TY - JOUR
T1 - Addressing chronic disease within supportive housing programs
AU - Henwood, Benjamin F.
AU - Stanhope, Victoria
AU - Brawer, Rickie
AU - Weinstein, Lara Carson
AU - Lawson, James
AU - Stwords, Edward
AU - Crossan, Cornelius
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Background: Tenants of supportive housing have a high burden of chronic health conditions. Objectives: To examine the feasibility of developing a tenantinvolved health promotion initiative within a "housing first" agency using a community-based participatory research (CBPR) framework. Methods: Qualitative analyses of nine research capacitybuilding group meetings and fifteen individual pre- and post-interviews with those who completed a chronic disease self-management program, resulting in the development of several themes. Results: Tenants of supportive housing successfully partnered with health care providers to implement a chronic disease self-management program, noting that "health care becomes 'relevant' with housing." Conclusions: Supportive housing organizations are wellsituated to implement health promotion initiatives. Such publicly subsidized housing that is accompanied by comprehensive supports must also include self-management training to help people overcome both internal and external barriers to addressing chronic health needs.
AB - Background: Tenants of supportive housing have a high burden of chronic health conditions. Objectives: To examine the feasibility of developing a tenantinvolved health promotion initiative within a "housing first" agency using a community-based participatory research (CBPR) framework. Methods: Qualitative analyses of nine research capacitybuilding group meetings and fifteen individual pre- and post-interviews with those who completed a chronic disease self-management program, resulting in the development of several themes. Results: Tenants of supportive housing successfully partnered with health care providers to implement a chronic disease self-management program, noting that "health care becomes 'relevant' with housing." Conclusions: Supportive housing organizations are wellsituated to implement health promotion initiatives. Such publicly subsidized housing that is accompanied by comprehensive supports must also include self-management training to help people overcome both internal and external barriers to addressing chronic health needs.
KW - Community-based participatory research
KW - Health care disparities
KW - Homeless persons
KW - Housing
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U2 - 10.1353/cpr.2013.0005
DO - 10.1353/cpr.2013.0005
M3 - Article
C2 - 23543023
AN - SCOPUS:84882641385
SN - 1557-0541
VL - 7
SP - 67
EP - 75
JO - Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action
JF - Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action
IS - 1
ER -