2023 National HCH Conference

Collecting SOGI Data in a HCH Setting- a Multi-Pronged Approach

Collecting patients’ Sexual Orientation and Gender identity (SOGI) information is recognized as a key aspect of providing holistic, patient-centered health care. It is an intervention that fosters retention in care for gender and/or sexual minority patients who often feel unconnected and invisible to health care providers who have no knowledge of their patients’ gender identity […]

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Falling Through the Cracks: LGBTQ+ Disparities in Homelessness

Staying up-to-date on the growing field of homelessness research presents a considerable challenge for the busy clinician or administrator. This workshop will present a plain-language summary of selected scientific studies on the health of homeless people that have been published since January 1, 2022. The presentation will focus on scientific contributions in the following domains

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Oral Presentation 17: Approaches to Street Outreach

Speakers: Marc O Griofa: City of Las Vegas; Brian DeGrafenreid: Old Pueblo Community Services; Marketa Jansky: Advanced Practice Practitioner-Family Nurse Practitioner, El Rio Community Health Center; Joshua Decker: El Rio Health; Deirdra Goeth, Lead Outreach Navigator, OPCS; Kim Hunter: BHC, El Rio Health; Dana Arnold: Navigator II, OPCS; Will Nieves, Navigator II, Old Pueblo Community

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“What’s New in Homeless Health Care?” A No-Jargon Summary of the Latest Research

Staying up-to-date on the growing field of homelessness research presents a considerable challenge for the busy clinician or administrator. This workshop will present a plain-language summary of selected scientific studies on the health of homeless people that have been published since January 1, 2022. The presentation will focus on scientific contributions in the following domains

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Developing a Model of On Site Geriatric Care for People with Lived Experience of Homelessness

In an interactive workshop format, we propose to present our evaluation of the Flexible Housing Pool program of Chicago and Cook County (FHPCC). FHPCC expands the supply of permanent supportive housing (PSH) units and lowers eligibility barriers to PSH for high-risk individuals and families experiencing homelessness in the region. FHPCC’s innovative features comprise (1) a

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Oral Presentation 6: Changing Climates – Climate resilient housing and workforce burnout

Speakers: Rachel Maas: Central City Concern; Kristina Gunhouse-Vigil: Director of Workforce Transformation, San Francisco Community Health Center; Richard Bruno: Central City Concerne Presentation Materials:  View the Prezi Presentation: Richard Bruno Download PowerPoint Presentation: Kristina Gunhouse-Vigil

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Leveraging Resources to Build Partnerships between Health & Homeless Systems

This presentation will focus on encouraging clinical excellence of helpers as they provide care to our most vulnerable while providing a framework that not only protects the helpers from compassion fatigue, but promotes a worldview of partnership, optimism and empowerment. Motivational Interviewing (MI) can be defined as a particular way of talking with people about

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