Benjamin F Henwood
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 95902 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Benjamin F Henwood |
| NOMBRES | Benjamin F |
| APELLIDO | Henwood |
| FIRMA | HENWOOD B F |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Southern California |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8346-3569 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 78 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 192 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 78 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2008 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 8 |
A qualitative study of unconditional cash transfers with adults experiencing homelessness
Despite research showing that unconditional cash transfer (UCT) projects can help reduce poverty, few UCT projects have targeted people experiencing homelessness (PEH). Based upon a sample of 20 PEH who were randomly selected to receive $750 a month for one year as part of a larger randomized control trial, the current qualitative study considers how PEH react to receiving UCT and how they spend or plan to spend the funds. Study participants who …
Criminalizing homelessness
Cities across the United States are relying more on criminalization policies—including laws targeting behaviors deemed disruptive to public order, such as sleeping or camping in public spaces—to remove visible homelessness. How the enforcement of these policies impacts the health of unhoused people is unclear. The present study leverages monthly survey data from a prospective cohort of unhoused individuals in Los Angeles County (n=731) to examine…
Couch-Surfing and HIV Risk Behavior Among Young Adults Experiencing Homelessness
Young adults experiencing homelessness (YAEH) are significantly more likely to engage in HIV risk-related sexual behavior relative to their stably housed peers, and their social support networks can influence their engagement in these behaviors. However, few studies have investigated HIV risk behaviors among YAEH who are "couch-surfing," a highly prevalent network-based survival strategy that involves cycling through temporary, informal housing a…
Examining the potential use of technology in permanent supportive housing
Introduction Research on using technology in permanent supportive housing (PSH) has been limited. This study conducted formative work on understanding how technology might benefit PSH tenants.Method Focus groups were conducted at five PSH sites in Southern California, with 42 tenants participating. Thematic analysis was carried out in which data were analyzed both deductively and inductively using the unified theory of acceptance and use of techn…
The Homeless Outreach Behavioral Screen (Hobs)
We Have to Evict Certain People Sometimes”
Risk Environments of Permanent Supportive Housing for Formerly Incarcerated People with Serious Mental Illnesses
Background: Formerly incarcerated people with serious mental illnesses (SMI) experience the criminal legal system unequally and have elevated rates of recidivism, homelessness, general medical problems, and substance use disorders. Permanent supportive housing (PSH) can be used during reentry, but it has limited resources for addressing community integration, a key component of reentry. PSH are often located in high-poverty environments with incr…
My Body Will Remember What My Mind Wants to Forget
A Comparative Analysis of Transitional and Permanent Supportive Housing Through the Lens of Young Adult Residents
Predicting hotspots of unsheltered homelessness using geospatial administrative data and volunteered geographic information
Unsheltered homelessness is an increasingly prevalent phenomenon in major cities that is associated with adverse health and mortality outcomes. This creates a need for spatial estimates of population denominators for resource allocation and epidemiological studies. Gaps in the timeliness, coverage, and spatial specificity of official Point-in-Time Counts of unsheltered homelessness suggest a role for geospatial data from alternative sources to pr…
Characterizing Multisystem Barriers to Women’s Residential SUD Treatment
Service Provider Perspectives on the Differences between Place‐Based and Scattered‐Site Permanent Supportive Housing in Los Angeles County after the Onset of the Covid‐19 Pandemic
PB can be advantageous for clients with higher levels of acuity, whereas SS could be more appropriate for clients who are more stable and independent. PB programs are seen to have practical and logistical advantages, but some providers prefer SS services. Clients and providers should be matched to PSH configurations that best match their needs and preferences, and providers should be aware that public health emergencies may impact PB and SS setti…
Latino-Hispanic Unsheltered Homelessness Before and After Covid-19
Objectives. To identify sociodemographic shifts among unsheltered Latino people experiencing homelessness (PEH) between 2020–2022. Methods. We examined differences in characteristics reported in demographic surveys for Latino PEH older than 25 years from 2020 (n = 1215) and 2022 (n = 1395) in Los Angeles County, California, using weighted bivariate χ 2 tests. Results. From 2020 to 2022, there was a 25% increase in the number of unsheltered Latino…
Programmatic and Organizational Barriers and Facilitators to Addressing High-Risk Issues in Supportive Housing and Housing First Programs
Shifting social worker attitudes toward homelessness
