4010.0 Designing Effective Interventions for Specific Populations

Tuesday, November 9, 2010: 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Oral
1. Analyze the impact
Session Objectives: 1.Explain the costs associated with high utilization of the emergency department by homeless users. 2.Describe the benefits of community partnerships when providing healthcare and social services to homeless. 3.Identify key outcomes from treatment participants of the "Seeking Safety" curriculum.
Moderator:
Kathy Proctor, MPH MHSA

8:30am
PATH out of homelessness: Does early intervention result in better outcomes?
Holly Holtzen, PhD and Michelle Budzek
8:45am
High-Frequency Users of an Urban Emergency Department – Comparison of demographic, clinical, and cost characteristics of homeless and non-homeless frequent-users of an urban Emergency Department
Kevin Scott, MD, Bon Ku, MD, MPP, Abbie Santana, MSPH and Daniel Wasserman, BA
     
9:00am
Integrating trauma care and housing preparation in substance abuse treatment for homeless men: Preliminary outcomes from the Steps to Safety program
Abigail Wiener, Kevin Lotz, LCSW, CASAC, ACSW, Diane Bonavota, CSW, Erin O'Brien, MA, Vijay Nandi, MPH, Linda Weiss, PhD and Jonathan Werlin, MSW
     
9:15am
Building Community Awareness for Individuals Suffering from SPMI: The Community Awareness Psychoeducation (CAPE) Intervention
Seth Kurzban, MSW, PhD
     
9:30am
Bridging healthcare and housing to end homelessness and improve health: Learnings from urban communities
Catherine Craig, LMSW, MPA, Lara Weinstein, MD, Abbie Santana, MSPH, Benjamin Henwood, LSW, Monica Medina McCurdy, MHS, PA-C and Maria Raven, MD, MPH, MSc
     

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: Caucus on Homelessness
Endorsed by: APHA-Committee on Women's Rights, Socialist Caucus, Social Work

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH)

See more of: Caucus on Homelessness
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