th care needs of the homeless population in a small California city. A second-year family practice resident, together with two community nurses and a local family practitioner, organized and staffed the clinic.
After the first winter of operation, family practice residents on their own initiative took over the management of the clinic. Evaluative data collected on the clinic indicated that it effectively served the needs of the clients in the homeless shelter, provided family practice residents an opportunity to work independently of the residency program, and offered a sought-after experience in caring for the underserved.
Morrow, Halbach, Hopkins, Wang and Shortridge (1992) discuss a family practice model of health care for the homeless practiced at a clinic in New York. This model, the Outreach Health Care Unit, is run by nurse practitioners in collaboration with family physicians and is centered at the site of social service activities for homeless families and single men in Yonkers, New. Yorkers. It is described as a c
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