Journal article
Researching 'what works' in early intervention and prevention of homelessness: from systematic reviews to collaborative inquiry
Parity, Vol.26(5), pp.19-21
2013
Abstract
Mechanisms of intervention and the contexts they are used in interact in complex ways. This helps explain why we can't overgeneralize about what works in respect of models of service designed to prevent or respond to homelessness. This said there are some key messages from the totality of evidence that has been accumulated to date. First homelessness would be a lot easier to prevent for first or subsequent episodes if adequate and appropriate (developmentally/ culturally) housing was available. Second (and often dependent on the first) timely support of a particular character 'works' both in a preventive sense and in periods when people experience ongoing challenges which may render them vulnerable to further homelessness. This paper reflects on some of the critical features of how we can generate and use evidence, and how these complement each other in important ways.
Details
- Title
- Researching 'what works' in early intervention and prevention of homelessness: from systematic reviews to collaborative inquiry
- Authors
- Philip R Crane (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
- Publication details
- Parity, Vol.26(5), pp.19-21
- Publisher
- Council to Homeless Persons
- Date published
- 2013
- ISSN
- 1032-6170
- Copyright note
- Copyright © 2016 Council to Homeless Persons. Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder.
- Organisation Unit
- School of Social Sciences - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Law and Society; Sexual Violence Research and Prevention Unit
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99450591702621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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