Research Summaries
Service Utilization Among Homeless and Runaway Youth in Los Angeles, California: Rates and Reasons (1999)
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10401975 De Rosa CJ, Montgomery SB, Kipke MD, Iverson E, Ma JL, Unger JB. Search Terms: homeless youths, service patterns, drop-in centers, service utilization, runaway youth, Los Angeles Summary: This…
Read MoreHomeless Adolescents: Common Clinical Concerns (2003)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1045187003700041 Jennifer Feldmann, MD and, Amy B. Middleman, MD, MPH, MSED Search Terms: homeless youths, physical problems, psychological problems, sexually transmitted infections Summary: Homeless youth are at alarmingly high risk…
Read MoreRisk evaluations and condom use decisions of homeless youth: a multi-level qualitative investigation (2015)
Risk evaluations and condom use decisions of homeless youth: a multi-level qualitative investigation http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/15/62 David P Kennedy, Ryan A Brown, Penelope Morrison, Loryana Vie, Gery W Ryan and Joan S…
Read MoreIf you provide the test, they will take it: Factors associated with HIV/STI testing in a representative sample of homeless youth in Los Angeles (2014)
If you provide the test, they will take it: Factors associated with HIV/STI testing in a representative sample of homeless youth in Los Angeles http://guilfordjournals.com/doi/abs/10.1521/aeap.2012.24.4.350 Allison J. Ober, Steven C.…
Read MoreImpact of Nursing Intervention on Decreasing Substances Abuse among Homeless Youth (2012)
Impact of Nursing Intervention on Decreasing Substances Abuse among Homeless Youth http://ccn.aacnjournals.org/content/27/1/52.long Nyamathi, A., Branson, C., Kennedy, B., Salem, B., Khalilifard, F., Marfisee, M., Getzoff, D. and Leake, B. Search…
Read MoreHomeless and Runaway Youths’ Access to Health Care (2010)
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11044705 JD Klein, AH Woods, KM Wilson, M Prospero, J Greene and C Ringwalt Search Terms: homeless youths, health systems, emergency care, street youth Summary: This article describes the use…
Read MoreHousing and Health in Los Angeles County: Social Determinants of Health (2015)
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health Search terms: housing, human rights, los angeles, policy Summary: Housing affordability, stability, and quality are social determinants of health. This article expands on…
Read More“They Lay Down the Foundation and Then They Leave Room for Us to Build the House”: A Visual Qualitative Exploration of Young Adults’ Experiences of Transitional Housing (2015)
https://sswr.confex.com/sswr/2015/webprogram/Paper23416.html Susana R. Curry and Laura S. Abrams Search Terms: homeless shelters; young adults; foster home care; employment & education; photography, transition-aged youth Summary: Although research has established a high…
Read MoreEnding Child Poverty Now (2015)
Children’s Defense Fund http://www.childrensdefense.org/library/PovertyReport/EndingChildPovertyNow.html Search Terms: policy, children, poverty, poor, national, racial disparities, SNAP, subsidies, child tax credit Summary: More than 14.7 million children in America were poor in 2013,…
Read MoreChildren of the Recession: The impact of the economic crisis on child well-being in rich countries (2014)
Children of the Recession: The impact of the economic crisis on child well-being in rich countries http://www.unicef-irc.org/publications/733 Gonzalo Fanjul, UNICEF, Rick Boychuck Search Terms: poverty, great recession, national, innocenti Summary:…
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