Sonya Gabrielian
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 4624746 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Sonya Gabrielian |
| PRENOMES | Sonya |
| SOBRENOME | Gabrielian |
| ASSINATURA | GABRIELIAN S |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of California, Los Angeles |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1790-4271 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 21 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 7 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 21 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2003 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
Addressing racial and ethnic disparities in premature exits from permanent supportive housing among residents with substance use disorders
These findings suggest relationships between SUDs and negative PSH exits differ between racial/ethnic groups and suggest there may be value in culturally specific tailoring and implementation of SUD services for these subgroups
Enhancing Vocational Rehabilitation Services for Homeless‐Experienced Veterans in Permanent Supportive Housing
Few homeless‐experienced individuals use vocational rehabilitation services. Using qualitative methods, as part of a pilot study at VA Greater Los Angeles (GLA), we characterized the perspectives of homeless‐experienced persons and homeless program staff on vocational services. We also explored relationships among employment, housing, and well‐being in this group. We interviewed homeless‐experienced persons enrolled in vocational rehabilitation s…
Insights for conducting large-scale surveys with veterans who have experienced homelessness
001). Compared to non-respondents, respondents were older, less likely to have mental health, drug, or alcohol conditions, and had fewer VA housing and emergency service visits. Collectively, our results indicated a national mailed survey approach is feasible and successful for reaching VA patients who have recently experienced homelessness. These findings offer insight into how health systems can obtain perspectives of socially disadvantaged gro…
Acceptability of a mobile sensing application to characterize community integration among homeless‐experienced veterans
Mobile sensing applications that collect active , Ecological Momentary Assessment data, and passive , Global Positioning System data provide reliable, longitudinal assessments of community integration. Ensuring their acceptability by vulnerable populations is warranted. Acceptability‐related perceptions of a mobile sensing application were gathered via focus groups with homeless‐experienced Veterans with serious mental illness ( n = 19) and indiv…
What do Veterans with homeless experience want us to know that we are not asking? A qualitative content analysis of comments from a national survey of healthcare experience
Surveys of people who experience homelessness can portray their life and healthcare experiences with a level of statistical precision; however, few have explored how the very same surveys can deliver qualitative insights as well. In responding to surveys, people experiencing homelessness can use the margins to highlight health and social concerns that investigators failed to anticipate that standard question batteries miss. This study describes t…
Factors associated with recovery from homelessness among veterans in permanent supportive housing
AIMS: We sought to identify person- and program-level factors distinguishing permanent supportive housing (PSH) residents with higher versus lower social integration; and higher versus lower instrumental functioning. METHODS: Among 60 PSH residents at Los Angeles' VA, surveys and medical records captured person-level factors. Using a median split, we dichotomized participants with higher versus lower social integration; and higher versus lower in…
Housing outcomes among homeless-experienced veterans engaged in vocational services
Though unemployment and homelessness are closely intertwined, vocational services are rarely prioritized for homeless-experienced individuals engaging in housing services. Our goal was to examine associations between vocational service use and housing outcomes among homeless-experienced Veterans engaged in permanent supportive housing. We obtained data from Veterans Health Administration (VHA) medical record and homelessness registry data for hom…
Perceptions of Care Coordination Among Homeless Veterans Receiving Medical Care in the Veterans Health Administration and Community Care Settings
BACKGROUND: Initiatives to expand Veterans' access to purchased health care outside Veterans Health Administration (VHA) facilities ("community care") present care coordination challenges for Veterans experiencing homelessness. OBJECTIVE: Among Veterans with homeless experiences, to evaluate community care use and satisfaction, and compare perceptions of care coordination among Veterans using VHA services and community care to those using VHA ser…
Comparison of Patient Experience Between Primary Care Settings Tailored for Homeless Clientele and Mainstream Care Settings
