Met and unmet needs of homeless individuals at different stages of housing reintegration: A mixed-method investigation.

ABSTRACT: This study aimed to identify and compare major areas of met and unmet needs reported by 455 homeless or recently housed individuals recruited from emergency shelters, temporary housing, and permanent housing in Quebec (Canada). Mixed methods, guided by the Maslow framework, were used. Basic needs were the strongest needs category identified, followed by health and social services (an emergent category), and safety; very few participants expressed needs in the higher-order categories of love and belonging, self-esteem, and self-actualization. The only significant differences between the three housing groups occurred in basic needs met, which favored permanent housing residents. Safety was the only category where individuals reported more unmet than met needs. The study results suggested tha

SUBMITTER: Fleury MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7808646 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature