Preventing homelessness, improving health for people leaving priso
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Preventing homelessness among prison leavers.Not Applicable
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN46969988
- Lead Sponsor
- niversity of Glasgow
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Ongoing
- Sex
- Male
- Target Recruitment
- 92
Inclusion Criteria
1. Aged 18 years old and over
2. Released into the Swansea or Liverpool local authority areas and have a local connection (e.g., lived their previously; close relatives living in these areas)
3. Recourse to public funds
4. Have experienced prison and homelessness at least once
5. Mental health or substance use support needs
Exclusion Criteria
1. Individual under the Multi-Agency Public Protection arrangements 3 (MAPPA 3)
2. Those benefitting from Housing First
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Meeting progression criteria to run a full-scale trial:<br>1. Recruitment of 50% of those approached at baseline measured using the enrolment/withdrawal logs at 12 months post-randomisation<br>2. Retention of 60% of those enrolled measured using the enrolment/withdrawal log at 12 months post-randomisation<br>3. Acceptability of intervention delivery to participants and staff explored through interviews at 3 and 12 months<br>4. Intervention delivered with fidelity explored through interviews at 3 and 12 months
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Health-related quality of life measured using questionnaires SF-12 (total, physical and mental health scores), EQ-5D and ICECAP-A at 3, 6, 9, and 12 months<br>2. Housing stability (i.e., number of days in a stable accommodation) measured using ad-hoc questions at 3, 6, 9, and 12 months<br>3. Substance use and hazardous alcohol consumption measured using the AUDIT-C and ad-hoc questions of drug use at 3, 6, 9, and 12 months<br>4. Deaths (including the cause of death) measured using data linkage records at 12 months