Moving On From Supportive Housing (MOSH): Development and evaluation of a transitional skill-building curriculum for providers helping residents exit homeless services |
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| Institution: | 1. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, School of Social Work, 360 Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, Newark, NJ, 07102, United States;2. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, School of Social Work, United States;1. Western Michigan University, 1903 W. Michigan Avenue, Kalamazoo MI 49008, USA;2. 1038 Bayberry Drive, Arnold MD 21012, USA;3. Oregon Social Learning Center, 10 Shelton McMurphey Blvd, Eugene, OR 97401, USA;4. Chadwick Center for Children and Families, 3020 Children''s Way-Mailcode 5131, San Diego CA 92123, USA;5. Development Services Group Inc., 7315 Wisconsin Avenue, 800 East Bethesda, MD 20814–3210, USA;1. Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 1C9, Canada;2. Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta; Faculty of Education and Health Sciences, University of Limerick, Ireland;3. Faculty of Nursing, University of Navarra and IdiSNA, Navarra Institute for Health Research, Spain;1. Prevention Research Center, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA;2. Department of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA;3. Department of Exercise Science, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA;4. Department of Health Education and Behavior, College of Health and Human Performance, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32611, USA;5. Department of Health Policy Management, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA;6. South Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church, Columbia, SC, 29203, USA;1. The College of Architecture, Zhijiang College of Zhejiang University of Technology, China;2. Graduate School of Environmental Engineering, The University of Kitakyushu, Japan;3. Department of Architecture, The University of Kitakyushu, Japan |
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| Abstract: | This article describes the development and evaluation of MOSH (Moving On From Supportive Housing), a transitional skill-building curriculum for providers helping residents exit homeless services to mainstream housing without embedded supports. In this evaluation, we assess the feasibility, acceptability, fit, and potential efficacy of the MOSH curriculum to improve proximal provider-level outcomes, including self-efficacy to provide MOSH-related independent living skills and supports. Homeless-services providers (N = 49) from a range of programs and settings participated in the training. Findings from focus groups and pre- and posttest surveys indicate high levels of overall satisfaction with the training. The majority of trainees perceived the training to be useful to their work and potentially useful for service recipients, felt the training would fit well within their existing day-to-day work, and said they were very likely to use MOSH skills in such work. Statistically significant improvements in self-efficacy regarding all skills but one were also found. MOSH holds promise as an intervention that can enhance provider practice and promotion of independent living skills in homeless services. Although these initial findings on MOSH are encouraging, further research will be needed to evaluate provider knowledge gains and effective use of these skills in practice. |
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| Keywords: | Homeless services Supportive housing Moving on initiative Skills training Independent living |
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