5011.0: Wednesday, October 24, 2001: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM

Poster Session

Health Issues Among the Homeless

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement.
Learning Objectives: The learner will identify some health concerns of the homeless.
Presider(s):Carl O. Helvie, DrPH
Board 1Analysis of Health Care for the Homeless Network encounter database: A closer look at homeless families in Seattle & King County
Susan Kline, MN, ARNP, Carina Evens, PhD
Board 1Health promotion with formerly homeless elders via service-learning education - Withdrawn
Pauline C. Hamel, MEd, PT, GCS
Board 2Are Rates of Psychiatric Disorders Changing Over Time in the Homeless Population?
Carol S. North, MD, MPE, Karin M. Eyrich, MSW, David E. Pollio, PhD
Board 3Attributes, risk factors and incidence of homeless tuberculosis cases in Harris County, Texas
Syed N. Khalil, PhD, MPH, Larry D. Teeter, PhD, Hanna Soini, PhD, Tung Bui, MD, James M. Musser, MD, PhD, Edward A. Graviss, PhD, MPH
Board 4What is the value of urine testing in detecting drug use among homeless people?
Karin M. Eyrich, MSW, Carol S. North, MD, MPE, David E. Pollio, PhD
Board 5HIV risk among Puerto Rican homeless drug users: Non-literally homeless as a special target population
Juan C. Reyes, EdDc, Rafaela R. Robles, EdD, Hector M. Colon, PhD, Tomas D. Matos, MS, Carmen A. Marrero, MPH
Board 6Profile of single homeless women residing at Women in Crisis, a New Haven homeless shelter
Jessica Cummings, Kadin Caines, Heidi Johanns, Sae Hee Kim, Ann Novakowski, Alison Phinney, Kellyann Day, Kim Blankenship, PhD
Board 7Aggressive tracking of homeless children in completing immunizations
Rochaun Smith, BSN PHN
Board 8An Innovative Program Delivering End-of-Life Care to Homeless People with AIDS
Elizabeth Patterson, JD, BSN, Lesley Moore, CSW, Elaine Cohen, PhD
Sponsor:Caucus on Homelessness
Cosponsors:Community Health Planning and Policy Development; HIV/AIDS; Socialist Caucus
CE Credits:CME, Pharmacy, Social Work

The 129th Annual Meeting of APHA