Safe and Stable Housing for Intimate Partner Violence Survivors, Maryland, 2019‒2020.

Decker, Michele R; Grace, Karen Trister; Holliday, Charvonne N; Bevilacqua, Kristin G; Kaur, Arshdeep; Miller, Janice · Am J Public Health · 2022

prospective_cohort · Level II

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Abstract

House of Ruth Maryland is a comprehensive intimate partner violence (IPV) service provider. Our academic‒practitioner partnership conducted a prospective, quasi-experimental evaluation (n = 70) of on-site transitional housing and community-based rapid rehousing to meet the safety and stability needs of individuals made homeless because of IPV. By 6-month follow-up, both IPV revictimization and housing instability significantly improved (<i>P</i> < .001). Housing supports through an IPV service provider advanced the dual goals of safety and housing stability for IPV survivors. Safe, affordable housing is an IPV prevention strategy. (<i>Am J Public Health</i>. 2022;112(6):865-870. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2022.306728).

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