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Quality of housing is a known social determinant of psychosocial well-being. The scope of empirical literature describing housing quality following homelessness is unknown. Using the five stage process described by Arksey & O'Malley (2005) and PRISMA ScR guidelines, we are conducting this scoping review. Our search strategy has been deployed in eight databases (EMBASE, CINAHL, PsycInfo, Medline, Sociological Abstracts, Proquest Social Sciences, Social Work Abstracts, Social Services Abstracts). Using Covidence, two independent raters are screening titles and abstracts, and conducting a full-text review of included studies. The findings of this review are meant to guide future research, policy and practice approaches aimed at improving the quality of housing in which individuals reside following homelessness in an effort to address some of the negative health outcomes often observed in individuals after leaving homelessness.

Sleeping cabins and tiny homes are increasingly recognized as one part of a system for responding to homelessness. While municipalities are funding such projects, little is known about existing practice and research evidence to support the use of these approaches. This review is aimed at synthesizing existing practice and research evidence to guide future research, practice, and policy responses.

Sleeping cabins and tiny homes are increasingly recognized as one part of a system for responding to homelessness. While municipalities are funding such projects, little is known about existing practice and research evidence to support the use of these approaches. This review is aimed at synthesizing existing practice and research evidence to guide future research, practice, and policy responses.

A scoping review that provides an avenue for synthesizing and understanding the programs and interventions that are effective in preventing and ending homelessness in high income countries

While there is a growing evidence base of solutions and interventions to support an individual’s exit from homelessness, one component to end homelessness includes prevention. Given the development of research which explores interventions to support the prevention of homelessness, it is timely to synthesize the findings of this literature to guide future efforts. Using the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) methodology for systematic reviews and PRISMA guidelines will be conducted (Moher et al., 2010), we are conducting this systematic review. Our search strategy has been deployed in six databases (Medline, Embase. CINAHL, Psychinfo, Sociological Abstracts, Social Work Abstracts). Using Covidence, two independent raters are screening titles and abstracts, and conducting a full-text review of included studies. The findings of this review are meant to guide future research, policy and practice approaches aimed at improving the prevention of homelessness in an effort to prevent homelessness and the associated impacts on well being.

This is the registration for the protocol of a scoping review titled 'A Global Comparison of Effective Government Policies to Prevent and End Homelessness: A Scoping Review’. The overall objective of our scoping review is to provide a comprehensive overview and map existing literature on what is known and unknown on effective national policy frameworks that prevent and end homelessness in high income countries.. Our scoping review will adhere to the five stage process described by Arksey & O' Malley (2005) and PRISMA ScR guidelines for conducting a scoping review. Five databases have been used to deploy our search strategy, as EMBASE (OVID), MEDLINE (OVID), CINAHL (Ebsco), PsycINFO (OVID) and Sociological Abstracts (ProQuest). The findings of this review are intended to guide future research, practice and policy approaches to preventing and ending homelessness in high-income countries.