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Gin JL, Balut MD, Dobalian A. COVID-19 vaccination uptake and receptivity among veterans enrolled in homelessness-tailored primary health care clinics: provider trust vs. misinformation. BMC primary care. 2024 Jan 12; 25(1):24.
Chinchilla MY, Martinez DN, Richard M. The Full Spectrum of Latinx Homelessness: Understanding and Addressing Doubling Up. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute; 2023 Dec 13. 1-21 p.
McCoy MR, Kalofonos IA, Cannedy SL, Sherrell T, Altman L, Hamilton AB, Gabrielian SE. Identifying Best Practices to Integrate Medical Services with Low-Barrier Housing Services: A Case Study at a VA Greater Los Angeles Encampment of Veterans Experiencing Homelessness. Washington, DC: VA National Center on Homelessness Among Veterans; 2023 Aug 1. 2 p.
Harris T, Semborski S, Unger J, Chou CP, Wenzel S. Identifying Cigarette Smoking Trajectories from Homelessness to Housing. International journal of mental health and addiction. 2023 Jul 19; https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-023-01106-x.
Tsai J, McCleery A, Wynn JK, Green MF. Financial health and psychiatric symptoms among veterans with psychosis or recent homelessness during the COVID-19 pandemic. Psychological Services. 2023 Jul 6.
Anderson JK, Mackey KM, Beech EH, Young S, Parr NJ. Factors Associated with Homelessness Among US Veterans: A Systematic Review. VA Evidence-based Synthesis Program Reports. Washington (DC): Department of Veterans Affairs (US); 2023 Jul 1.
Tsai J, McCleery A, Wynn JK, Green MF. Unconditional Cash Transfers and Association With Clinical Outcomes Among U.S. Veterans With Psychosis or Recent Homelessness. Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.). 2023 May 10; appips20230021.
Moore EM, Gelberg L, Soh M, Alessi C, Ijadi-Maghsoodi R. Provider Perspectives on Sleep as a Determinant of Health and Housing Outcomes among Veterans Experiencing Homelessness: An Exploratory, Social-Ecological Study. International journal of environmental research and public health. 2023 May 8; 20(9).
Anastas TM, Stewart JC, Rand KL, Hirsh AT. Pain in People Experiencing Homelessness: A Scoping Review. Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine. 2023 Apr 12; 57(4):288-300.
DeRussy A, Byrne T, Nelson R, Richman J, Montgomery AE. Change in Homeless and Health Services Use Following Migration Among Veterans with Experience of Homelessness. Journal of general internal medicine. 2023 Sep 1; 38(12):2655-2661.
Chinchilla M, Moses J, Visotzky A. Increasing Latino Homelessness-What's Happening, Why, and What to Do About It. Los Angeles CA: National Alliance to End Homelessness; 2023 Jan 24. 13 p.
Flike K, Byrne T. Systematic review of access to healthcare and social services among US women Veterans experiencing homelessness. Women's health (London, England). 2023 Jan 1; 19:17455057231189550.
Tsai J, Szymkowiak D, Jutkowitz E. Developing an operational definition of housing instability and homelessness in Veterans Health Administration's medical records. PLoS ONE. 2022 Dec 30; 17(12):e0279973.
Garvin LA, Greenan MA, Edelman EJ, Slightam C, McInnes DK, Zulman DM. Increasing Use of Video Telehealth Among Veterans Experiencing Homelessness with Substance Use Disorder: Design of A Peer-Led Intervention. Journal of technology in behavioral science. 2022 Dec 21;(21):1-12.
Gin JL, Balut MD, Dobalian A. COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy among U.S. Veterans Experiencing Homelessness in Transitional Housing. International journal of environmental research and public health. 2022 Nov 29; 19(23).
Flike K, Hayman LL, Byrne T, Song Q, Aronowitz T. The impact of patient-centred care on the relationship between access to care and subjective health outcomes amongst people experiencing homelessness: A mediation analysis. Health & Social Care in The Community. 2022 Nov 1; 30(6):e5755-e5764.
Flike K, Foust JB, Hayman LL, Aronowitz T. Homelessness and Vulnerably-Housed Defined: A Synthesis of the Literature. Nursing Science Quarterly. 2022 Jul 1; 35(3):350-367.
Lynch KA, Harris T, Jain SH, Hochman M. The Case for Mobile "Street Medicine" for Patients Experiencing Homelessness. Journal of general internal medicine. 2022 Nov 1; 37(15):3999-4001.
