title: Addressing chronic disease within supportive housing programs.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Tenants of supportive housing have a high burden of chronic health conditions.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  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.
authors.affiliation: University of Southern California, School of Social Work, USA.
authors.forename: Benjamin F
authors.initials: BF
authors.lastname: Henwood
authors.forename: Victoria
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Stanhope
authors.forename: Rickie
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Brawer
authors.forename: Lara Carson
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Weinstein
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lawson
authors.forename: Edward
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Stwords
authors.forename: Cornelius
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Crossan
mesh_terms: D057191:Capacity Building / Q000379:methods; D002908:Chronic Disease; D055812:Community-Based Participatory Research; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration*; D054625:Healthcare Disparities; D006703:Ill-Housed Persons; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D028642:Persons with Psychiatric Disorders; D011632:Public Assistance / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards; D011638:Public Housing; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012648:Self Care; D012944:Social Support; D014481:United States
references.citation: Schizophr Res. 2010 May;118(1-3):264-70
references.pmid: 20185272
references.citation: Am J Public Health. 2002 May;92(5):758-68
references.pmid: 11988443
references.citation: J Clin Psychiatry. 2007 Apr;68(4):e09
references.pmid: 17474799
references.citation: J Prim Care Community Health. 2011 Jan 1;2(1):11-5
references.pmid: 23804656
references.citation: BMJ. 2000 Feb 26;320(7234):526-7
references.pmid: 10688539
references.citation: Gerontologist. 2008 Oct;48(5):698-705
references.pmid: 18981286
references.citation: Community Ment Health J. 2010 Aug;46(4):398-402
references.pmid: 20204511
references.citation: Psychiatr Rehabil J. 2008 Winter;31(3):226-33
references.pmid: 18194950
references.citation: Lancet. 2008 Nov 8;372(9650):1661-9
references.pmid: 18994664
references.citation: Psychiatr Serv. 2011 May;62(5):561-2
references.pmid: 21532088
references.citation: Med Care. 2001 Nov;39(11):1217-23
references.pmid: 11606875
references.citation: Am J Public Health. 2004 Apr;94(4):651-6
references.pmid: 15054020
references.citation: J Clin Ethics. 2005 Fall;16(3):262-6
references.pmid: 16302552
references.citation: Community Ment Health J. 2009 Feb;45(1):6-11
references.pmid: 18563563