PURPOSE This longitudinal study examines the association between homelessness and injection drug use initiation among a cohort of street-involved youth in a setting of high-prevalence crystal methamphetamine use. METHODS We derived data from the At-Risk Youth Study, a prospective cohort of street-involved youth aged 14-26 years, recruited between September 2005 and November 2011. We used Cox ...

A study of risk factors for homelessness among the severely mentally ill was extended to include women, and a case-control study of 100 indigent women with schizophrenia meeting criteria for literal homelessness and 100 such women with no history of homelessness was conducted. Subjects were recruited from shelters, clinics, and inpatient psychiatric programs in New York City. Clinical interview...

After interviewing homeless high school students, the research team in a Colorado school district discovered that many students had not revealed their true living conditions (homelessness) to anyone in the school district. This research team developed an anonymous survey written around the homeless categories identified in the McKinney-Vento federal legislation. Results revealed students who id...

The experience of homelessness can pervade multiple levels and facets of a child and family's world. In view of the historical risks in the lives of children who are experiencing homelessness (e.g., growing up under conditions of poverty, exposure to family violence), it is clear that interventions, services, and supports need to be equally comprehensive to have a positive influence on child fu...

BACKGROUND This study examines the characteristics and needs of 69 youth who are homeless, or at risk of homelessness at Pathway's Home Base Youth Drop-In Centre in the affluent suburb of Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada. METHODS A semi-structured interview examined demographics, characteristics, living arrangements, family characteristics, substance use, mental health, criminal activity and ed...

In the past two decades both the homeless and the prison populations have grown substantially. These two phenomena may be interrelated insofar as the difficulties in reintegrating into the community may increase the risk of homelessness for released prisoners, and homelessness may in turn increase the risk for subsequent reincarceration. This study examines the incidence of shelter use and rein...

Over the years, the rate of youth homelessness in America has steadily risen, prompting the creation and subsequent revision of corrective policies. One such policy is the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act of 1974. The Act is not a cure-all for homelessness, but it does provide services and programs specifically designed to aid homeless youth. It has had some success, but not all homeless youth be...

The relationship between homelessness and contemporary forms of slavery human trafficking is well established. Early research often took this for granted was frequently divorced from housing policy or theory. Interdisciplinary has continued to ignore how the sector struggled with its own issues around defining what dominant definition (the United States’ HUD-Rossi definition) meant our understa...

Until recently, homelessness in Canada was largely considered to be an urban phenomenon. This assumption has been reinforced by interventions that primarily focus on areas. The past decade seen a steady increase research and reports rural homelessness, using qualitative methods. Recently, there have some efforts develop enumeration methods measure describe the scale scope of homelessness. These...

This paper argues that anti-social behaviour, in the context of homelessness, ought to be seen as acts civil disobedience. Firstly, I identify public space a hostile for people experiencing homelessness. Secondly, detail how this reveals default interpretation them through their mere presence. Thirdly, explore de-politicises. go onto define and examine disobedience theory, counter narrative beh...