Back to Annual Meeting Page		American Public Health Association 133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition December 10-14, 2005 Philadelphia, PA

Abstract #110904

Debra J. Rog, PhD, Center for Evaluation and Program Improvement, Vanderbilt University, 1915 I. Street, NW, Suite 600, Washington, DC 20006, 202-833-3512, debra.j.rog@vanderbilt.edu

Initiated in 1999, the SAMHSA Homeless Families Initiative is a two-phase, multi-site program designed to test and evaluate the effectiveness of time-limited mental health, substance abuse, and trauma treatment interventions for homeless mothers with psychiatric and/or substance use disorders who are caring for their dependent children. A cross-site evaluation of the interventions is being facilitated by a Coordinating Center working collaboratively with all eight sites, the federal government, and a Consumer Panel. This presentation provides preliminary outcome results from this first national study of interventions for homeless families comparing a range of target interventions to comparison interventions, typically involving treatment as usual. Outcomes examined using hierarchical linear modeling and structural equation modeling will include changes in residential stability, mental health functioning, substance abuse, and trauma. In particular, the study will highlight the pattern of results identified and will focus on common program ingredients across the interventions that relate to improved outcomes.

Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of the session, the participant (learner) will be able to

• Articulate the key preliminary findings from the Homeless Families Program.
• Identify program ingredients that relate to outcomes.
• Understand implications of the initial findings for practice.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

I wish to disclose that I have NO financial interests or other relationship with the manufactures of commercial products, suppliers of commercial services or commercial supporters.

Recorded presentation