The Allegheny Initiative for Mental Health Integration for the Homeless: Integrating Heterogeneous Health Services for Homeless Persons | Zendy

Adam J. Gordon | Zendy; Melissa L. Montlack | Zendy; Paul J. Freyder | Zendy; Diane Johnson | Zendy; Thuy Bui | Zendy; Jennifer Williams | Zendy

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The Allegheny Initiative for Mental Health Integration for the Homeless: Integrating Heterogeneous Health Services for Homeless Persons

Author(s) -

Adam J. Gordon,

Melissa L. Montlack,

Paul J. Freyder,

Diane Johnson,

Thuy Bui,

Jennifer Williams

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2006.094284

Subject(s) - mental health , psychological intervention , health care , medicine , integrated care , gerontology , public health , nursing , family medicine , psychiatry , political science , law

The Allegheny Initiative for Mental Health Integration for the Homeless (AIM-HIGH) was a 3-year urban initiative in Pennsylvania that sought to enhance integration and coordination of medical and behavioral services for homeless persons through system-, provider-, and client-level interventions. On a system level, AIM-HIGH established partnerships between several key medical and behavioral health agencies. On a provider level, AIM-HIGH conducted 5 county-wide conferences regarding homeless integration, attended by 637 attendees from 72 agencies. On a client level, 5 colocated medical and behavioral health care clinics provided care to 1986 homeless patients in 4084 encounters, generating 1917 referrals for care. For a modest investment, AIM-HIGH demonstrated that integration of medical and behavioral health services for homeless persons can occur in a large urban environment.

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