Benjamin Henwood
Frances L. and Albert G. Feldman Professor of Social Policy and Health; Director, Center for Homelessness, Housing and Health Equity Research; Director, Homelessness Policy Research Institute View bio to learn more about the faculty member's research
Chien, J., Henwood, B. F., Clair, P. S., Kwack, S., & Kuhn, R. (2024). Predicting hotspots of unsheltered homelessness using geospatial administrative data and volunteered geographic information. Health & Place, 88, Article 103267. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2024.103267
Delgado Garcia, M. A., Chinchilla, M., Henwood, B., Chien, J., Kwack, S., & Kuhn, R. (2024). Latino-Hispanic unsheltered homelessness before and after COVID-19. American Journal of Public Health, 114(S6). https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2024.307717
Henwood, B. F., Coutin, J., Nobari, T. Z., George, K., & Panangadan, A. (2024). Examining the potential use of technology in permanent supportive housing. Journal of Social Distress and Homelessness. Advance online publication, April 23, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1080/10530789.2024.2342050
Henwood, B. F., Kim, B. K. E., Stein, A., Corletto, G., Suthar, H., Adler, K. F., Mazzochi, M., Ip, J., & Padgett, D. K. (2024). Miracle Friends and Miracle Money in California: A mixed-methods experiment of social support and guaranteed income for people experiencing homelessness. Trials, 25(1), Article 290. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-024-08109-6
Henwood, B. F., Kuhn, R., Gonzalez, A. L., Chien, J., Tu, Y., Bluthenthal, R., Cousineau, M., Padwa, H., Ijadi-Maghsoodi, R., Chinchilla, M., Smith, B. T., & Gelberg, L. (2024). Placement into scattered-site or place-based permanent supportive housing in Los Angeles County, CA, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Administration and Policy in Mental Health, 51, 805-817. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10488-024-01359-1
Kerman, N., de Pass, T., Kidd, S. A., Mutschler, C., Oudshoorn, A., Sylvestre, J., Aubry, T., Henwood, B. F., Sirotich, F., & Stergiopoulos, V. (2024). Programmatic and organizational barriers and facilitators to addressing high-risk issues in supportive housing and Housing First programs. Community Mental Health Journal. Advance online publication, October 18, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-024-01373-5
Padgett, D. K., Koumoundouros, O., Zachry, C. E., & Henwood, B. F. (2024). A qualitative study of unconditional cash transfers with adults experiencing homelessness. Journal of Social Distress and Homelessness. Advance online publication, December 10, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1080/10530789.2024.2435100
Padwa, H., Chien, J., Henwood, B. F., Cousins, S. J., Zakher, E., & Kuhn, R. (2024). Homelessness, discrimination, and violent victimization in Los Angeles County. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. Advance online publication, June 20, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2024.06.016
Padwa, H., Tran Smith, B., Harris, T., Ijadi-Maghsoodi, R., Cooper, M., Loya, C., Kuhn, R., Henwood, B. F., & Gelberg, L. (2024). Service provider perspectives on the differences between place-based and scattered-site permanent supportive housing in Los Angeles County after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Health & Social Care in the Community. Advance online publication, July 2, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1155/2024/8254034
Rivera, D., Henwood, B. F., Sussman, S., Wenzel, S., Dasgupta, A., Campbell, A. N., Wu, E., & Amaro, H. (2024). Characterizing multisystem barriers to women’s residential SUD treatment: A Multisite qualitative analysis in Los Angeles. Journal of Urban Health, 101, 653-667. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11524-024-00857-9
Sakai-Bizmark, R., Jackson, N. J., Wu, F., Marr, E. H., Kumamaru, H., Estevez, D., Genmill, A., Moreno, J. C., & Henwood, B. F. (2024). Short interpregnancy intervals among women experiencing homelessness in Colorado. JAMA Network Open, 7(1), Article e2350242. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.50242
Semborski, S., Petry, L., & Henwood, B. (2024). A comparative analysis of transitional and permanent supportive housing through the lens of young adult residents. Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal, 41(4), 645–657. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10560-022-00881-1
Jang, Y., Rhee, M.-K., Park, J., Ko, J. E., Park, N. S., Henwood, B. F., Schepens Niemiec, S. L., & Chung, S. (2024). Falls as a mental health risk among Korean-American residents in subsidized senior housing: Mediating effect of fall-related self-efficacy. Aging & Mental Health. Advance online publication, September 25, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2024.2407586
Henwood, B. F., Kuhn, R., Padwa, H., Ijadi-Maghsoodi, R., Corletto, G., Lawton, A., Chien, J., Bluthenthal, R., Cousineau, M. R., Chinchilla, M., Smith, B. T., Vickery, K. D., Harris, T., Patanwala, M., Akabike, W., & Gelberg, L. (2023). Investigating the comparative effectiveness of place-based and scatter-site permanent supportive housing for people experiencing homelessness during the COVID-19 pandemic: Protocols for a mixed methods, prospective longitudinal study. JMIR Research Protocols, 12(1), Article e46782. https://doi.org/10.2196/46782
Henwood, B. F., Semborski, S., Pitts, D. B., Niemiec, S. S., Yay, O., Paone, D. L., & Szanton, S. L. (2023). A pilot randomized controlled trial of CAPABLE in permanent supportive housing for formerly homeless adults. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 71(5), 1587-1594. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.18235
Padwa, H., Henwood, B. F., Ijadi-Maghsoodi, R., Tran-Smith, B., Darby, A., Bluthenthal, R., Chinchilla, M., Vickery, K. D., Kuhn, R., Lawton, A., Fenderson, E., Galarza, E., Haynes, A., King, D., Martiniuk, E., Marshall, P., Mendoza, S., Patton, T., Shaw, S., Stevens, R., & Gelberg, L. (2023). Bringing lived experience to research on health and homelessness: Perspectives of researchers and lived experience partners. Community Mental Health Journal. Advance online publication, May 19, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-023-01138-6
Kerman, N., Kidd, S. A., Mutschler, C., Sylvestre, J., Henwood, B. F., Oudshoorn, A., Marshall, C. A., Aubry, T., & Stergiopoulos, V. (2023). Managing high-risk behaviors and challenges to prevent housing loss in permanent supportive housing: A rapid review. Harm Reduction Journal, 20(140). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12954-023-00873-z
Kriegel, L. S., Barrenger, S. L., & Henwood, B. F. (2023). Public space as a potential resource during reentry for formerly incarcerated people with serious mental illnesses. Health & Place, 84, Article 103133. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2023.103133
Richards, J., Henwood, B. F., Porter, N., & Kuhn, R. (2023). Examining the role of duration and frequency of homelessness on health outcomes among unsheltered young adults. Journal of Adolescent Health, 73(6), 1038-1045. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2023.06.013
Goldshear, J. L., Kitonga, N., Angelo, N., Cowan, A., Henwood, B. F., & Bluthenthal, R. N. (2023). “Notice of major cleaning”: A qualitative study of the negative impact of encampment sweeps on the ontological security of unhoused people who use drugs. Social Science & Medicine, 339, Article 116408. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12954-023-00873-z
Chiang, J. C., Bluthenthal, R. N., Wenger, L. D., Auerswald, C. L., Henwood, B. F., & Kral, A. H. (2022). Health risk associated with residential relocation among people who inject drugs in Los Angeles and San Francisco, CA: A cross sectional study. BMC Public Health, 22, Article 823. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-13227-4
DiGuiseppi, G., Semborski, S., Rhoades, H., Goldbach, J., & Henwood, B. F. (2022). Perceived safety in community and service settings among young adults experiencing homelessness: Differences by sexual and gender identity. American Journal of Community Psychology. Advance online publication, June 16, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajcp.12606
Semborski, S., Henwood, B., Madden, D., & Rhoades, H. (2022). Health care needs of young adults who have experienced homelessness. Medical Care, 60(8), 588-595. https://doi.org/10.1097/MLR.0000000000001741
Semborski, S., Henwood, B., Redline, B., Dzubur, E., Mason, T., & Intille, S. (2022). Feasibility and acceptability of ecological momentary assessment with young adults who are currently or were formerly homeless: Mixed methods study. JMIR Formative Research, 6(3), Article e33387. https://doi.org/10.2196/33387
Semborski, S., Winn, J. D., Rhoades, H., Petry, L., & Henwood, B. F. (2022). The application of GIS in homelessness research and service delivery: A qualitative systematic review. Health & Place, 75, Article 102776. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2022.102776
Dzubur, E., Semborski, S., Redline, B., Hedeker, D., Dunton, G. F., & Henwood, B. F. (2022). Food insecurity, hunger, stress, and homelessness among young adults. Health Psychology, 41(8), 559–565. https://doi.org/10.1037/hea0001214
Gallup, D., Henwood, B. F., Devaney, E., Samario, D., & Giang, D. (2022). Shifting social worker attitudes toward homelessness: An MSW training program evaluation. Journal of Social Distress and Homelessness. Advance online publication, April 17, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1080/10530789.2022.2061238
Semborski, S., Petry, L., & Henwood, B. (2022). A comparative analysis of transitional and permanent supportive housing through the lens of young adult residents. Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal. Advance online publication, August 25, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10560-022-00881-1
Canham, S. L., Mahmood, A.,Walsh, C. A., Sussman, T., Guérin, V. B., Chaudhury, H., Colgan, S., Dunn, J. R., Henwood, B., Nixon, L., Somers, J. M., & Yan, A. (2022). Aging in the right place. Social Science Protocols, 5(1). http://dx.doi.org/10.75p.v5.695265/ss
Porter, N. A. C., Brosnan, H. K., Chang, A. H., Henwood, B. F., & Kuhn, R. (2022). Race and ethnicity and sex variation in COVID-19 mortality risks among adults experiencing homelessness in Los Angeles County, California. JAMA Network Open, 5(12), Article e2245263. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.45263