Homeless agencies rely on social workers to fulfill a critical role in housing first service delivery yet social worker recruitment and retention for high-demand fields are challenging. A consortium of five Masters of Social Work (MSW) programs located in Southern California participated in a student training program to enhance field placements in the homeless sector. The Homeless Social Work Education Program (“the Program”) provides a homeless …
Public space as a potential resource during reentry for formerly incarcerated people with serious mental illnesses
Validation of interaction-based egocentric elicitation using ecological momentary assessment with young adults currently or formerly homeless
Notice of major cleaning”
Bringing Lived Experience to Research on Health and Homelessness
The Effect of Momentary Affect on Substance Use among Young Adults Who Experience Homelessness
IntroductionLittle is known about the momentary patterns and predictors of substance use among young adults who experience homelessness. To enhance understanding of substance use patterns, smartphone-based ecological momentary assessment (EMA) was utilized to examine the real-time association between affect and substance use. Methods: 251 young adults (aged 18–27) with history of homelessness were recruited from supportive housing programs and dr…
Health risk associated with residential relocation among people who inject drugs in Los Angeles and San Francisco, CA
PWID who have relocated in the past 30 days have higher odds of experiencing violence and life- threatening adverse outcomes, and policies that disrupt living circumstances of PWID should be ended in favor of those that support housing stability
The application of GIS in homelessness research and service delivery
Perceived safety in community and service settings among young adults experiencing homelessness
Homelessness poses risks to the health and safety of young adults; particularly among sexual and gender minority (SGM) young adults. The current study sought to better understand service use and perceived safety in community and service settings among SGM and cisgender heterosexual (cis‐hetero) young adults experiencing homelessness. Data come from a mixed‐method, ecological momentary assessment study ( n = 80; 43% sexual minority; 10% gender min…
Health Care Needs of Young Adults Who Have Experienced Homelessness
INTRODUCTION: Young adults experiencing homelessness have poorer overall health compared with the general population. However, not much is known about how health care needs may change in the transition from homelessness to supportive housing. This study utilizes the Gelberg-Andersen Behavioral Model for Vulnerable Populations to examine unmet health care needs among young adults currently experiencing homelessness and formerly homeless young adul…
Does the Timing of Incarceration Impact the Timing and Duration of Homelessness? Evidence from “The Transitions to Housing” Study
Compared to their non-homeless peers, chronically homeless adults are much more likely to have a history of incarceration. In turn, homelessness is associated with increased morbidity, lack of access to adequate healthcare services, and decreased life expectancy. This study investigates whether age at first incarceration is associated with age at first homeless experience and with lifetime duration of literal homelessness. Study participants are …
Substance Use Outcomes Among Homeless Clients with Serious Mental Illness
Permanent Supportive Housing
Permanent supportive housing (PSH) is an intervention to address long-term homelessness. Evidence has resulted in a shift in US policy toward using PSH rather than shelters and transitional housing. Despite recognizing that individuals transitioning from homelessness to PSH experience a high burden of disease and health disparities, public health research has not considered whether and how PSH improves physical health outcomes. Based on diverse a…
Availability of comprehensive services in permanent supportive housing in Los Angeles
Studies have often described a specific model or models of permanent supportive housing (PSH), yet few studies have systematically examined what services are typically offered to PSH tenants in any given service system and how those services are offered. Using telephone surveys from 23 PSH agency supervisors and qualitative data collected from 11 focus groups with 60 frontline providers and 17 individual interviews with supervisors from a subset …
Understanding Risk Environments in Permanent Supportive Housing for Formerly Homeless Adults
In this study, we used ethnographic methods and a risk environment framework to consider how contextual factors produce or reduce risk for substance use with a sample of 27 adults who recently moved into permanent supportive housing (PSH). Most apparent was how the social and physical environments interacted, because most participants focused on how having an apartment had dramatically changed their lives and how they interact with others. Specif…
Location, Location, Location
Objective: Low perceived safety and security might have adverse health consequences, especially for chronically homeless individuals who are at high risk of victimization on the street. Permanent supportive housing (PSH) is an effective strategy to address chronic homelessness and improve residents’ health and well-being. However, it is unclear how formerly homeless individuals’ perceptions of safety and security reflect the objective neighborhoo…
Social Relationships of Dually Diagnosed Homeless Adults Following Enrollment in Housing First or Traditional Treatment Services
