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| Chicago Housing for Health Partnership (CHHP)
(Archived Project) |
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| Investigator (PI): | Bendixen, Arturo |
| Performing Organization (PO): |
(Current): AIDS Foundation of Chicago / (312) 922-2322 |
| Supporting Agency (SA): | Michael Reese Health Trust |
| Initial Year: | 2003 |
| Final Year: | 2006 |
| Award Type: | Grant |
| Abstract: | This project's target population is the chronically ill homeless. Over a three-year period 400 individuals who have been homeless for at least a month, have at least one chronic medical condition, are inpatients at one of the participating Housing for Health Partnership (CHHP) hospitals, can be interviewed in English or Spanish and are able to give consent for participation in the CHHP project will be enrolled. Half will be randomly assigned to an intervention group and the other half to a control group. The project is evaluating three main interventions: 1) Expedited hospital discharge into specialized Interim Housing; 2) Housing First approach facilitated and expedited by project participation and by a capacity expansion of 120+ new units; 3) Specialized case management services delivered through a Systems Integration Team (SIT). Outcomes being evaluated include: 1) By June 2006, at least 150 CHHP intervention group participants discharged from partner hospitals will have been stably housed and supported to stay housed with wrap-around health and social services; 2) By June 2006, the CHHP intervention group participants, comprised of at least 150 stably housed individuals, will have improved health and quality of life outcomes in comparison with the control group; 3) By June 2006, CHHP intervention group participants, comprised of at least 150 stably housed individuals, will have reduced by 50% their use of inpatient hospital day stays and emergency room visits in comparison to the CHHP control group; and 4) By September 2006, CHHP descriptive information and lessons learned will be available for others housing homeless adults with chronic medical conditions and to use for systems change advocacy. |
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| Country: | United States |
| State: | Illinois |
| Zip Code: | 60607 |
| UI: | 20061025 |
| Project Status: | Archived |