PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Weinstein, Lara Carson
AU  - LaNoue, Marianna D.
AU  - Plumb, James D.
AU  - King, Hannah
AU  - Stein, Brianna
AU  - Tsemberis, Sam
TI  - A Primary Care–Public Health Partnership Addressing Homelessness, Serious Mental Illness, and Health Disparities
AID  - 10.3122/jabfm.2013.03.120239
DP  - 2013 May 01
TA  - The Journal of the American Board of Family
                Medicine
PG  - 279--287
VI  - 26
IP  - 3
4099  - http://www.jabfm.org/content/26/3/279.short
4100  - http://www.jabfm.org/content/26/3/279.full
SO  - J Am Board Fam Med2013 May 01; 26
AB  - Background: People with histories of homelessness and serious mental illness experience profound health disparities. Housing First is an evidenced-based practice that is working to end homelessness for these individuals through a combination of permanent housing and community-based supports. Methods: The Jefferson Department of Family and Community Medicine and a Housing First agency, Pathways to Housing-PA, has formed a partnership to address multiple levels of health care needs for this group. We present a preliminary program evaluation of this partnership using the framework of the patient-centered medical home and the “10 Essential Public Health Services.” Results: Preliminary program evaluation results suggest that this partnership is evolving to function as an integrated person-centered health home and an effective local public health monitoring system. Conclusion: The Pathways to Housing-PA/Jefferson Department of Family and Community Medicine partnership represents a community of solution, and multiple measures provide preliminary evidence that this model is feasible and can address the “grand challenges” of integrated community health services.