Background
In 2022, the National Health Care for the Homeless Council chaired the development of the Caucus on Homelessness (CoH) program for the American Public Health Association (APHA) 2022 Annual Meeting and Expo. The theme of the annual meeting was: "150 Years of Creating the Healthiest Nation: Leading the Path Toward Equity."
Social equity is, as defined by the National Academy of Public Administration, “the fair, just and equitable management of all institutions serving the public directly or by contract; and the fair and equitable distribution of public services, and implementation of public policy; and the commitment to promote fairness, justice and equity in the formation of public policy.” The CoH program highlighted the value of this theme to health care for the homeless (HCH) research and to the often marginalized and underserved groups with which we work, particularly considering the disparities that have been brought further to light over the last two years of the pandemic.
Topic Areas
Members of the Caucus were given the opportunity to submit presentations under the following suggested topic areas related to social equity: housing equity; race and ethnicity; sex, gender, and sexuality; educational access and imbalance; criminal justice systems; disability justice and ableism; religious and spiritual communities; mental & physical health; and programming related to the American Rescue Plan: Build Back Better
Authors as Subject Matter Experts
Submitting authors have been compiled by the National Health Care for the Homeless Council into categories related to their submitted topic areas. Records of submitted authors that were not accepted are also still accessible to the Council for potential inclusion as Subject Matter Experts in their respective areas.
Sessions
Submissions were reviewed, scored, and accepted based on adherence to theme, relevance to the field, innovation and replication, and abstract quality. Accepted oral submissions were grouped together by theme into the five sessions listed in the summary below, for a total of 20 unique oral presentations. Ten poster submissions were also submitted and presented as one-on-one individual presentations during their allotted function time. The summary below includes the session titles as identified by common themes of accepted presentations. A link to the full program is available for session objectives, presentation summaries, and author information.
2022 Caucus on Homelessness Program Summary March 2023
4:30 – 6 p.m.
2022 Caucus on Homelessness
APHA Sessions
Visit the program online for full session details. You may also browse all sessions by day.
Sunday, Nov. 6
Understanding and Addressing Awareness of Prevalence and Inequities among Homeless Populations
City of Brotherly Love? Understanding the awareness and perception of anti-homeless architecture among Philadelphians
Kaitlyn Davis, Thomas Jefferson University College of Population Health
Respondent Driven Sampling for Improved Point-in-Time Annual Count: A Case Study in King County, WA
Zack Almquist, University of Washington School of Public Health
POINT-IN-TIME SURVEY: Prevalence of Homelessness Among Hospitalized Patients
Amanda Johnson, University of Colorado School of Medicine
Systematic Review of the Lower Perceived Access to Care Among Homeless Populations
Khiem Truong, University of Houston, College of Education
Monday, Nov. 7
Self-Efficacy and Access to Care among Adults Experiencing Homelessness
Self-Efficacy and Unstably Housed Populations
Josiah Alamu, Kristi Messer, Nova Southeastern University
Evaluating a Social Needs Screening and Referral Program Among Veterans Experiencing Homelessness
10:30 a.m. –12 p.m.
Lauren Russell, Johns Hopkins University - Bloomberg School of Public Health
Migration to health care among unstably housed Veterans living in rural areas
Ann Elizabeth Montgomery, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Birmingham VA Health Care System & UAB SOPH
Innovative Intervention: Meeting the Needs of Unsheltered Older Adults.
Josiah Alamu, Kristi Messer, Nova Southeastern University
COH Poster Session
Longitudinal Mobile Data Collection with Veterans Experiencing Homelessness
Marva Foster, VA Boston Healthcare System, Center for Healthcare Organization and Implementation Research (CHOIR)
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1 – 2 p.m.
4:30 – 6 p.m.
Factors Associated with Fracture, Amputation, and Arthritis in Older Homeless Adults: Results from the HOPE HOME Study
Henry Carter, University of California, San Francisco - School of Medicine
Is migration pattern influenced by access to healthcare for Homeless Bisexual and Gay Young Men?
Harlem Gunness, St. John's University
Mobile Health for People Experiencing Homelessness in Chicago Shelters
Lauren Tietje, Chicago Department of Public Health
Creating a Framework for Integrating Care for People Experiencing Homelessness into Resident Medical Education
Margaret Nkansah, LAC+USC Medical Center
Involving local advisory boards to implement hygiene stations for people experiencing homelessness in three jurisdictions
Alaina Whitton, CDC Foundation
The Mediating Effect of Alcohol-Related Disorders on the Relationship between Depression and Emergency Department Visits for Suicidal Ideation in Adults with a History of Homelessness
Sharon Choi, University of Texas at Austin - Texas Institute for Excellence in Mental Health
Using an Ethnographic Approach to Identify Transitions in the Lives of Veterans Experiencing Homelessness
Jill Roncarati, VA Bedford Healthcare System
Racial disparities within the intersection of COVID-19 and homelessness
Cathryn Yang, University of Central Florida College of Medicine
Navigating COVID-19 and Other Infectious while Experiencing Homelessness
Health Beliefs, Homelessness, and the COVID-19 Pandemic
Tharwa Bilbeisi, University of Memphis
How Do We Keep Everyone Safe?: Client and Provider Perspectives on the Implementation and Impact of COVID-19 Safety Protocols in Los Angeles County Homeless Shelters
Bikki Tran Smith, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Drivers of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among people experiencing homelessness transitioning into permanent supportive housing in Los Angeles, CA
Alexander Lawton, Jonathan and Karin Fielding School of Public Health, University of California Los Angeles
Utilizing a Center of Excellence approach to address the infectious disease needs of people experiencing homelessness
Michael Bien, CDC Foundation
Tuesday, Nov. 8
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8:30 – 10 a.m.
Unique Considerations among Unhoused Populations across Race, Sex, and Gender
Surveillance of Mortality associated with Homelessness: Excess mortality estimates over time, geography, sex and racial disparities
Ben King, University of Houston College of Medicine
Strategies to Assess Familial Housing Instability Within Primary Care
Grace Anne Ludvik, Meghan Mason, St. Catherine University
A qualitative exploration of the lived experiences of homelessness during pregnancy in Washington DC
Noelene Jeffers, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Christina Marea, Georgetown University, Community of Hope
Triple stigma: Experiences of racism and addiction-and homelessness-related stigmas among overdose survivors in Boston
Jaylen Clarke, Boston Public Health Commission
Impacts of the Criminal Justice System on the Health of People Experiencing Homelessness
Experiences with MOUD among a cohort of Latinx individuals experiencing homelessness and incarceration
Sofía Piedrahita, Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program
FUSE supportive housing, ten-year follow-up study: methodological and practice implications of a D&I analysis
2:30 – 4 p.m.
Allison Torsiglieri, Columbia University
Population-level health impact of involuntary displacement of people experiencing unsheltered homelessness who inject drugs in 2 U.S. cities: a modelling study
Samantha Sills, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Supporting Hepatitis C treatment for justice-involved individuals in a homelessexperienced cohort in Boston, MA
Leah Shaw, Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program
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