The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA

Abstract #46917

Robert Paulson, PhD, FMHI, University of South Florida, 13301 Bruce B. Downs Blvd, Tampa, FL 33612, (813)974-3117, rpaulson@fmhi.usf.edu

The preliminary findings from the CMHS Housing Initiative are consistent with a host of prior studies that show the dramatic impact of providing housing to people with mental illness, particularly those who have been homeless, particularly with respect to improving residential stability. More specifically, the findings from this Initiative help us understand how specific housing structures, operations, and policies have affected a variety of outcomes examined, including residential stability, mental health functioning, satisfaction, and quality of life. Dr. Paulson will serve as a discussant to this set of outcome presentations on the Initiative and discuss the implications of these findings, particularly the consistent finding that housing matters, for state and federal housing policies, as well as state and federal mental health policies.

Learning Objectives:

• At the conclusion of the session, the participant (learner) will be able to describe how housing in general, as well as specific housing structures, operations, and policies, affect resident outcomes, and to recognize the importance of these findings to State and Federal housing and mental health policies.

Keywords: Housing,

Presenting author's disclosure statement:
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.