2015 APHA Annual Meeting & Expo

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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

4019.0
Health Policy and the Impact on Homelessness and Housing

Tuesday, November 3, 2015: 8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Oral
Session Objectives: Discuss opportunities and challenges in utilizing the Affordable Care Act as a tool to address the problem of chronic homelessness. Discuss lessons learned from using SOAR in HUD-VASH, H-PACT, and SSVF programs. Discuss how three forms of practice-organization fit explain variation in implementation of an evidence-based practice for homeless clients. Describe the domains of Housing First that were most readily implemented with the Veterans Health Administration’s HUD-VASH supportive housing program.
Moderator:
Pia Valvassori, PhD

8:30am
Homelessness and Urban Sustainability: Implications of Changes to the US Health System on a Vulnerable Population   
Jennifer Saunders, MPP, MPH and Karen Anderson, PhD
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
8:50am
Utilizing Social Security disability benefits to end Veteran homelessness: Results from the field   
Jen Elder, MSc
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
           
9:10am
Explaining Housing First implementation variation: The role of fit   
Karissa Fenwick, MSW, LCSW, Rebecca Lengnick-Hall, MSSW, MPAff and Benjamin Henwood, PhD, LCSW
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
9:30am
Fidelity to Housing First in the Veterans Health Administration: Lessons for implementation   
Erika Austin, PhD, MPH, Sally Holmes, MBA, David Pollio, PhD, Carol VanDeusen Lukas, EdD, Stefan Kertesz, MD, MSc and Aerin deRussy, MPH
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)

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

Organized by: Caucus on Homelessness
Endorsed by: Law, Socialist Caucus, Asian & Pacific Islander Caucus for Public Health, Black Caucus of Health Workers, APHA-Committee on Women's Rights, Caucus on Refugee and Immigrant Health

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

See more of: Caucus on Homelessness