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Despite the dramatic growth of homelessnessresearch, there have been no systematic assessments ofconsumer and provider preferences regarding the contentof this research. Therefore, 87 clients and 28 staff of a homeless veterans program wereadministered a 15-item questionnaire requestingidentification of the 5 “most” and 5“least” important research topics. Staff andclients differed significantly on 6 items considered mostimportant and 4 items considered least important.Clients wanted more research that focused on materialneeds, whereas staff preferences were more broadlydistributed. The fact that appreciable data exist for manyof the research topics that respondents identified asimportant raises concerns about the accessibility ofhomelessness research.
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Cohen, C.I., D'Onofrio, A., Larkin, L. et al. A Comparison of Consumer and Provider Preferences for Research on Homeless Veterans. Community Ment Health J 35, 273–280 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1018749504499
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