Feasibility and acceptability of an intervention for enhancing reintegration in adults with experience of homelessness.
Background Service centres for homeless adults are potential settings for implementation of reintegration interventions. This study aimed to evaluate (i) the acceptability of a group-based programme among individuals from the broad population of homeless people and (ii) if a future study of its feas...
| Publicado en: | European Journal of Public Health Vol. 30; no. 3; pp. 595 - 601 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Jun2020
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