title: Improving post-hospital care for people who are homeless: Community-based participatory research to community-based action.
abstract: This article discusses how community-based participatory research (CBPR) on hospital care transitions in New Haven, Connecticut led to the development of a new medical respite program to better serve patients who are homeless. Key insights include: • Homelessness is an important driver of hospital utilization and must be addressed in efforts to decrease hospital readmissions. • Hospitals and community organizations often serve a shared patient/client base and can work together to develop innovative programs that are beneficial to all parties. • Community-based participatory research methods are particularly conducive to producing research that is translatable to policy and new programs. • Targeted dissemination of research results played a pivotal role in securing resources and funding for the new program.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Emergency Medicine and Population Health, NYU School of Medicine/Bellevue Hospital Center, United States. Electronic address: kelly.doran@nyumc.org.
authors.forename: Kelly M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Doran
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, UCSF School of Medicine, United States.
authors.forename: S Ryan
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Greysen
authors.affiliation: Columbus House, Inc., United States.
authors.forename: Alison
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cunningham
authors.affiliation: Yale-New Haven Hospital, United States.
authors.forename: Kathleen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tynan-McKiernan
authors.affiliation: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Program, Yale School of Medicine, United States.
authors.forename: Georgina I
authors.initials: GI
authors.lastname: Lucas
authors.affiliation: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Program and Department of Pediatrics, Yale School of Medicine, United States.
authors.forename: Marjorie S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Rosenthal
mesh_terms: D003256:Community Participation; D055812:Community-Based Participatory Research; D003237:Connecticut; D006703:Ill-Housed Persons; D006801:Humans; D016730:Program Development
keywords: Community-based participatory research; Homelessness; Hospital readmissions