BACKGROUND: More than 1 million Americans receive primary care from federal homeless health care programs yearly. Vulnerabilities that can make care challenging include pain, addiction, psychological distress, and a lack of shelter. Research on the effectiveness of tailoring services for this population is limited. OBJECTIVE: The aim was to examine whether homeless-tailored primary care programs offer a superior patient experience compared with n…
Veteran Perspectives on Adaptations to a VA Residential Rehabilitation Program for Substance Use Disorders During the Novel Coronavirus Pandemic
Stemming the rise of Latinx homelessness
This report describes a needs assessment of Latinx persons at-risk for or who are actively homeless in Los Angeles County. We conducted interviews with stakeholders (n = 24) who work in homeless services, research, and policy. Themes from these interviews were categorized into domains along the continuum of homeless services. Language barriers and citizenship/documentation status impeded Latinxs’ success in the rental market, increasing risk of h…
Motivational and cognitive correlates of community integration in homeless veterans entering a permanent supported housing program
Homelessness is a major public health problem, and serious mental illness (SMI) is highly prevalent in the homeless population. Although supported housing services-which provide permanent housing in the community along with case management-improve housing outcomes, community integration typically remains poor, and little is known about the underlying determinants of poor community integration postresidential placement. The general SMI literature …
Veterans’ assignment to single-site versus scattered-site permanent supportive housing
To address homelessness among Veterans, a growing proportion of permanent supportive housing units supported by the U.S. Departments of Housing and Urban Development and Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) program are allocated to programs where multiple Veterans with a history of homelessness live in a particular building, referred to as single-site housing. This mixed-methods study-including administrative data from Veterans who move…
Community Interventions to Promote Mental Health and Social Equity
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: We review recent community interventions to promote mental health and social equity. We define community interventions as those that involve multi-sector partnerships, emphasize community members as integral to the intervention, and/or deliver services in community settings. We examine literature in seven topic areas: collaborative care, early psychosis, school-based interventions, homelessness, criminal justice, global mental …
Applying the Housing First approach to single-site permanent supportive housing
This study explored how the U.S. Departments of Housing and Urban Development-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) program applies Housing First principles in the context of ten single-site programs. Focus group discussions with 64 HUD-VASH staff and community partners explored how the programs were influenced by Housing First principles and specific strategies to implement these principles in a single-site setting. Focus group responde…
Determinants of Community Integration Among Formerly Homeless Veterans Who Received Supportive Housing
Community integration is recognized as a meaningful goal that is highly relevant to the long-term success of supportive housing programs. Research to date highlights concerns that some individuals in permanent supportive housing remain socially isolated and have limited success in other domains of community integration. However, we know little about what factors impact formerly homeless veterans' ability to achieve community integration. To ident…
Problem solving skills and deficits among homeless veterans with serious mental illness
Few interventions train homeless consumers in housing-related independent living skills. To inform the development of such interventions for the Department of Veterans Affairs' Supported Housing consumers with serious mental illness, we examined these consumers' problem-solving skills and deficits. We performed semistructured interviews and cognitive tests with 20 consumers who retained housing for ≥1 year ("stayers") and 20 consumers who lost ho…
Exploring Community Integration Among Formerly Homeless Veterans in Project-Based Versus Tenant-Based Supportive Housing
VA Health Service Utilization for Homeless and Low-income Veterans
BACKGROUND: The US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)-VA Supportive Housing (VASH) program-the VA's Housing First effort-is central to efforts to end Veteran homelessness. Yet, little is known about health care utilization patterns associated with achieving HUD-VASH housing. OBJECTIVES: We compare health service utilization at the VA Greater Los Angeles among: (1) formerly homeless Veterans housed through HUD-VASH (HUD-VASH Veteran…
Chronic Disease Management for Recently Homeless Veterans
BACKGROUND: Although vulnerable populations may benefit from in-home health information technologies (HIT) that promote disease self-management, there is a "digital divide" in which these groups are often unlikely to use such programs. We describe the early phases of applying and testing an existing Veterans Affairs (VA) HIT-care management program, Care Coordination Home Telehealth (CCHT), to recently homeless Veterans in the US Department of Ho…