These findings suggest that HF participants are not more socially isolated than those in traditional care. Implications for practice, policy and future research are discussed
Changes in Social Networks and HIV Risk Behaviors Among Homeless Adults Transitioning Into Permanent Supportive Housing
Permanent supportive housing (PSH) has been recognized by the U.S. federal government as the “clear solution” to chronic homelessness. Whether and how access to PSH affects HIV risk is unclear. This mixed methods pilot study uses a convergent parallel design in order to better understand social relationships and HIV risk during the transition from homelessness to PSH. Findings suggest that (a) Sexual activity and HIV risk behaviors increase with …
Rebuilding lives and identities
Obtaining Large-Scale Funding for Empowerment-Oriented Qualitative Research
Obtaining funding for qualitative research remains a challenge despite greater openness to methodological pluralism. Such hurdles are presumably compounded when the proposed study employs empowerment theory, rendering it susceptible to charges of elevating ideology over rigor. This article draws on the authors' experience in securing large-scale funding for an empowerment-oriented qualitative study of homeless mentally ill adults. Lessons learned…
What do homeless transition-age youth want from housing interventions
Activating People to Address Their Health Care Needs
Exploring the Association of Community Integration in Mental Health among Formerly Homeless Individuals Living in Permanent Supportive Housing
Supportive housing has been widely used among persons experiencing chronic homelessness and/or mental health conditions. While it has been demonstrated to be effective in addressing homelessness among populations with complex needs, community integration remains a challenge. Community integration is the extent to which individuals live, participate, and socialize in their community and consists of three aspects: physical, social, and psychologica…
Los Angeles housing models and neighbourhoods’ role in supportive housing residents’ social integration
Social integration is an indicator of programmatic success in supportive housing, yet is an ongoing challenge for residents. This study examines varying supportive housing models’ (i.e. congregate, single-site, scatter-site) and neighborhoods’ (i.e. Skid Row, Downtown Los Angeles [DTLA], Other) differential impact on social integration outcomes- measured by residents’ social networks (i.e. size, diversity, social support). Participants were forme…
Implementation of Peer Providers in Integrated Mental Health and Primary Care Settings
Objective: Peer providers are essential to the delivery of recovery-oriented mental health services, but little is known about their roles in delivering integrated mental health and primary care services. This study examines how peer-based services are implemented in newly integrated behavioral health care settings in Los Angeles County, California. Methods: During summer 2013, teams of 3 implementation monitors conducted full-day on-site program…
Addressing Chronic Disease Within Supportive Housing Programs
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
From Physical Wellness to Cultural Brokering
Implementation and Outcomes of Forensic Housing First Programs
Transitioning from Homelessness
Permanent supportive housing (PSH) has been recognized as central to the goal of ending chronic homelessness. This qualitative study considers the positive and negative expectations of 31 men and women in the Skid Row area of Los Angeles who are beginning the transition from homelessness to PSH through a Housing First approach. This study uses in-depth, qualitative interviews and an inductive approach informed by sensitizing concepts derived from…
Notice of major cleaning”
A Rising Tide Drowns Unstable Boats
Is income inequality a driver of homelessness at the community level? We theorize that inequality affects homelessness both by crowding out low-income households from the rental market (what we call an "income channel") and by causing home prices to rise (a "price channel"). We construct a dataset of information on inequality, homelessness, rent burden, and housing prices in 239 communities from 2007 to 2018 and use it to assess the income inequa…
Life Goals Over Time Among Homeless Adults in Permanent Supportive Housing
Permanent supportive housing (PSH) is a widely‐accepted solution to the challenge of chronic homelessness. While housing support and retention, physical health, and healthcare continue to be important for formerly homeless persons in PSH, “higher‐order” and humanistic needs such as thriving have received less attention and as a result are less well understood in this population. One important indicator of thriving is the ability to establish and …
Case Manager Perspectives on the Role of Treatment in Supportive Housing for People with Severe Mental Illness
Case managers understand supportive housing to be a treatment program; however, given the external constraints and their own beliefs about mental illness, case managers often equate treatment with taking medication. Study findings demonstrate the need to train case managers about mental health recovery and integrated health care. The findings also have implications for policies that tie housing to services
Implementing Housing First in Rural Areas
