5095.0: Wednesday, October 24, 2001: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM

Oral Session

Access to Services of Homeless Persons

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement.
Learning Objectives: The learner will be able to discuss issues around access to services for homeless persons.
Presider(s):Marsha McMurray-Avila, MCRP
12:30 PMAccess to homeless health care providers in a managed care environment
Douglas Berman, Mindy Lieberman, Dennis Johnson, Roy Grant, Karen Redlener
12:50 PMBarriers to Medicaid enrollment for homeless people
Pat Post, MPA, Jean L. Hochron
1:10 PMHomeless Family Health Screening Questionnaire for Non-Health Care Service Providers
Susan Kline, MN, ARNP, Carina Evens, PhD, Molly Bradshaw, MPH
1:30 PMKids-SHIP (Kids-Shelter Health Improvement Project): Using a combination of shelter out-reach and a hospital-based primary care clinic to improve health care delivery to homeless children
Jeannie Aschkenasy, Beth Volin, MD, M. Scotellaro, MD, M.M. Camburn, PsyD, C. Flynn, ASCW, R. Taylor, RN, K. Richardson, CLS
1:50 PMUrgency of need for pediatric specialty care among the homeless
Roy Grant, Peter Sherman, MD, W. Paul Kory, MD, Irwin Redlener, MD
2:10 PMRunaway/homeless youth using federally funded shelters: National and regional disparity
Sanna J. Thompson, PhD, David Pollio, PhD, Eugene Maguin, PhD
Sponsor:Caucus on Homelessness
Cosponsors:Community Health Planning and Policy Development; Social Work; Socialist Caucus
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work

The 129th Annual Meeting of APHA