What treatment and services are effective for people who are homeless and use drugs? A systematic 'review of reviews'.

ABSTRACT:

Background

People who experience homelessness and those vulnerably housed experience disproportionately high rates of drug use and associated harms, yet barriers to services and support are common. We undertook a systematic 'review of reviews' to investigate the effects of interventions for this population on substance use, housing, and related outcomes, as well as on treatment engagement, retention and successful completion.

Methods and findings

We searched ten electronic databases from inception to October 2020 for reviews and syntheses, conducted a grey literature search, and hand searched reference lists of included studies. We selected reviews that synthesised evidence on any type of treatment or intervention that reported substance use outcomes for people who reported

SUBMITTER: Miler JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8279330 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature