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

Benjamin F Henwood   ^{1 *} , MSW, PhD ;   Randall Kuhn   ^{2 *} , PhD ;   Howard Padwa   ³ , PhD ;   Roya Ijadi-Maghsoodi   ^{3, 4 *} , MS, MD ;   Gisele Corletto   ¹ , MSW ;   Alex Lawton   ² , MPH ;   Jessie Chien   ² , MHS ;   Ricky Bluthenthal   ⁵ , PhD ;   Michael R Cousineau   ⁵ , DrPH ;   Melissa Chinchilla   ⁴ , PhD ;   Bikki Tran Smith   ^{6 *} , PhD ;   Katherine D Vickery   ^{7, 8} , MD ;   Taylor Harris   ⁴ , PhD ;   Maria Patanwala   ⁴ , MS, MD ;   Whitney Akabike   ⁹ , MSPH ;   Lillian Gelberg   ^{9, 10 *} , MD

¹ Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States

² Department of Community Health Sciences, Fielding School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, United States

³ Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, United States

⁴ Center for the Study of Healthcare Innovation, Implementation and Policy, Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, CA, United States

⁵ Department of Population and Public Health Sciences, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States

⁶ Department of Biomedical and Health Sciences, College of Nursing and Health Sciences, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, United States

⁷ University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, United States

⁸ Health, Homelessness, and Criminal Justice Lab, Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute, Minneapolis, MN, United States

⁹ Department of Family Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, United States

¹⁰ Department of Health Policy and Management, Fielding School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, United States

*these authors contributed equally