Capturing the Dynamics of Homelessness Through Ethnography and Mobile Technology: Protocol for the Development and Testing of a Smartphone Technology–Supported Intervention

Marva Foster   ^{1, 2} , PhD ;   Gemmae M Fix   ^{2, 3} , PhD ;   Justeen Hyde   ^{2, 3} , PhD ;   Shawn Dunlap   ³ , MA ;   Thomas H Byrne   ^{3, 4} , PhD ;   Naomi F Sugie   ⁵ , PhD ;   Randall Kuhn   ⁶ , PhD ;   Sonya Gabrielian   ^{7, 8} , MD, MPH ;   Jill S Roncarati   ^{3, 9, 10} , SCD, MPH ;   Shibei Zhao   ³ , MS ;   D Keith McInnes   ^{3, 11} , MSc, SCD

¹ Center for Healthcare Organization and Implementation Research, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, United States

² Department of General Internal Medicine, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States

³ Center for Healthcare Organization and Implementation Research, VA Bedford Healthcare System, Bedford, MA, United States

⁴ Department of Social Welfare Policy, Boston University School of Social Work, Boston, MA, United States

⁵ Department of Criminology, Law and Society, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States

⁶ Department of Community Health Services, Fielding School of Public Health, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States

⁷ Department of Mental Health, VA Greater Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States

⁸ Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States

⁹ Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States

¹⁰ Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program, Boston, MA, United States

¹¹ Department of Health Law, Policy and Management, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States