The meaning of family routines in a homeless shelter.

روال‌های رایج روزمره در خانواده‌های کودکان دارای اتیسم: مرور نظام‌مند

Objective Routines are a set of daily and regular activities that play an important role in the development of the child and the family. These activities include building the structure for daily life, developing social skills, academic skills, speech skills, facilitating family relationships, and creating a sense of belonging among family members. This study examines the routines of families of...

Runaway and pregnant: risk factors associated with pregnancy in a national sample of runaway/homeless female adolescents.

PURPOSE Homeless youth are at particularly high risk for teen pregnancy; research indicates as many as 20% of homeless young women become pregnant. These pregnant and homeless teens lack financial resources and adequate health care, resulting in increased risk for low-birth-weight babies and high infant mortality. This study investigated individual and family-level predictors of teen pregnancy ...

Improving the Nutrition Status of Homeless Children: Guidelines for Homeless Family Shelters

Predictors of Re-admission for Homeless Families in New York City: The Case of the Win Shelter Network

New York City faces the challenge of an ever-increasing homeless population with almost 60,000 people currently living in city shelters. In 2015, approximately 25% of families stayed longer than 9 months in a shelter, and 17% of families with children that exited a homeless shelter returned to the shelter system within 30 days of leaving. This suggests that ”long-term” shelter residents and tho...

Asthma and behavior in homeless 4- to 7-year-olds.

OBJECTIVE Low-income, urban, ethnic minority children have higher rates of asthma, more severe symptoms, and more management issues, as well as high risk for academic and behavior problems. This study focused on asthma reported in young children who resided in a family emergency homeless shelter. Asthma rates were considered along with their relation to hospitalization and emergency department ...