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

• Main Authors: Dennis P. Watson (Author), Valery Shuman (Author), James Kowalsky (Author), Elizabeth Golembiewski (Author), Molly Brown (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...