Fitzpatrick, Margaret Ford, Jodi L Slesnick, Natasha
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Public health nursing (Boston, Mass.)
Youth experiencing homelessness (YEH) often face increased levels of adversity and higher rates of trauma, suicide, and mortality compared to their housed peers. A multi-level life course lens is proposed by applying the ecobiodevelopmental model to examine social support mechanisms as a buffer to psychopathologies following adversity within YEH. F...
Ahmadyar, Maryam Rai, Tanvi Daly, Blanaid Wong, Geoffrey
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Community dentistry and oral epidemiology
To understand why, how and under what circumstances interventions lead to improved access of young adults with experience of homelessness (YAEH) to primary care dental services in the UK. We followed a realist, theory-driven methodology. It involved locating existing theories, searching for evidence, document selection, data extraction/appraisal an...
Wu, Qiong Zhang, Jing Walsh, Laura Slesnick, Natasha
Published in
Development and psychopathology
The current study examined heterogeneous trajectories of suicidal ideation among homeless youth experiencing suicidal ideation over 9 months in a randomized controlled intervention study. Suicidal homeless youth (N = 150) were randomly assigned to Cognitive Therapy for Suicide Prevention (CTSP) + Treatment as Usual (TAU) or TAU alone. Youth reporte...
Alessi, Edward J Greenfield, Brett Manning, Dean Dank, Meredith
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Journal of interpersonal violence
This study examined how a diverse group of sexual and gender minority (SGM) homeless youth described and understood their victimization experiences occurring before they were homeless and those occurring after they were homeless and engaging in survival sex. In addition, the study explored how these youths manifested resilience when living on the s...
Kidd, Sean A Gaetz, Stephen O'Grady, Bill Schwan, Kaitlin Zhao, Haoyu Lopes, Katrini Wang, Wei
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Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie
Youth experiencing homelessness represent a major social problem in Canada and, as demonstrated in the first national survey of this population conducted in 2015, are experiencing significant mental health challenges. The present study examines the findings of a second national survey completed in 2019. These findings afford the opportunity to exam...
Gaudet, Brittney A Liu, Nina Kayne, Allison N Jarvill, Taylor L Zemanek, Cecilia Downen, Jeffrey M Cuadrado, Hoonani M Smith, Amy B Greenberg, Marna R Jacoby, Jessica L
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Cureus
Objective : To determine whether biopsychosocial factors are associated with sexual activity and contraceptive utilization among homeless shelter adolescents. Methods : A retrospective study of 440 adolescents at a shelter in Pennsylvania between February 2015 and September 2019 was conducted. The cohort was evaluated to determine what relationship...
Tyler, Kimberly A Ray, Colleen M
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Journal of interpersonal violence
Homeless youth experience high rates of child physical and sexual abuse, and many are revictimized on the streets. Despite their high rates of victimization, few studies have examined whether specific victimization types (e.g., sexual vs. physical) cluster together and for whom (e.g., sexual minority youth). As such, the purpose of this study was t...
Wu, Qiong Zhang, Jing Walsh, Laura Slesnick, Natasha
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Behavior therapy
Illicit drug use and cognitive distortions confer significant risks to youth suicidal thoughts and behaviors. However, there has been limited evidence regarding the efficacy of suicide prevention interventions with homeless youth, especially studies testing whether such interventions can reduce the risk for suicidal ideation associated with illicit...
Petering, Robin Barr, Nicholas Rice, Eric
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Journal of interpersonal violence
Homeless youth experience all types of violence at higher rates than their housed counterparts. This is typically the result of many contributing factors including childhood experiences of trauma, subsistence survival strategies, and exposure to perpetrators while living on the streets. Reducing violence in the lives of homeless youth is imperative...
Tyler, Kimberly A Schmitz, Rachel M
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Journal of interpersonal violence
Though rates of bullying among general population youth are high, there is elevated prevalence among certain subgroups, in particular sexual minority homeless youth. Enduring bullying can have devastating consequences, including poor mental health, revictimization, and substance abuse. The current study compares risk factors (i.e., sexual orientati...