Developing conceptions of authority and contract across the lifespan
Developing conceptions of authority and contract across the lifespan
Chronic Disease Management for Recently Homeless Veterans
BACKGROUND: Although vulnerable populations may benefit from in-home health information technologies (HIT) that promote disease self-management, there is a "digital divide" in which these groups are often unlikely to use such programs. We describe the early phases of applying and testing an existing Veterans Affairs (VA) HIT-care management program, Care Coordination Home Telehealth (CCHT), to recently homeless Veterans in the US Department of Ho…
VA Health Service Utilization for Homeless and Low-income Veterans
BACKGROUND: The US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)-VA Supportive Housing (VASH) program-the VA's Housing First effort-is central to efforts to end Veteran homelessness. Yet, little is known about health care utilization patterns associated with achieving HUD-VASH housing. OBJECTIVES: We compare health service utilization at the VA Greater Los Angeles among: (1) formerly homeless Veterans housed through HUD-VASH (HUD-VASH Veteran…
Community Interventions to Promote Mental Health and Social Equity
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: We review recent community interventions to promote mental health and social equity. We define community interventions as those that involve multi-sector partnerships, emphasize community members as integral to the intervention, and/or deliver services in community settings. We examine literature in seven topic areas: collaborative care, early psychosis, school-based interventions, homelessness, criminal justice, global mental …
Applying the Housing First approach to single-site permanent supportive housing
This study explored how the U.S. Departments of Housing and Urban Development-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) program applies Housing First principles in the context of ten single-site programs. Focus group discussions with 64 HUD-VASH staff and community partners explored how the programs were influenced by Housing First principles and specific strategies to implement these principles in a single-site setting. Focus group responde…
Determinants of Community Integration Among Formerly Homeless Veterans Who Received Supportive Housing
Community integration is recognized as a meaningful goal that is highly relevant to the long-term success of supportive housing programs. Research to date highlights concerns that some individuals in permanent supportive housing remain socially isolated and have limited success in other domains of community integration. However, we know little about what factors impact formerly homeless veterans' ability to achieve community integration. To ident…
Problem solving skills and deficits among homeless veterans with serious mental illness
Few interventions train homeless consumers in housing-related independent living skills. To inform the development of such interventions for the Department of Veterans Affairs' Supported Housing consumers with serious mental illness, we examined these consumers' problem-solving skills and deficits. We performed semistructured interviews and cognitive tests with 20 consumers who retained housing for ≥1 year ("stayers") and 20 consumers who lost ho…
Exploring Community Integration Among Formerly Homeless Veterans in Project-Based Versus Tenant-Based Supportive Housing
Stemming the rise of Latinx homelessness
This report describes a needs assessment of Latinx persons at-risk for or who are actively homeless in Los Angeles County. We conducted interviews with stakeholders (n = 24) who work in homeless services, research, and policy. Themes from these interviews were categorized into domains along the continuum of homeless services. Language barriers and citizenship/documentation status impeded Latinxs’ success in the rental market, increasing risk of h…
Motivational and cognitive correlates of community integration in homeless veterans entering a permanent supported housing program
Homelessness is a major public health problem, and serious mental illness (SMI) is highly prevalent in the homeless population. Although supported housing services-which provide permanent housing in the community along with case management-improve housing outcomes, community integration typically remains poor, and little is known about the underlying determinants of poor community integration postresidential placement. The general SMI literature …
Veterans’ assignment to single-site versus scattered-site permanent supportive housing
To address homelessness among Veterans, a growing proportion of permanent supportive housing units supported by the U.S. Departments of Housing and Urban Development and Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) program are allocated to programs where multiple Veterans with a history of homelessness live in a particular building, referred to as single-site housing. This mixed-methods study-including administrative data from Veterans who move…
Perceptions of Care Coordination Among Homeless Veterans Receiving Medical Care in the Veterans Health Administration and Community Care Settings
