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Navigating Complex Implementation Contexts

Overcoming Barriers and Achieving Outcomes in a National Initiative to Scale Out Housing First in Canada

Bibliographic Data

ID11053231
AuthorsEric Macnaughton (0000-0001-9134-9563, Department of Psychology Wilfrid Laurier University Waterloo ON Canada, corresponding author), Gerald Nelson (0000-0002-6626-2172, Department of Psychology Wilfrid Laurier University Waterloo ON Canada), Geoffrey Nelson, S Kathleen Worton (0000-0002-2261-560X, Department of Psychology Wilfrid Laurier University Waterloo ON Canada), Sam Tsemberis (Pathways Housing First Training Institute Montclair NJ USA), Vicky Stergiopoulos (0000-0003-3941-9434, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health University of Toronto Toronto ON Canada), Tim Aubry (0000-0002-6204-3773, School of Psychology University of Ottawa Ottawa ON Canada), Julian Hasford (School of Child and Youth Care Ryerson University Toronto ON Canada), Jino Distasio (0000-0003-2630-4865, Institute of Urban Studies University of Winnipeg Winnipeg MB Canada), Paula Goering (0000-0002-2976-2127, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health University of Toronto Toronto ON Canada)
Year2018
Volume62
Issue1-2
Pages135-149
Publication date2018-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Community Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0091-0562 • E-ISSN: 1573-2770
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/ajcp.12268
PMID30106486
OpenAlexW2887915619
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited37

Highlights Housing First can be implemented beyond demonstration sites without new resources. Using an intentional implementation strategy communities implemented high‐fidelity programs. One key implementation challenge was accessing affordable housing and housing subsidies. By helping develop housing specialists and reflective practice, the TTA facilitated effective implementation

Affordable housing · Business · Computer security · Economic growth · Economics · Fidelity · Health psychology · Key (lock) · Political science · Process management · Public health · Public housing · Public relations · Scale (ratio) · Subsidy · Supportive housing · Telecommunications · Community Health and Development · Computer Science · Health Policy Implementation Science · Homelessness and Social Issues · Medicine · Nursing

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Unique citing works9
Citations per year1,5
Citation span2020 - 2026 (7)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 9

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