The effect of forensic events on health status and housing stability among homeless and vulnerably housed individuals: A cohort study.

ABSTRACT: We sought to characterize the association between a forensic event (arrest or incarceration) with housing vulnerability and mental and physical health status over a four-year follow-up among a cohort of homeless and vulnerably housed individuals in Vancouver, Toronto and Ottawa. Data were obtained from the Health and Housing in Transition Study, a prospective cohort study of homeless and vulnerably housed individuals between 2009 and 2012. Participants were interviewed in-person at baseline (N = 1190) and at four annual follow-up time points. We used generalized estimating equations to characterize the independent associations between a forensic event and the number of residential moves and SF-12 physical and mental health component scores over the four-year follow-up period. We analyzed d

SUBMITTER: Walsh C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6366888 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature