3020.0 Health care delivery strategies and coordination of care for individuals experiencing homelessness

Monday, October 29, 2012: 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Oral
This session will address the challenges of delivering health services effectively to sub-populations of people experiencing homelessness. The participants will describe novel approaches and lessons learned to improve engagement with clients, access to appropriate services, and follow-up with hardest to reach vulnerable populations.
Session Objectives: 1.Explain the elements of the Center for Social Innovation's Motivational Interviewing research study. 2.Describe simple ways to improve longitudinal follow-up among low-income and homeless populations. 3.Describe the potential of a “medical home without walls” model to bridge the gap between mainstream medical care and at-risk populations. 4.Define key elements of the one-stop Community Resource and Referral Center (CRRC) model for addressing the needs of homeless veterans.
Moderator:
Pia Valvassori, PhD

8:30am
Motivational Interviewing training tools: A research study
Rachael Kenney, MA and Suzanne Zerger, PhD
8:50am
Improving follow-up among low-income urban populations
Yohanna Barth-Rogers, MD, Lea Heller, BS, Jinsol Lee, Benjamin Chadwick, Lisa Arangua, MPP, Yu Ming Ni, MS, Mani Vahidi, Steve Shoptaw, PhD, Ronald M. Andersen, PhD and Lillian Gelberg, MD, MSPH
     
9:10am
"Medical Home Without Walls:" An Innovative Health Care Delivery Model for Poor and Homeless Populations
Roseanna H. Means, MD MSc, Kym Williams, MBA, MPH, Lauren Owens, MD and Megan Bratton, BS
     
9:30am
Evaluating Philadelphia's Rapid Re-housing Program - Impacts on Employment and Housing
Jamie Vanasse Taylor, MHS

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

Organized by: Caucus on Homelessness
Endorsed by: Women's Caucus

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH) , Masters Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES)

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