Balut MD, Gin JL, Alenkin NR, Dobalian A. Vaccinating Veterans Experiencing Homelessness for COVID-19: Healthcare and Housing Service Providers' Perspectives. Journal of community health. 2022 Oct 1; 47(5):727-736.
Gin JL, Balut MD, Alenkin NR, Dobalian A. Responding to COVID-19 While Serving Veterans Experiencing Homelessness: The Pandemic Experiences of Healthcare and Housing Providers. Journal of primary care & community health. 2022 Jan 1; 13:21501319221112585.
Roncarati JS, Byrne TH, McInnes DK. Invited Commentary: Data Sources for Estimating Numbers of People Experiencing Homelessness in the United States-Strengths and Limitations. American journal of epidemiology. 2021 Nov 2; 190(11):2437-2440.
Chinchilla M, Gabrielian SE. Factors Associated with Unsheltered Latinx Homelessness in Los Angeles County. Cityscape: A Journal of Policy Development and Research. 2021 Jul 1; 23(2):159-169.
Garvin LA, Hu J, Slightam C, McInnes DK, Zulman DM. Use of Video Telehealth Tablets to Increase Access for Veterans Experiencing Homelessness. Journal of general internal medicine. 2021 Aug 1; 36(8):2274-2282.
Montgomery AE. Understanding the Dynamics of Homelessness Among Veterans Receiving Outpatient Care: Lessons Learned from Universal Screening. The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 2021 Apr 2; 693(1):https://doi.org/10.1177/0002716221995161.
Montgomery AE, Dichter M, Byrne T, Blosnich J. Intervention to address homelessness and all-cause and suicide mortality among unstably housed US Veterans, 2012-2016. Journal of epidemiology and community health. 2020 Nov 18.
Moore EM, Takada S, Ijadi-Maghsoodi R, Gelberg L. Homelessness and Substance Use During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Guide for Primary Care Providers. Opioid Response Network. Providers Clinical Support System: Opioid Response Network; 2020 May 11. 6 p.
Montgomery AE, Szymkowiak D, Tsai J. Housing instability and homeless program use among Veterans: The intersection of race, sex, and homelessness. Housing Policy Debate. 2020 Feb 17; 30(3):396-408.
Moore EM, Cheng TH, Castillo EG, Gelberg L, Ijadi-Maghsoodi R. Understanding Homelessness: A Call to Action and Curriculum Framework for Psychiatry Residencies. Academic Psychiatry : The Journal of The American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training and The Association For Academic Psychiatry. 2020 Jun 1; 44(3):344-351.
Chinchilla M, Gabrielian SE. Stemming the rise of Latinx homelessness: lessons from Los Angeles County. London, England: Taylor & Francis Online; 2019 Sep 5. Report No.: na.
Tsai J, Gelberg L, Rosenheck RA. Changes in Physical Health After Supported Housing: Results from the Collaborative Initiative to End Chronic Homelessness. Journal of general internal medicine. 2019 Sep 1; 34(9):1703-1708.
Chinchilla M. Stemming the Rise of Latino Homelessness: Lessons from Los Angeles County: Briefing before the Members and staffers of the US Congress; 2019 May 20; Washington, DC.
Chinchilla M. Stemming the Rise of Latino Homelessness: Lessons from Los Angeles County. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Latino Policy & Politics Initiative (LPPI); 2019 Feb 1. 24 p.
Tsai J, Byrne TH. National Utilization Patterns of Veterans Affairs Homelessness Programs in the Era of Housing First. Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.). 2019 Apr 1; 70(4):309-315.
Byrne T, Montgomery AE, Fargo JD. Predictive modeling of housing instability and homelessness in the Veterans Health Administration. Health services research. 2019 Feb 1; 54(1):75-85.
Washington DL, Ijadi-Maghsoodi R, Bruce L. Homelessness Among Women Veterans: An Overview (Part II). Women's Health Monthly Webinar [Cyberseminar]. The Office of Women's Health Services and the Veterans Health Administration Employee Education System. 2018 Aug 21.
Tsai J, Trevisan L, Huang M, Pietrzak RH. Addressing Veteran Homelessness to Prevent Veteran Suicides. Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.). 2018 Aug 1; 69(8):935-937.