The benefits of Pathways Housing First in addressing chronic homelessness for persons with severe mental illness have been well established. However, the implementation and effectiveness of such programs in rural areas has yet to be examined. We described the model’s adaptations in Vermont, including the use of hybrid assertive community treatment–intensive case management teams, which consisted of service coordinators with geographically based c…
Latino-Hispanic Unsheltered Homelessness Before and After Covid-19
Objectives. To identify sociodemographic shifts among unsheltered Latino people experiencing homelessness (PEH) between 2020–2022. Methods. We examined differences in characteristics reported in demographic surveys for Latino PEH older than 25 years from 2020 (n = 1215) and 2022 (n = 1395) in Los Angeles County, California, using weighted bivariate χ 2 tests. Results. From 2020 to 2022, there was a 25% increase in the number of unsheltered Latino…
Bringing Lived Experience to Research on Health and Homelessness
Social relationships among persons who have experienced serious mental illness, substance abuse, and homelessness
The new paradigm of recovery has highlighted the importance of positive social relationships, but little is known about their role in recovery among homeless individuals with serious mental illness and comorbid substance abuse. This study used within- and across-case analyses of longitudinal data from qualitative interviews with 41 dually diagnosed individuals entering residential programs to exit homelessness and receive needed services. Themati…
Obtaining Large-Scale Funding for Empowerment-Oriented Qualitative Research
Obtaining funding for qualitative research remains a challenge despite greater openness to methodological pluralism. Such hurdles are presumably compounded when the proposed study employs empowerment theory, rendering it susceptible to charges of elevating ideology over rigor. This article draws on the authors' experience in securing large-scale funding for an empowerment-oriented qualitative study of homeless mentally ill adults. Lessons learned…
Substance Use Outcomes Among Homeless Clients with Serious Mental Illness
Consumer and Case Manager Agreement on Needs Assessments in Programs for Homeless Adults With Serious Mental Illness
Effective treatment planning is optimal when consumers’ perceived needs align with their providers’ assessments of those needs, which can facilitate collaborative partnerships and recovery-oriented services. This study compares consumers’ and case managers’ perceptions of consumer needs for adult clients in programs serving homeless adults with serious mental illness that use either a Housing First or non-Housing First (i.e., traditional) approac…
Life course adversity in the lives of formerly homeless persons with serious mental illness
This qualitative study assessed the frequency and subjective meaning of adverse experiences using case study analyses of interviews with 38 formerly homeless adults with co-occurring serious mental illness (SMI) and substance abuse histories. Adverse life events were inventoried using an adaptation of Lloyd and Turner's (2008) 41-item checklist. Participants averaged 8.8 adverse events, with approximately one-third having experienced incarceratio…
A Picture Is Worth . . . ? Photo Elicitation Interviewing With Formerly Homeless Adults
We report on the use of photo elicitation interviewing (PEI) with 13 participants in a qualitative study of formerly homeless men and women with serious mental illness. Following a respondent-controlled approach, participants were asked to take up to 18 photographs visually portraying positive and negative aspects of their lives and to subsequently narrate the meaning of the photos in a one-on-one interview. Thematic analysis of the photos ( N = …
Transitioning from Homelessness
Permanent supportive housing (PSH) has been recognized as central to the goal of ending chronic homelessness. This qualitative study considers the positive and negative expectations of 31 men and women in the Skid Row area of Los Angeles who are beginning the transition from homelessness to PSH through a Housing First approach. This study uses in-depth, qualitative interviews and an inductive approach informed by sensitizing concepts derived from…
Addressing Chronic Disease Within Supportive Housing Programs
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
Implementing Housing First in Rural Areas
The benefits of Pathways Housing First in addressing chronic homelessness for persons with severe mental illness have been well established. However, the implementation and effectiveness of such programs in rural areas has yet to be examined. We described the model’s adaptations in Vermont, including the use of hybrid assertive community treatment–intensive case management teams, which consisted of service coordinators with geographically based c…
Permanent Supportive Housing
Permanent supportive housing (PSH) is an intervention to address long-term homelessness. Evidence has resulted in a shift in US policy toward using PSH rather than shelters and transitional housing. Despite recognizing that individuals transitioning from homelessness to PSH experience a high burden of disease and health disparities, public health research has not considered whether and how PSH improves physical health outcomes. Based on diverse a…
Activating People to Address Their Health Care Needs
Housing First
