Visit the poster session showcasing innovative research and work by HCH grantees and related organizations from across the U.S. and Canada. Posters will be on display in the Resource Room located in the Phoenix Ballroom. Representatives are available to discuss their presentations during morning breaks- 10:00-10:30 am- Thursday and Friday.

Survey of homeless patients regarding quality of life, access to care, and oral health behaviors. Presenters: Neil Nathason, MA, MPH and Kathy Elizondo, DDS. University of Southern California-Union Rescue Mission Dental Clinic, Los Angeles, CA.

Development of a community based adolescent screening program and referral algorithm. Presenter: Anna Pratt, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT.

Housing as HIV prevention: Reduction risk among homeless youth. Presenter: Dina Wilderson, PhD, Larkin Street Youth Services, San Francisco, CA.

Resiliency and hope. HIV and substance abuse prevention among youth and young adults. Elizabeth Ortiz de Valdez, MD and Maria A. Gurrola, MA, MSW. Concilio Latino de Salud, Inc., Phoenix, AZ.

Serving Arizona's homeless veteran-A community partnership model. Presenter: Diane E. D'Angelo, MC, Arizona Department of Veterans' Services, Phoenix, AZ.

There is help for the homeless: Measuring the clinical outcomes of participants in a health care for the homeless program with increased access to a comprehensive care medical home. Presenter: Jewel Goodman, MPA, PhD(c), Peninsula Institute for Community Health, Newport News, VA.

HART to HAART: Rapid adherence assessment tool & curriculum for HIV providers working with homeless populations. Presenters: Ngozi Angela Chukwu, MPH, MSI; Lesley Carmichael, DO, MSED; and Jerry Gates, PhD. University of Southern California/ Pacific AIDS Education and Training Center, Covina, CA.

Exploring the relationship between homelessness and delinquency: A snapshot of a group of homeless youth in San Jose, California. Presenter: Seth Ammerman, MD, Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford, Mountain View, CA.

Homeless-specific advance directives: A pilot study. Dianne Bartels, RN, MA, PhD; Dawn Dee, RN; and Nancy Ulvestad, BSN, MART. University of Minnesota, Center for Bioethics, Minneapolis, MN.

HIV-infected individuals who have experienced homelessness: Pilot results from the Medical Monitoring Project. Presenters: Janet M. Blair, PhD, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Atlanta, GA.

Integrated treatment for homeless individuals with co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders. Presenters: Donna Pettey, MSW, RSW and Marnie Smith, MSW, RSW, and Russell Sheridan, MSW, RSW. Canadian Mental Health Association Ottawa Branch, Ontario, Canada.

Continuity of mental health care for released prisoners. Presenter: Elizabeth Drummond, MS, APRN, BC, Elms College, Chicopee, MA.

J-PORT: Justice Project Outreach Team: An innovative outreach-oriented jail diversion team using the sequential intercept model. Alan Pickett, RN, Washtenaw County Project Outreach Team, Ann Arbor, MI.

Qualitative analysis of a community health center's health care for the homeless program expansion in Hampton Roads. Presenter: Tenishia Peoples, Peninsula Institute for Community Health, Suffolk, VA.

He who has health, has hope; and he who has hope, has everything: A cross-sectional review of homeless patients with increased access to specialty care. Presenter: Vivian Cox, Peninsula Institute for Community Health, Suffolk, VA.

Weaving the thread of domestic violence and substance abuse. Presenters: William Colson and Linda Sawicki. Community Health Center, Inc., New Britain, CT.

We can help with that, too: A qualitative review of the participants, perception of the usefulness of a local community health center's enabling resource services. Presenter: Laurita Morris, Old Dominion University, College of Health Sciences, Norfolk, VA.

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