Tsai J. Lifetime and 1-year prevalence of homelessness in the US population: results from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions-III. Journal of public health (Oxford, England). 2018 Mar 1; 40(1):65-74.
Bossi KE. HSR&D e-Pub Briefs-4: Summaries of select journal articles published by HSR&D investigators on Prostate Cancer, Mental Health, Womens Health, Suicide, and Homelessness. 2017 Aug 3; 9(4).
Metraux S. Using Administrative Data for Research on Homelessness: Applying a US Framework to Australia. Australian Economic Review. 2017 May 31; 50(2):205-213.
Tsai J, Hoff RA, Harpaz-Rotem I. One-year incidence and predictors of homelessness among 300,000 U.S. Veterans seen in specialty mental health care. Psychological Services. 2017 May 1; 14(2):203-207.
Tsai J, O'Toole T, Kearney LK. Homelessness as a public mental health and social problem: New knowledge and solutions. Psychological Services. 2017 May 1; 14(2):113-117.
Hecht MI, Hanks D, Gundlapalli AV. Short Video-02: Investigator Insights: Using Informatics to Identify Veterans At-Risk for Homelessness. 2016 Dec 1. 7 (2). Available from: https://www.hsrd.research.va.gov/news/video/view.cfm?ID=36.
Crowley MJ. Capsule Commentary on Axon et al., Differential Impact of Homelessness on Glycemic Control in Veterans with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. Journal of general internal medicine. 2016 Nov 1; 31(11):1357.
Montgomery AE, Byrne TH, Fargo JD, Treglia D, Culhane DP. Novel Research Identifying Increased Risk Factors for Homelessness in US Veterans: Unsheltered homelessness Among Veterans Accessing Outpatient Care at the VHA. Paper presented at: American Psychological Association Annual Convention; 2016 Aug 4; Denver, CO.
Tsai J. Unmet legal needs among populations experiencing homelessness: A survey of health care for the homeless sites. [Cyberseminar]. National webinar for the National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership. 2016 Jun 23.
Montgomery AE. Screening for Homelessness. Paper presented at: National Coalition for Homeless Veterans Annual Conference; 2016 Jun 1; Washington, DC.
Pettey WB, Toth DJ, Redd A, Carter ME, Samore MH, Gundlapalli AV. Using network projections to explore co-incidence and context in large clinical datasets: Application to homelessness among U.S. Veterans. Journal of Biomedical Informatics. 2016 Jun 1; 61:203-13.
Tsai J, Link B, Rosenheck RA, Pietrzak RH. Homelessness among a nationally representative sample of US veterans: prevalence, service utilization, and correlates. Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology. 2016 Jun 1; 51(6):907-16.
Hanks D. In Progress-1: Working to End Homelessness among Veterans. 2016 Apr 25; 1(1).
Cusack M, Montgomery AE, Blonigen D, Gabrielian S, Marsh L. Factors that Influence Returns to Homelessness Following an Exit from Permanent Supportive Housing: Health and Supportive Services Utilization Proximal to Program Exit. Families in society : the journal of contemporary human services. 2016 Mar 1; 97(3):221-229.
Byrne T, Montgomery AE, Fargo JD. Unsheltered Homelessness Among Veterans: Correlates and Profiles. Community mental health journal. 2016 Feb 1; 52(2):148-57.
Montgomery AE, Byrne TH, Treglia D, Culhane DP. Characteristics and Likelihood of Ongoing Homelessness Among Unsheltered Veterans. Journal of health care for the poor and underserved. 2016 Jan 1; 27(2):911-22.
Bachhuber MA, Roberts CB, Metraux S, Montgomery AE. Screening for homelessness among individuals initiating medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder in the Veterans Health Administration. Journal of opioid management. 2015 Nov 1; 11(6):459-62.
Byrne T, Fargo JD, Montgomery AE, Roberts CB, Culhane DP, Kane V. Screening for Homelessness in the Veterans Health Administration: Monitoring Housing Stability through Repeat Screening. Public health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974). 2015 Nov 1; 130(6):684-92.
O'Toole TP, Pape L. Innovative Efforts to Address Homelessness Among Veterans. North Carolina Medical Journal. 2015 Nov 1; 76(5):311-4.
Byrne TH. Identifying and measuring risk for homelessness among veterans: Evidence from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Presented at: Boston University School of Social Work Research Seminar Series; 2015 Sep 1; Boston, MA.
