This workshop will explain the importance of street outreach and discuss approaches for engaging unsheltered homeless persons in care. Presenters will address topics including the somatic/primary care needs of unsheltered homeless persons, traditional models of care and Goal Negotiated Care, and tools for working through client resistance.
Intermediate level.

Presented by: Michelle Barwell, MD, Operation Safety Net, Pittsburgh, PA; Joseph Benson, Search Homeless Center, Houston, TX; David Buck, MD, MPH, Healthcare for the Homeless- Houston, Houston, TX; Richard Christensen, MD, University of Florida College of Medicine, Jacksonville, FL; John Petroskas, BA, JD, Catholic Charities, Minneapolis, MN; James Withers, MD, Operation Safety Net, Pittsburgh, PA.


Materials:
Video: Dick Christenson (wmv)
HCH Buck Distribution 2009 (ppt)
HCH Slides (ppt)
Street Outreach to Persons with Serious Mental Illnesses (ppt)
workshop audio (mp3)