Homeless Veterans and Peer Whole Health Coaching

Conditions: Acute Care Service Utilization, Mental Health Status, Physical Health Status, Housing

Sex: All

Healthy volunteers: No

Phase: NA

Enrollment: 177

Sponsor: VA Office of Research and Development

Location: Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System Eugene J. Towbin Healthcare Center, Little Rock, AR No. Little Rock Arkansas

Summary

Use of acute care services (e.g., hospitalizations, Emergency Department visits) contributes substantially to the cost of healthcare for Veterans. Homelessness is a robust social determinant of super utilization of acute care. The goal of this project is to test if Peer Specialists trained in Whole Health Coaching can reduce homeless Veterans' frequent use of acute care.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria: Veterans who: * are on VA's Homeless Registry, which comprises those who utilized any VA homeless programs and services in the past 2 years * are enrolled on a Patient Aligned Care Team (or "PACT") at a study site * had a hot spotter qualifying event in two or more quarters in the past year will be eligible for participation Exclusion Criteria: * Veterans who have a suicidal and/or behavioral flag in their medical record and those who are too cognitively impaired to understand the informed consent process and other study procedures will be excluded

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Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT05176977). StuddyBuddy aggregates publicly available trial information.