4253.0: Tuesday, October 23, 2001: 4:30 PM-6:00 PM

Oral Session

Innovative Programs for Homeless Persons

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement.
Learning Objectives: The learner will be able to discuss innovative programs for homeless persons.
Presider(s):John Lozier
4:30 PMUse of national surveys for targeting food and nutrition programs to homeless children and families
Pamella C Darby, MPH, RD, Elizabeth Fassberg, Roy Grant, Irwin Redlener, MD
4:45 PMPublic health strategies to control a tuberculosis outbreak in a men's shelter
Jamilah A. Ali, PA-C, MPH, Marcia Trapé, MD, FACP, Tim Morse
5:00 PMKids-SHIP (The Kids' Shelter Health Improvement Project): Using a combination of shelter out-reach and a hospital-based primary care clinic to train pediatric residents to care for homeless children
Beth Volin, MD, Jeannie Aschkenasy, M Scottellaro, MD, M. M. Camburn, Psy D, C. Flynn, ACSW, R. Taylor, RN, K. Richardson, CLS
5:15 PMEvolution of a health education program in a homeless shelter for women and children
Molly A. Rose, PhD
5:30 PMCase Management and Access to Health and Social Services for Homeless Women
Kevin C. Heslin, PhD(c), Ronald M. Andersen, PhD, Lillian Gelberg, MD, MSPH
Sponsor:Caucus on Homelessness
Cosponsors:Social Work; Socialist Caucus
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work

The 129th Annual Meeting of APHA