Characterizing components of and attendance at resident‐driven Housing First programming in the context of community‐based participatory research

Abstract

Aims: This secondary study characterized components of and engagement in the life-enhancing alcohol-management program (LEAP), which is resident-driven housing first programming. Methods:We used a process akin to conventional content analysis to operationalize the LEAP according to its component activities. We used generalized linear modeling to identify predictors of LEAP activity participation and to predict alcohol and quality-of-life outcomes from participation in specific LEAP activities categories.This study is secondary to a larger parent study (N = 116) testing the effects of resident-driven programming in a Housing First setting on alcohol and quality-of-life outcomes (Clifasefi et al., 2020). Participants in this secondary study were 66 residents (n = 7; 10.6% female) of a Housing First program serving people experiencing chronic homelessness and AUD. See Table 1 for baseline values on sociodemographic and alcohol-related variables. | MeasuresDemographic information (e.g. sex assigned at birth, age, race, ethnicity, education level, employment, homelessness in the past year, Veterans status), as well as current substance-use treatment attendance and mutual-help

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