HOMELESSNESSMATERNITY HOMESSEXUAL ABUSEStudy Objective: Homelessness is a major complication to adolescent pregnancy. We hypothesized that homelessness was associated with an increased incidence of other psycho
While on the streets, they are at increased risk for victimization, substance and alcohol use, sexual risk behaviors, and mental health issues compared to homeless heterosexual youths. This article uses ecological systems theory to examine psychosocial problems associated with homelessness among sexual ...
Those with the low- Chronic Homelessness Among Working-Age Adults 61 est levels of functioning are least able to compete for housing and most likely to form a "hard core" of the chronically homeless. The circumstances that made them vulnerable in the first place take on the added weight of...
Homelessness is associated with increased risk to be involved in the criminal justice system. A variety of papers document high rates of home- lessness for offenders leaving state prisons (Petersilia, 2003) and local jails (Freudenberg, Daniels, Crum, Perkins, & Richie, 2005; Petteruti & ...
homelessness perpetuate it through their use of coercive benevolent policing. Drawing on nearly three years of ethnographic fieldwork with a homeless service provider in Southern Nevada, this article shows that the coercive benevolen...
(problem solving, coping strategies). This is especially important for young people managing distress and marginalisation associated with homelessness, caring responsibilities, immigration or state care. Adolescents can prioritise using their restored resources to address developmental needs, and thus might...
This is illustrated through a discussion of how Australian researchers have dealt with issues such as youth homelessness, youth unemployment, and youth marginalization.doi:10.1080/13676261.1998.10592993WYN, JOHANNAWHITE, ROBTaylor & Francis GroupJournal of Youth Studies...
When pathologized behavior is not associated with distress or impairment, or recognized in the local context as problematic, there is a risk of what Kleinman refers to as a “category fallacy”25. Gender inequity is a deeply rooted in cultural systems, which, in turn, are perpetuated across ...
Crack cocaine smoking is associated with an array of negative health consequences, including cuts and burns from unsafe pipes, and infectious diseases such as HIV. Despite the well-established and researched harm reduction programs for injection drug users, little is known regarding the potential for...
The poor mental health outcomes suffered by this population, especially by the HMS group, are consistent with a number of studies that demonstrate the poor health outcomes of people who experience homelessness [33] or foreclosure [9, 34]. Additionally, across almost all groups, housing ...