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

Am J Public Health. 2022 Jun;112(6):865-870. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2022.306728. Epub 2022 Apr 14.

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 (P < .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. (Am J Public Health. 2022;112(6):865-870. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2022.306728).

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Housing*
  • Humans
  • Intimate Partner Violence* / prevention & control
  • Maryland
  • Prospective Studies
  • Survivors