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Engaging Homeless Veterans in Primary Care

NCT00858507 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 221

Last updated 2016-07-21

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Summary

The objectives of this study are to test an evidence-based model for improving primary and preventive care engagement among homeless Veterans not currently receiving care and to demonstrate the additive benefit of primary care-based treatment engagement by this population.

Conditions

  • Homeless Persons

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

RN Brief Intervention

RN administered personal health assessment along with a brief intervention for behavior change administered to homeless veterans in the community

BEHAVIORAL

Social Worker Outreach

Social worker will encounter homeless veteran in the community and encourage to come to the VA for care

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • VA Office of Research and Development

    lead FED

Principal Investigators

  • Thomas P O'Toole, MD · VA Medical Center, Providence

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-10-31
Primary Completion
2012-10-31
Completion
2014-03-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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