Mobile Multidisciplinary HIV Medical Care for Hard-to-Reach Individuals Experiencing Homelessness in San Francisco.

Am J Public Health

Deborah Borne and Janell Tryon are with the San Francisco Department of Public Health, San Francisco, CA. Serena Rajabiun and Alexander de Groot are with the Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA. Serena Rajabiun is also a Guest Editor for this supplement issue. Jane Fox is with Abt Associates, Cambridge, MA. Kristina Gunhouse-Vigil is with the San Francisco Community Health Center, San Francisco.

Published: December 2018

The San Francisco, California-based HIV Homeless-Health Outreach Mobile Engagement (HHOME) program aims to improve health and housing outcomes for multiply diagnosed people experiencing chronic homelessness whom the HIV care system has failed to reach. From 2014 to 2017, HHOME's mobile multidisciplinary team served 106 clients. Viral suppression increased from 23.6% to 60%, and 73.8% obtained permanent supportive housing (n = 61). System-level changes included the adoption of city-wide standardized acuity assessment tools HIV Care Coordination Taskforce by community partners. This article highlights HHOME's core components and its public health implications.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6290579PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2018.304732DOI Listing

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