BACKGROUND: Initiatives to expand Veterans' access to purchased health care outside Veterans Health Administration (VHA) facilities ("community care") present care coordination challenges for Veterans experiencing homelessness. OBJECTIVE: Among Veterans with homeless experiences, to evaluate community care use and satisfaction, and compare perceptions of care coordination among Veterans using VHA services and community care to those using VHA ser…
Comparison of Patient Experience Between Primary Care Settings Tailored for Homeless Clientele and Mainstream Care Settings
BACKGROUND: More than 1 million Americans receive primary care from federal homeless health care programs yearly. Vulnerabilities that can make care challenging include pain, addiction, psychological distress, and a lack of shelter. Research on the effectiveness of tailoring services for this population is limited. OBJECTIVE: The aim was to examine whether homeless-tailored primary care programs offer a superior patient experience compared with n…
Veteran Perspectives on Adaptations to a VA Residential Rehabilitation Program for Substance Use Disorders During the Novel Coronavirus Pandemic
What do Veterans with homeless experience want us to know that we are not asking? A qualitative content analysis of comments from a national survey of healthcare experience
Surveys of people who experience homelessness can portray their life and healthcare experiences with a level of statistical precision; however, few have explored how the very same surveys can deliver qualitative insights as well. In responding to surveys, people experiencing homelessness can use the margins to highlight health and social concerns that investigators failed to anticipate that standard question batteries miss. This study describes t…
Factors associated with recovery from homelessness among veterans in permanent supportive housing
AIMS: We sought to identify person- and program-level factors distinguishing permanent supportive housing (PSH) residents with higher versus lower social integration; and higher versus lower instrumental functioning. METHODS: Among 60 PSH residents at Los Angeles' VA, surveys and medical records captured person-level factors. Using a median split, we dichotomized participants with higher versus lower social integration; and higher versus lower in…
Housing outcomes among homeless-experienced veterans engaged in vocational services
Though unemployment and homelessness are closely intertwined, vocational services are rarely prioritized for homeless-experienced individuals engaging in housing services. Our goal was to examine associations between vocational service use and housing outcomes among homeless-experienced Veterans engaged in permanent supportive housing. We obtained data from Veterans Health Administration (VHA) medical record and homelessness registry data for hom…
Insights for conducting large-scale surveys with veterans who have experienced homelessness
001). Compared to non-respondents, respondents were older, less likely to have mental health, drug, or alcohol conditions, and had fewer VA housing and emergency service visits. Collectively, our results indicated a national mailed survey approach is feasible and successful for reaching VA patients who have recently experienced homelessness. These findings offer insight into how health systems can obtain perspectives of socially disadvantaged gro…
Acceptability of a mobile sensing application to characterize community integration among homeless‐experienced veterans
Mobile sensing applications that collect active , Ecological Momentary Assessment data, and passive , Global Positioning System data provide reliable, longitudinal assessments of community integration. Ensuring their acceptability by vulnerable populations is warranted. Acceptability‐related perceptions of a mobile sensing application were gathered via focus groups with homeless‐experienced Veterans with serious mental illness ( n = 19) and indiv…
Addressing racial and ethnic disparities in premature exits from permanent supportive housing among residents with substance use disorders
These findings suggest relationships between SUDs and negative PSH exits differ between racial/ethnic groups and suggest there may be value in culturally specific tailoring and implementation of SUD services for these subgroups
Enhancing Vocational Rehabilitation Services for Homeless‐Experienced Veterans in Permanent Supportive Housing
Few homeless‐experienced individuals use vocational rehabilitation services. Using qualitative methods, as part of a pilot study at VA Greater Los Angeles (GLA), we characterized the perspectives of homeless‐experienced persons and homeless program staff on vocational services. We also explored relationships among employment, housing, and well‐being in this group. We interviewed homeless‐experienced persons enrolled in vocational rehabilitation s…
Homelessness and Social Issues (19 obras) · Medicine (19 obras) · Psychology (18 obras) · Gerontology (13 obras) · Political science (12 obras) · Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes (11 obras) · Psychiatry (11 obras) · Nursing (10 obras) · Gerontology (9 obras) · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations (8 obras)