Canada | Research | Canada | No |
| Mackelprang, Collins, and Clifasefi [84] | 2014 | Housing First is associated with reduced use of emergency medical services | Research | USA | No |
| Stergiopoulos et al. [39] | 2014 | Housing First: exploring participants’ early support needs | Research | Canada | Yes |
| Aubry, Nelson, and Tsemberis [85] | 2015 | Housing First for people with severe mental illness who are homeless: a review of the research and findings from the At Home–Chez Soi demonstration project | Research | Canada | No |
| Goering and Streiner [86] | 2015 | Putting housing first: the evidence and impact | Editorial/opinion | Canada | No |
| Henwood, Byrne, and Scriber [87] | 2015 | Examining mortality among formerly homeless adults enrolled in Housing First: an observational study | Research | USA | No |
| Henwood, Stefancic, et al. [88] | 2015 | Social relationships of dually diagnosed homeless adults following enrollment in Housing First or traditional treatment services | Research | USA | No |
| Kertesz, Austin, Holmes, Pollio, and Lukas [89] | 2015 | Housing First and the risk of failure: a comment on Westermeyer and Lee (2013) | Editorial/opinion | USA | Yes |
| Ly and Latimer [90] | 2015 | Housing First impact on costs and associated cost offsets: a review of the literature | Research | USA | No |
| Smelson [91] | 2015 | A cluster randomized Hybrid Type III trial testing an implementation support strategy to facilitate the use of an evidence-based practice in VA homeless programs | Protocol | USA | No |
| Stergiopoulos et al. [43] | 2015 | Effectiveness of Housing First with intensive case management in an ethnically diverse sample of homeless adults with mental illness: a randomized controlled trial | Research | Canada | Yes |
| Woodhall-Melnik et al. [49] | 2015 | The impact of a 24-month Housing First intervention on participants’ body mass index and waist circumference: Results from the At Home/Chez Soi Toronto site randomized controlled trial | Research | Canada | No |
| Brown et al. [92] | 2016 | Pathways to homelessness among older homeless adults: results from the HOPE HOME study | Research | USA | No |
| Gabrielian et al. [93] | 2016 | Factors associated with premature exits from supported housing | Research | USA | No |
| Kennedy et al. [94] | 2016 | A computer-assisted motivational social network intervention to reduce alcohol, drug and HIV risk behaviors among Housing First residents | Protocol | USA | No |
| Killaspy [95] | 2016 | Supported accommodation for people with mental health problems | Editorial/opinion | USA | No |
| O’Campo et al. [96] | 2016 | How did a Housing First intervention improve health and social outcomes among homeless adults with mental illness in Toronto? Two-year outcomes from a randomised trial | Research | Canada | No |
| Stergiopoulos et al. [97] | 2016 | The effectiveness of a Housing First adaptation for ethnic minority groups: findings of a pragmatic randomized controlled trial | Research | Canada | No |
| Pauly et al. [46] | 2016 | Finding safety: a pilot study of managed alcohol program participants’ perceptions of housing and quality of life | Research | Canada | Yes |