Oral presentation by Daniel Flaming discusses how the most expensive 10% of homeless persons account for 56% of all public and hospital costs for homeless adults. The triage tools to identify high-cost (and high-need) homeless patients including those with mental illness, injury, or recently released from incarceration. The model does not flag people diagnosed with conditions that are highly likely to move them into the 10th decile”
Opening Slides at the Housing Determinant: Integrating Housing into the Continuum of HIV Services Conference by Steve Shoptaw that describe the objectives of the conference as to share the latest research on the impact of housing status on HIV outcomes and to discuss real-world models for integrating housing into HIV prevention and care.
Street Smart is an intensive HIV/AIDS and STI prevention program for youth whose behaviors place them at risk of becoming infected. Life circumstances define risk for some youth; living on the street or in a slum, not attending school, or being an AIDS orphan increases the potential for risky behavior. The Street Smart program is designed for runaway and homeless youth in the United States, yet it can be easily adapted for youth in other settings. This version of the program has been adapted for street and slum youth in Kampala, Uganda. The modified program is the product of extensive collaboration among researchers, staff from public and private agencies serving street and slum youth in Kampala, as well as youth from the community.