4101.0 Techniques for collecting epidemiological data on homelessness and including consumers in the research process

Tuesday, October 30, 2012: 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Oral
This session will provide a discussion of various techniques for collecting epidemiological data on homelessness, multi-sector collaborations, and addressing ethical concerns around informed consent.
Session Objectives: 1. Evaluate risk factors for veterans becoming homeless. 2. Discuss how implementation of the Incident Command System Model can be used as a means of building collaborations among academics, health departments, homeless service providers and community volunteers. 3. Describe the most common causes of death in a "rough sleeper" population in Boston. 4. Describe solutions to reduce the complexity of the informed consent process with homeless adults.
Moderator:
Molly Meinbresse, MPH

10:30am
Homeless Incidence and Risk Factors for Becoming Homeless in Veterans
Lin Clegg, PhD and David Daigh, MD, CPA
  
10:50am
Counting the homeless: Enhanced methods for enumeration of homeless persons through community collaborations
Catherine L. Troisi, PhD, Ritalinda Lee, PhD, Gary Grier, JD and Stephen L. Williams, MEd, MPA
     
  
11:10am
Death on the Street: 12 Year Observational Study of Mortality of a “Rough Sleeper” Population in Boston, MA 2000-2011
James O'Connell, MD and Jill Roncarati, PA-C, MPH
     
11:30am
Recruitment of homeless adults for HIV research: Ethical considerations encountered with the informed consent process
Kristen Morrell, MPH, Latrice C. Pichon, PhD, MPH, CHES, Jennifer Kmet, MPH, Olivia McGregor, MPH and Theresa Chapple-McGruder, PhD, MPH

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

Organized by: Caucus on Homelessness
Endorsed by: Epidemiology, Socialist Caucus

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

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