Henwood Benjamin F, Harris Taylor, Woo Darlene, Winetrobe Hailey, Rhoades Harmony, Wenzel Suzanne L
School of Social Work, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Health Soc Care Community. 2018 Mar;26(2):207-213. doi: 10.1111/hsc.12510. Epub 2017 Oct 6.
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 of surveyed agencies-all of which were completed between July 2014 and December 2015-the goal of this study is to better understand what services are being offered in PSH organisations located in Los Angeles and what barriers frontline providers face in delivering these services. Survey findings using statistical frequencies suggest the existence of robust support services for a high-needs population and that single-site providers may offer more services than scatter-site providers. Qualitative thematic analysis of interview and focus group transcripts suggests services may be less comprehensive than they appear. If PSH is to be regarded as an intervention capable of more than "just" ending homelessness, further consideration of the provision of supportive services is needed.
研究经常描述一种或多种永久性支持性住房（PSH）的特定模式，但很少有研究系统地考察在任何特定服务体系中，通常会为PSH租户提供哪些服务，以及这些服务是如何提供的。本研究利用对23位PSH机构主管的电话调查，以及从11个焦点小组收集的定性数据（这些焦点小组由60位一线服务提供者组成）和对部分接受调查机构的主管进行的17次个人访谈——所有这些工作均在2014年7月至2015年12月期间完成——旨在更好地了解洛杉矶的PSH机构提供了哪些服务，以及一线服务提供者在提供这些服务时面临哪些障碍。使用统计频率的调查结果表明，存在针对高需求人群的强大支持服务，而且单址提供者可能比散居提供者提供更多服务。对访谈和焦点小组记录的定性主题分析表明，服务可能没有其表面上那么全面。如果PSH要被视为一种不仅仅能够“仅仅”终结无家可归状态的干预措施，那么就需要进一步考虑支持性服务的提供。
