Addressing chronic disease within supportive housing programs.
Publication/Presentation Date
1-1-2013
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Tenants of supportive housing have a high burden of chronic health conditions.
OBJECTIVES: To examine the feasibility of developing a tenant-involved health promotion initiative within a "housing first" agency using a community-based participatory research (CBPR) framework.
METHODS: Qualitative analyses of nine research capacity-building 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 well-situated 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.
Volume
7
Issue
1
First Page
67
Last Page
75
ISSN
1557-0541
Published In/Presented At
Henwood, B. F., Stanhope, V., Brawer, R., Weinstein, L. C., Lawson, J., Stwords, E., & Crossan, C. (2013). Addressing chronic disease within supportive housing programs. Progress in community health partnerships : research, education, and action, 7(1), 67–75. https://doi.org/10.1353/cpr.2013.0005
Disciplines
Business Administration, Management, and Operations | Health and Medical Administration | Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods
PubMedID
23543023
Department(s)
Administration and Leadership
Document Type
Article