Clinical Practice

Cultural Competence: Strengthening the Clinician’s Role in Delivering Quality HIV Care within Homeless Communities

Slides from a webinar by the AIDS Education and Training Center-National Multicultural Center at Howard University, College of Medicine, this webinar identified the factors that contribute to homelessness among PLWHA, helped participants to understand barriers that people experiencing homelessness who are living with HIV/AIDS face when attempting to access quality medical care, and presented strategies for providing culturally […]

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Policy and Practice Brief: Case Studies Illustrating Clinical Challenges in PSH

This brief complements our 2011 report (Clinical Challenges in Permanent Supportive Housing), discussing two specific consumers and the challenges they face with their care teams. It is intended to further illustrate both the clinical and policy practices that should be considered to maximize the effectiveness of PSH for those clients with more complex needs. Download

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Patient Centered Medical Home Resource Catalogue

The patient-centered medical home (PCMH) is a model of care where patients are engaged in a direct relationship with a chosen provider who coordinates a cooperative team of health care professionals, takes collective responsibility for the comprehensive integrated care provided to the patient, and advocates and arranges appropriate care with other qualified providers and community

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Meaningful Use Resource Catalogue

Meaningful use is the use of a certified electronic health record (EHR) to demonstrate improved quality and safety of health care delivery for a patient population within a clinical practice. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) was enacted February 17, 2009, and includes the HITECH Act, which outlines the criteria for achieving

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In Focus: Rural Homelessness

This issue of the In Focus quarterly research review addresses the changing rural landscape, the challenges to identifying the homeless population, the patterns of homelessness, service access and delivery barriers, and promising practices in service delivery in the context of rural settings. A few limitations exist regarding the literature shared, namely the specificity of studies

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Promoting Healthy Habits: Innovative Nutrition Education & Physical Activity Programs for Homeless Children & Families

Webinar Slides(PDF) In this webinar, participants will discover ways to address obesity prevention, promote healthy habits, and overcome challenges inherent in working in homeless shelter settings. To address issues of accessing healthy food and venues for physical activity, the New York Children’s Health Project conducts CHEFF’s and Microwave Cooking classes, aimed at increasing nutrition-related knowledge

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