Etingen B, Miskevics SA, Hill JN, Jordan N, Goolsby E, Diaz C, LaVela SL. Does integrative health coaching impact health outcomes and healthcare utilization among Veterans who are homeless or at risk for homelessness? Paper presented at: VA HSR&D / QUERI National Meeting; 2015 Jul 9; Philadelphia, PA.
McCarthy SA, Chinman MJ, Smelson D, Hannah G. Incorporating evidence-based dual-diagnosis treatments into VA homelessness services. Poster session presented at: VA HSR&D / QUERI National Meeting; 2015 Jul 9; Philadelphia, PA.
Byrne TH, Montgomery AE. Characteristics and likelihood of ongoing homelessness among unsheltered veterans. Paper presented at: National Alliance to End Homelessness National Conference on Ending Homelessness; 2015 Jul 1; Washington, DC.
Dubbert PM. Research to practice: Homelessness in rural Veterans. MIRECC Communique. [Newsletter]. 2015 Jun 1; 17(6).
Montgomery A. Universal screening for homelessness and risk in the VHA. Paper presented at: National Coalition for Homeless Veterans Annual Conference; 2015 May 28; Washington, DC.
Dichter M, Wagner C, Borrero S, Montgomery A, Broyles LM. Association between intimate partner violence and homelessness risk, unhealthy alcohol use, and risk of unintended pregnancy. Paper presented at: Futures Without Violence Biennial National Conference on Health and Domestic Violence; 2015 Mar 20; Washington, DC.
Tsai J, Rosenheck RA. Risk factors for homelessness among US veterans. Epidemiologic Reviews. 2015 Jan 16; 37:177-95.
Montgomery AE, Dichter ME, Thomasson AM, Fu X, Roberts CB. Demographic characteristics associated with homelessness and risk among female and male veterans accessing VHA outpatient care. Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health. 2015 Jan 1; 25(1):42-8.
Cutuli JJ, Montgomery AE, Evans-Chase M, Culhane DP. Childhood adversity, adult homelessness, and the intergenerational transmission of risk: a population-representative study of individuals in households with children. Child & family social work. 2014 Dec 15; 10.1111/cfs.12207.
Tsai J, Rosenheck RA, Kasprow WJ, McGuire JF. Homelessness in a national sample of incarcerated veterans in state and federal prisons. Administration and policy in mental health. 2014 May 1; 41(3):360-7.
Hamilton AB, Washington DL, Zuchowski J. Gendered social roots of homelessness among women Veterans. Annals of anthropological practice. 2013 Nov 1; 37(2):92-107.
Hamilton AB, Zuchowski JL, Washington DL. Gendered Social Roots of Homelessness Among Women Veterans. In Anthropology Goes Public in the Veterans Administration. Annals of anthropological practice. 2013 Nov 1; 37(2):92.
Kilbourne AM. Population-based Strategies to Reduce the Risk of Homelessness and Mortality Among Veterans with SMI: The Re-Engage Program. Paper presented at: VA MIRECC Homeless Veterans with SMI: From Street to Independence Conference; 2013 May 14; Baltimore, MD.
Ng S, Regev T, Kunik ME. Prevalence of homeless older adults and factors causing their homelessness: a review. The Internet Journal of Geriatrics and Gerontology. 2013 Apr 1; 8(1):1.
Chekuri L, Turturro CL, Mittal D, Sullivan G. A Comparison of Individual Level Risk Factors for Homelessness Among Older and Younger Adults: Findings in a Homeless Sample from Little Rock. Poster session presented at: American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry Annual Meeting; 2013 Mar 14; Denver, CO.
Tsai J, Rosenheck RA. Conduct disorder behaviors, childhood family instability, and childhood abuse as predictors of severity of adult homelessness among American veterans. Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology. 2013 Mar 1; 48(3):477-86.
Byrne T, Montgomery AE, Dichter ME. Homelessness among female veterans: a systematic review of the literature. Women & health. 2013 Jan 1; 53(6):572-96.
Hamilton A, Oberman RS, Washington DL. Trauma and Homelessness Among Veterans: Life Trajectories and Trauma-Informed Care. Paper presented at: American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting; 2012 Nov 14; San Francisco, CA.
Stallworth V, Mason E, Williams J, Kainaroi A, Gordon AJ. SBIRT and homelessness: changing provider and patient behaviors through community collaboration. Poster session presented at: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Homeless Programs Annual Grantee Conference; 2012 Aug 1; Washington, DC.
