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ABSTRACT
Housing first models have become increasingly common for supporting persons experiencing homelessness. However, successful implementation of the housing first model can vary from program to program. To better understand what factors, influence whether a person experiencing homelessness can secure housing in a housing first model, we constructed a logistic Bayesian model. With data from 69 clients enrolled in a housing first program in Indiana, we tested demographic factors, depression, drug use, health status, hospital and acute care and outpatient visits, probation/parole status, and number of crimes committed as prospective predictors of securing housing six months later. We found that older participants, those who had recently utilized acute care services, and those with lower depression scores were more likely to secure housing after six months.
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Matthew Hanauer
Matthew Hanauer holds an MPA from the Indiana University – Bloomington School of Public and Environmental Affairs (SPEA) and is a Ph.D. Candidate in Inquiry Methodology at Indiana University – Bloomington. He is also a Biostatistician for Centerstone’s Research Institute.
Kelsey Watterson
Kelsey Watterson graduated from Hanover College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology. During her time at Hanover College, Kelsey designed and analyzed multiple research projects with various scopes including perceptions of attraction, intelligence, and unpredictability. She also blended her psychology interest with her interest in kinesiology. During her senior year, she took in interest in Animal Assisted Therapy. She presented her senior thesis entitled Effects of Animal Interaction on Cognition at the Butler Undergraduate Research Conference in 2017, which analyzed psychological and physical effects of canines on college students. Kelsey currently works at Centerstone’s Research Institute as the lead evaluator for a SAMHSA Offender Re-entry Program as well as an ACF Fatherhood Program. In the last year, she has presented at the NASW annual conference, the Indiana Attorney General’s 10th Annual Drug Abuse Symposium, CRI Annual All-Staff, and the American Evaluation Association annual conference. Kelsey is currently researching the effects of readiness to change, criminal thinking, and prior criminal history on recidivism in rural Indiana.
Marie Ragatz
Marie Ragatz holds a BA in Psychology and is a former Research Associate at Centerstone's Research Institute.
Jon T. Macy
Jon T. Macy is an Associate Professor of Applied Health Science in the School of Public Health at Indiana University – Bloomington. He teaches in the public health administration concentration for the Master of Public Health program. His research interests include public health policy and design, implementation, and evaluation of public health interventions. He received a Ph.D. in health behavior from Indiana University, an MPH in international health from Emory University, and a BA in economics from DePauw University.
Elaina Sinclair
Elaina Sinclair earned BSPH in Epidemiology and Community Health from Indiana University in 2019. She will be starting a MSPH program in Global Epidemiology at Emory University in the fall of 2020. In the future, she hopes to study the interactions between climate change, increasing globalization and the spread of disease.
Sara Suisman
Sara Suisman graduated from Indiana University Bloomington in 2019 with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, as well as a minor in Spanish and a certificate in Clinical Psychological Science. She is currently working as a Research Associate at Centerstone’s Research Institute, and will be returning to school in Fall 2020 to pursue a Master’s degree in Public Health.