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"I Needed for You to See What I'm Talking About": Experiences With Telehealth Among Homeless-Experienced Older Adults
Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine •
May 6, 2023
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“We Remember the Pain”: A Qualitative Study of Intergenerational Trauma Among Older Adults Experiencing Homelessness in the HOPE HOME Study
Journal of Social Distress and Homelessness •
May 28, 2022
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Abraham Renteria-Ramirez, BA
Prior to joining BHHI, Abraham worked as a legal intern with Sin Fronteras, an organization based in Mexico City providing legal assistance to migrants, asylum seekers, refugees, and their families as well as helping individuals secure access to medical, educational, employment, and housing resources. He has also worked providing nutritional resources to underserved communities in his hometown of Watsonville, California. He graduated from UC Santa Barbara with a BA in Sociology. Today, he continues to work as a volunteer translator for the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project.
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Advance Care Planning for Older Homeless-Experienced Adults: Results from the Health Outcomes of People Experiencing Homelessness in Older Middle Age Study.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society •
May 9, 2018
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Angelica DeGaetano, LLM
Angelica is a researcher with an interdisciplinary background in anthropology, sociology, international relations, and law. After working in direct service for many years, she worked in multiple research settings before joining CVP/BHHI—including three years conducting public opinion research to advance policy on a range of issues. She looks forward to continue informing policy and practice recommendations as a researcher with CVP/BHHI. Angelica holds an LL.M from the University of Essex and an M.Phil from the University of Oxford.
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Barriers and Facilitators to Resolving Older Adult Homelessness Through Stays With Family: Qualitative Findings From the HOPE HOME Study
Journal of Social Distress and Homelessness •
February 8, 2022
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Barriers and Solutions To Advance Care Planning Among Homeless-Experienced Older Adults
Journal of Palliative Medicine •
September 22, 2020
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Caregiving Needs Are Unmet for Many Older Homeless Adults: Findings from the HOPE HOME Study
Journal of General Internal Medicine •
November 1, 2022
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Characteristics and Factors Associated With Pain in Older Homeless Individuals: Results From the Health Outcomes in People Experiencing Homelessness in Older Middle Age (HOPE HOME) Study
Journal of Pain •
April 13, 2017
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Cheyenne Garcia, BA
Cheyenne Garcia is a senior research data analyst at BHHI. She helps produce academic papers using HOPE HOME and CASPEH data. She is primarily interested in intergenerational trauma, homelessness among families, and how early life experiences influence homelessness. Prior to joining BHHI, Cheyenne was a Fulbright Scholar in the Netherlands studying parenting at Leiden University. Cheyenne graduated from Stanford University with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology with Honors. She graduated from American River College with four associate degrees.
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Childhood Adversities Associated with Poor Adult Mental Health Outcomes in Older Homeless Adults: Results From the HOPE HOME Study
American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry •
August 17, 2016
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Corbin Platamone, MPH
Prior to joining BHHI, Corbin served as an IQ shelter supervisor for the Santa Cruz County Health and Human Services Department, and as an EMT in the Bay Area. Corbin recently graduated from UCLA with a Master of Public Health in Epidemiology, where he spent considerable time studying the relationship between maternal health and child outcomes. He looks forward to applying his experiences in epidemiology and emergency medicine to improve health outcomes within vulnerable populations and to promote sustainable housing for all.
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COVID-19 Testing and Vaccine Acceptability Among Homeless-Experienced Adults: Qualitative Data from Two Samples
Journal of General Internal Medicine •
March 1, 2022
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Emergency Department Use in a Cohort of Older Homeless Adults: Results from the HOPE HOME Study
Academic Emergency Medicine •
August 13, 2016
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Factors Associated With Cognitive Impairment in a Cohort of Older Homeless Adults: Results From the HOPE HOME Study
Drug and Alcohol Dependence •
July 4, 2017
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Factors Associated With Food Insecurity Among Older Homeless Adults: Results From the HOPE HOME Study
Journal of Public Health (Oxford, England) •
June 1, 2019
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Factors Associated with Incarceration in Older Adults Experiencing Homelessness: Results from the HOPE HOME Study
Journal of General Internal Medicine •
April 1, 2022
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Factors Associated With Mortality Among Homeless Older Adults in California: The HOPE HOME Study
JAMA Internal Medicine •
October 1, 2022
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Factors Associated With Substance Use in Older Homeless Adults: Results From the HOPE HOME Study
Substance Abuse •
January 1, 2017
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Geriatric Conditions in a Population-Based Sample of Older Homeless Adults
Gerontologist •
August 1, 2017
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Gina Sakoda, BS
Gina is a research data analyst with BHHI. Previously conducting interviews and managing data quality for the CA Statewide Study of Homelessness (CASPEH), Gina now works as a quantitative researcher on a CDSS Home Safe program evaluation, and co-coordinates the statistics and data science team at BHHI. Gina spent over 5 years in direct service provision for folks who are unhoused in the East Bay, most recently as a street outreach worker in Downtown Oakland, and is interested in the intersections of structural inequity, the environment, and homelessness. Gina graduated from UC Berkeley with a BS in Bioengineering and a
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Ground-Truthing the Experiences of Homeless Older Adults' Recent Stays with Family and Friends: A Case Study of Participatory Data Analysis
Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved •
February 10, 2022
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John Weeks
John Weeks has been with UCSF for 11 years. His most recent research project involved the study of homelessness among people age 50 and older in Oakland, CA. Prior to that, John had worked as a Project Coordinator for the Bruthas Project, which was a CAPS intervention study focusing on HIV prevention among MSM populations in San Francisco and Oakland. John joined Dr. Kushel's HOPE HOME Study in August 2015 as a Clinical Research Coordinator.
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