Kilbourne AM, O'Toole T, Saxon A, Kertesz S. Building the Plane While Flying It: Lessons from the VA Homelessness Health Services Research-National Center on Homelessness Initiative. Paper presented at: VA HSR&D / QUERI National Meeting; 2012 Jul 18; National Harbor, MD.
Samore MH, Nelson R. Screening for Homelessness in the Free Text of VA Clinical Documents using Natural Language Processing. Poster session presented at: VA HSR&D / QUERI National Meeting; 2012 Jul 16; National Harbor, MD.
Ghose T, Gordon AJ, Metraux S, Justice AC. Mental illness and homelessness among veterans. [Letter to the Editor]. Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.). 2011 Dec 1; 62(12):1514-5.
Hamilton AB, Poza I, Washington DL. "Homelessness and trauma go hand-in-hand": pathways to homelessness among women veterans. Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health. 2011 Jul 1; 21(4 Suppl):S203-9.
Blackstock O, Brandt CA, Haskell S, Desai RA. Gender and the Risk of Homelessness among Iraq/Afghanistan Veterans. Paper presented at: AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting; 2011 Jun 12; Seattle, WA.
Kertesz SG. Veteran Homelessness: The Mental Health Challenge Within. Paper presented at: AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting; 2011 Jun 12; Seattle, WA.
Hanks D. Management eBriefs-i, May 2011, Homelessness among Veterans. 2011 May 10; 2(37).
Blackstock O, Brandt CA, Haskell S, Desai RA. Gender and the Risk of Homelessness among Iraq/Afghanistan Veterans. Poster session presented at: Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting; 2011 May 4; Phoenix, AZ.
Kilbourne AM. Homelessness among Veterans. Presented at: VA National Center on Homelessness Among Veterans Research Summit; 2011 Apr 8; Tampa, FL.
Blackstock O, Brandt CA, Haskell S, Desai RA. Gender and the Risk of Homelessness among Iraq/Afghanistan Veterans. Paper presented at: Society of General Internal Medicine New England Regional Annual Meeting; 2011 Mar 4; Boston, MA.
Gundlapalli AV, Samore MH, Nelson R, DuVall SL, South B, Shen S, Palmer M. Identification of features for detection and prediction of homelessness from VA clinical documents. Poster session presented at: International Society for Disease Surveillance Annual Conference; 2010 Nov 30; Park City, UT.
Kertesz SG. Homelessness, Housing and Health. Paper presented at: University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Internal Medicine Monthly Grand Rounds; 2010 Mar 24; Birmingham, AL.
O'Toole TP, Pollini RA, Ford DE, Bigelow G. The health encounter as a treatable moment for homeless substance-using adults: the role of homelessness, health seeking behavior, readiness for behavior change and motivation for treatment. Addictive Behaviors. 2008 Sep 1; 33(9):1239-43.
Leung CS, Ho MM, Kiss A, Gundlapalli AV, Hwang SW. Homelessness and the response to emerging infectious disease outbreaks: lessons from SARS. Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine. 2008 May 1; 85(3):402-10.
Kertesz SK. Homelessness, Addiction and Housing Interventions: What We Don’t Know So Far. Paper presented at: Institute for Homeless Studies at Camillus House Annual Symposium; 2008 Feb 4; Miami, FL.
Booth BM, Sullivan G, Koegel P, Burnam A. Vulnerability factors for homelessness associated with substance dependence in a community sample of homeless adults. The American journal of drug and alcohol abuse. 2002 Jul 1; 28(3):429-52.
O'Toole TP, Gibbon JL, Seltzer D, Hanusa BH, Fine MJ. Urban homelessness and poverty during economic prosperity and welfare reform: changes in self-reported comorbidities, insurance, and sources for usual care, 1995-1997. Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine. 2002 Jun 1; 79(2):200-10.
Sullivan G, Burnam A, Koegel P, Hollenberg J. Quality of life of homeless persons with mental illness: results from the course-of-homelessness study. Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.). 2000 Sep 1; 51(9):1135-41.
Conrad KJ, Matters M, Hanrahan P, Luchins D. Homelessness Prevention in Treatment of Substance Abuse and Mental Illness: Logic Models and Implementation of Eight American Projects. 1st ed. Conrad KJ, Matters M, Hanrahan P, Luchins D, editors. New York, NY: The Haworth Press Inc; 1999. 1-220 p.