Effectiveness of Interventions for Meaningful Activity Participation in Homelessness: A Systematic Review.

Meaningful activity participation has been identified as a key outcome of services designed to support individuals during and following homelessness. Little is known about the effectiveness of interventions for promoting this outcome. To identify the range and effectiveness of interventions on promoting meaningful activity participation among persons with experiences of homelessness.

Psychotherapy Within Occupational Therapy Literature: A Scoping Review.

Recent changes in the Canadian regulatory landscape have prompted reflections on the role and scope of occupational therapy in the provision of psychotherapy. To document how psychotherapy has been explored in occupational therapy literature. We conducted a scoping review following Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses Scoping Review (PRISMA-ScR) guidelines by searching eight databases (e.

Effectiveness of employment-based interventions for persons experiencing homelessness: A systematic review.

Employment is frequently desired by persons who experience homelessness yet is often elusive. Little is known about the range and effectiveness of employment-based interventions evaluated in existing literature on key psychosocial outcomes including employment participation, mental well-being, housing tenure, community integration and substance use. To identify and synthesise existing studies, we conducted a systematic review of effectiveness using the methodology proposed by the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) following Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines.

Violence and victimisation in the lives of persons experiencing homelessness who use methamphetamine: A scoping review.

Methamphetamine (MA) use among individuals who experience homelessness has tripled in recent years. This is a problematic trend given the harmful impacts of this substance on health and social well-being. While there is a large body of literature on the relationship between substance use and trauma, little is known about the scope of existing empirical literature exploring this topic related to MA use.

A systematic review of occupational therapy interventions in the transition from homelessness.

Background: Although systematic and scoping reviews have identified a range of interventions for persons experiencing homelessness, no known reviews have captured the range and quality of intervention studies aimed at supporting a transition from homelessness.

Objectives: To capture the range and quality of occupational therapy intervention studies aimed at supporting a transition to housing following homelessness.

Method: Using Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) guidelines, we conducted a systematic review including a critical appraisal and narrative synthesis of experimental studies.