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Decision Processes about Condom Use among Shelter-Homeless LGBT Youth in Manhattan

open access: yesAIDS Research and Treatment, 2012
Health behavior interventions based on Theory of Planned Behavior address participants’ personally-held beliefs, perceived social norms, and control over the behavior.
Geoffrey L. Ream   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Should Homeless Youth Participate in Research?

open access: yesVoices in Bioethics, 2018
From taking the L to the G to the J, one of the most striking things about the vastly different people riding the New York City Subway with you is the astoundingly large population of youth who are performing on the train for money.
Charlene Sathi
doaj   +1 more source

Hollywood Homeless Youth Point-in-Time Estimate Project: An Innovative Method for Enumerating Unaccompanied Homeless Youth [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Homeless youth are greatly undercounted in the United States.  Census methods for homeless adults are inappropriate for homeless youth; thus, nationally, organizations are determining new methods for counting homeless youth.
Eric Rice   +2 more
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The rain feels different under the same umbrella: Experiences with poverty across LGBTQ subgroups

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Population‐based survey data have demonstrated that LGBTQ communities report varying rates of economic insecurity, yet very little research directly assesses how pathways into and experiences with poverty look different among subgroups at the intersections of sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI).
Bianca D. M. Wilson, Lillian Nguyen
wiley   +1 more source

Access to Primary Health Care Services for Youth Experiencing Homelessness: “You shouldn’t need a health card to be healthy.”

open access: yesWitness, 2019
On any given night, thousands of Canadian youth face homelessness in either absolute (living on the street) or relative (couch surfing, staying in emergency shelters) terms.
Claire Pitcher   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

LGBTQ Youth Harmed by Homelessness [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Severe family conflict, abuse, neglect, and abandonment all contribute to the social crisis of family displacement and homelessness for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth in America.

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Lifeworks: From Crisis to Success in Austin [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
In Austin, Texas, LifeWorks is an $8 million, multifaceted human services organization providing support as youth and families “transition from crisis to safety and success”1. This dynamic, well-respected product of a merger provides an array of services
Struckman, Sara
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Definitions of community‐level approaches to address substance‐related harms and lessons learned: A systematic overview of reviews

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Community action focused on sociocultural and environmental influences to prevent alcohol and other drug (AOD) use and related harms is a global priority. Despite this recognition, understanding of effective community‐level approaches is limited.
Peter Gates, Andrea Zocco, Sara Farnbach
wiley   +1 more source

PROTECTING, BALANCING, AND CONFRONTING: HEALTH-SEEKING AMONG HOMELESS YOUTH IN HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM

open access: yesInternational Journal of Child, Youth & Family Studies, 2017
The objective of this study was to explore health-seeking behaviors and barriers faced in accessing care among homeless youth living in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Twelve in-depth interviews were conducted with homeless youth aged 18 to 25.
Victoria L. Boggiano   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Youth On the Streets and On Their Own: Youth Homelessness in Illinois [PDF]

open access: yes, 2001
CCH estimates that over the course of a year, approximately 26,000 youth in Illinois experience homelessness. This is slightly more than reported in a 1985 state-funded study.

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