141st APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition

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Recorded Annual Meeting Presentations (RAMP) are now available for purchase.
Only $90 for presenters, $140 for registered attendees and $200 for non-attendees.

Online Program

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Reducing Barriers to Care and Eliminating Health Disparities for People Who are Homeless

Tuesday, November 5, 2013: 2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Oral

2:30pm
Expediting access to social security disability benefits for people experiencing homelessness: Samhsa's soar program   
Jen Elder, MSc
     
              
2:50pm
An evening primary care clinic for homeless veterans: A social determinants approach to intensive care management for complex, vulnerable, high-utilizer patients   
Rishi Manchanda, MD MPH, Beena Patel, MPH, Jennifer Chen, MD, MPH, Lillian Gelberg, MD, MSPH and Lisa Altman, MD
     
3:10pm
Barriers to reducing health disparities in a primary care curriculum for the underserved   
Elliot Montgomery Sklar, PhD and Kristi Messer, MSW, MPH
     
  
3:30pm
Utilizing a harm reduction approach in outreach work   
James Kowalsky, BA in Communication and Susie Bernero, Licensed Professional Counselor
     

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

Organized by: Caucus on Homelessness
Endorsed by: Ethics SPIG, Medical Care, Mental Health, Socialist Caucus, Asian Pacific Islander Caucus for Public Health, Black Caucus of Health Workers, Community Health Workers

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

See more of: Caucus on Homelessness