Addressing Problematic Opioid Use in OECD Countries by OECD

Author:OECD
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: governance/socialissues
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 2019-05-16T00:00:00+00:00

A large body of evidence has shown that, as concerns ending chronic homelessness for people with high support needs, the Housing First model appears very effective (Tsemberis, 2010[193]; Latimer et al., 2014[194]).

The effectiveness of Housing First appears to hold true also with specific respect to substance dependence. With respect to opioid use, a randomised trial performed in Toronto, Canada (Kirst et al., 2015[195]), found that opioid use among participants in the Housing First intervention group was 50% less (6% vs. 12%) than the control group, which had received no specialised services. Further research is needed to corroborate these results, as the majority of studies on Housing First focus on housing stability and use of publicly funded services, rather than on its effects on substance use (Collins et al., 2012[196]).

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