Little more than two decades ago, the 'Housing First' (HF) approach pioneered by Pathways to Housing, Incorporated was a small but determined challenge to the burgeoning yet ineffective service system for homeless persons. Today, the success of HF has brought about paradigm-shifting systems change not only in the homeless 'industry' but in related service systems. This book employs conceptual frameworks drawn from theories of institutional change…
Examining mortality among formerly homeless adults enrolled in Housing First
Results suggest HF participants face excess mortality in comparison to members of the general population and that mortality rates among HF participants are higher than among those reported among members of the general homeless population in prior studies. However, findings also suggest that causes of death may differ between HF participants and their homeless counterparts. Specifically, chronic diseases appear to be more prominent causes of death…
Service use before and after the provision of scatter-site Housing First for chronically homeless individuals with severe alcohol use disorders
Location, Location, Location
Objective: Low perceived safety and security might have adverse health consequences, especially for chronically homeless individuals who are at high risk of victimization on the street. Permanent supportive housing (PSH) is an effective strategy to address chronic homelessness and improve residents’ health and well-being. However, it is unclear how formerly homeless individuals’ perceptions of safety and security reflect the objective neighborhoo…
Social Relationships of Dually Diagnosed Homeless Adults Following Enrollment in Housing First or Traditional Treatment Services
These findings suggest that HF participants are not more socially isolated than those in traditional care. Implications for practice, policy and future research are discussed
Changes in Social Networks and HIV Risk Behaviors Among Homeless Adults Transitioning Into Permanent Supportive Housing
Permanent supportive housing (PSH) has been recognized by the U.S. federal government as the “clear solution” to chronic homelessness. Whether and how access to PSH affects HIV risk is unclear. This mixed methods pilot study uses a convergent parallel design in order to better understand social relationships and HIV risk during the transition from homelessness to PSH. Findings suggest that (a) Sexual activity and HIV risk behaviors increase with …
Rebuilding lives and identities
Implementation and Outcomes of Forensic Housing First Programs
Complex recovery
OBJECTIVE: This report examines mental health recovery in a population neglected in the literature--formerly homeless adults with serious mental illness and co-occurring substance abuse. The term 'complex recovery' is used to examine the onset and impact of various types of adversity over the life course. METHOD: Burawoy's extended case method was conducted on in-depth interviews with 74 formerly homeless adults living in housing programs in New …
Implementation of Peer Providers in Integrated Mental Health and Primary Care Settings
Objective: Peer providers are essential to the delivery of recovery-oriented mental health services, but little is known about their roles in delivering integrated mental health and primary care services. This study examines how peer-based services are implemented in newly integrated behavioral health care settings in Los Angeles County, California. Methods: During summer 2013, teams of 3 implementation monitors conducted full-day on-site program…
Case Manager Perspectives on the Role of Treatment in Supportive Housing for People with Severe Mental Illness
Case managers understand supportive housing to be a treatment program; however, given the external constraints and their own beliefs about mental illness, case managers often equate treatment with taking medication. Study findings demonstrate the need to train case managers about mental health recovery and integrated health care. The findings also have implications for policies that tie housing to services
No digital divide? Technology use among homeless adults
Homeless adults experience increased risk of negative health outcomes, and technology-based interventions may provide an opportunity for improving health in this population. However, little is known about homeless adults' technology access and use. Utilizing data from a study of 421 homeless adults moving into PSH, this paper presents descriptive technology findings, and compares results to age-matched general population data. The vast majority (…
Provider perceptions on HIV risk and prevention services within permanent supportive housing
Permanent supportive housing (PSH) is an evidence-based solution to homelessness for persons experiencing chronic or long-term homelessness and one or more physical or behavioral health problems. Health services through PSH typically focus on physical and behavioral health. With the exception of programs specifically designed for persons living with HIV/AIDS, little attention has focused on services through PSH to prevent transmission of HIV or o…
Risk behavior and access to HIV/Aids prevention services in a community sample of homeless persons entering permanent supportive housing
Homeless persons suffer disproportionately high rates of HIV infection, and moving into permanent supportive housing (PSH) can provide a stable base from which to access needed prevention services. However, little is known about HIV risk or prevention behavior during this critical time of transition. The current study investigated STI and HIV risk and prevention behavior and recent use of prevention and treatment services (i.e., education, testin…
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