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Online Program

4215.0
Don't Let the Human Factor Fail to be a Factor at All: Social and Psychological Factors of Homelessness

Tuesday, November 3, 2015: 12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Oral
Session Objectives: Describe patients’ perspectives on the contribution of their housing situation to their potentially preventable hospitalization. Describe the “Decision Making Empowerment” scale its measurement and application in clinical mental health settings for an out-patient population. Evaluate perceptions, attitudes and experience of the homeless regarding mobile health technologies and strategies. Discuss the impact of supported housing on neuropsychological functioning of individuals experiencing homelessness and mental illness.
Moderators:
Kathleen Kelleghan and Keith Belton

12:30pm
“I Need My Own Place for My Health to Get Better” – Patient Perspectives on the Role of Housing in Potentially Preventable Hospitalizations   
Michelle Quensell, BA, Malia Young, Todd Seto, May Vawer, Deborah Juarez, ScD and Tetine Sentell, PhD
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
12:50pm
Measuring the Empowerment of veterans who are homeless: A pre- and post-test trial of a creative arts therapy program intervention   
Kele Ding, Ph.D., MD., Lisa Peacock, MA, RDT, Matt Slate and David Peacock, MA
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
1:10pm
Perceptions, attitudes, and experience regarding mHealth among homeless in New York City shelters   
Ramin Asgary, MD, MPH, Blanca Sckell, MD, MPH, Analena Alcabes, BS, Ramesh Naderi, MD, Phillip Adongo and Gbenga Ogedegbe, MD, MS, MPH, FACP
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
1:30pm
Impact of supported housing on neuropsychological functioning of individuals experiencing homelessness and mental illness   
Vicky Stergiopoulos, MD, Sean Rourke, PhD, Andrée Schuler, PhD, Tsegaye Bekele, MPH, MSA and Rosane Nisenbaum, PhD

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

Organized by: Caucus on Homelessness
Endorsed by: American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Caucus, Black Caucus of Health Workers, APHA-Committee on Women's Rights

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

See more of: Caucus on Homelessness