RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 A Primary Care–Public Health Partnership Addressing Homelessness, Serious Mental Illness, and Health Disparities
JF The Journal of the American Board of Family
                Medicine
JO J Am Board Fam Med
FD American Board of Family Medicine
SP 279
OP 287
DO 10.3122/jabfm.2013.03.120239
VO 26
IS 3
A1 Lara Carson Weinstein
A1 Marianna D. LaNoue
A1 James D. Plumb
A1 Hannah King
A1 Brianna Stein
A1 Sam Tsemberis
YR 2013
UL http://www.jabfm.org/content/26/3/279.abstract
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.