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The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
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The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
Debra J. Rog, PhD and Angelo Ponirakis, PhD. Vanderbilt Institute for Public Policy Studies, 1915 I Street, NW, Suite 600, Washington, DC 20006, 202-833-3512, debra.j.rog@vanderbilt.edu
Initiated in 1999, the CMHS/CSAT Homeless Families Initiative is a two-phase, multi-site program designed to test the effectiveness of time-limited mental health, substance abuse, and trauma treatment interventions for homeless mothers with psychiatric and/or substance use disorders who are caring for their dependent children. A cross-site evaluation of the study site interventions is being facilitated by a Coordinating Center working collaboratively with all sites, the federal government, and a Consumer Panel. In his role as panel discussant, the presenter will follow four site presentations and briefly highlight the commonalities and differences among these sites as well as the other four projects in the Initiative. Challenges to a cross-site analysis strategy presented by the diversity of sites and study populations will be discussed. Efforts underway to identify and measure common intervention ingredients across the sites will be described, particularly in how they may permit pooling data across different subsets of sites.
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of the session, the participant (learner) in this session will be able to
Keywords: Homelessness,
Presenting author's disclosure statement:
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.