@article{81354f19a3684276861e6aa0452fa83f,
title = "Impact of Housing Provision Package on Treatment Outcome Among Homeless Tuberculosis Patients in South Korea",
abstract = "The objective of this study was to assess the effect of a housing provision package on treatment outcomes among homeless South Korean tuberculosis (TB) patients. We conducted a prospective, single-arm, community-based study with historical controls as follows: community-based intervention group (COM), who were provided housing, nutrition, and case management, and received directly observed therapy services; a first historical control that was treated as usual (TAU); and a second historical control that comprised homeless TB patients residing in long-term TB-care facility (FAC). A multivariable logistic regression model was constructed to identify predictors associated with treatment success among homeless TB patients. Treatment was successful in 86.0%, 58.3%, and 96.1% of patients in the COM, TAU, and FAC groups, respectively. Interventions, including those found in the COM and FAC groups, were the only predictors of treatment success. Therefore, we determined that housing provision package positively influenced the treatment outcomes of homeless TB patients.",
keywords = "hard-to-reach, homeless, social protection, tuberculosis, vulnerable populations",
author = "Hyunwoo Kim and Hongjo Choi and Sarah Yu and Lee, {An Yeol} and Kim, {Hye Ok} and Joh, {Joon Sung} and Heo, {Eun Young} and Oh, {Kyung Hyun} and Kim, {Hee Jin} and Haejoo Chung",
note = "Funding Information: The authors would like to express their appreciation to all member of Homeless Act and Dongja-dong Sarangbang Credit Cooperative for their support to train lay health workers. Also, we would like to thank all staff of the hospitals and the community health centers in Seoul who cooperated with us during the study. The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This research was supported by a grant of the Korea Health Technology R&D Project through the Korea Health Industry Development Institute (KHIDI), funded by the Ministry of Health & Welfare, Republic of Korea (Grant Number: HI15C1488). Funding Information: The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This research was supported by a grant of the Korea Health Technology R&D Project through the Korea Health Industry Development Institute (KHIDI), funded by the Ministry of Health & Welfare, Republic of Korea (Grant Number: HI15C1488). Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2019 APJPH.",
year = "2019",
month = oct,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1177/1010539519871779",
language = "English",
volume = "31",
pages = "603--611",
journal = "Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health",
issn = "1010-5395",
publisher = "SAGE Publications Inc.",
number = "7",
}
