Adaptive software agents like HEALER have been proposed in the literature recently to recommend intervention plans to homeless shelter officials. However, generating networks for HEALER’s input is challenging. Moreover, HEALER’s solutions are often counter-intuitive to people. This demo paper makes two contributions. First, we demonstrate HEALER’s Facebook application, which parses the Facebook...

In the first pan-Canadian study on youth homelessness, 57.8% of reported prior involvement with child protection services. Indeed, transitions from government institutions (e.g., child/youth protection, inpatient mental health treatment, justice system) represent common pathways into homelessness for across North America. This article examines young people’s experiences navigating services to i...

Youth homelessness is a significant problem in most United States communities. Health problems are both contributor to and consequence of homelessness. Responses youth typically fragmentary. Different agencies deal with various causes consequences the problem. Stakeholders Connecticut sought more coherent approach. This article describes development use system dynamics simulation model as decis...

PURPOSE We examined the cross-sectional and longitudinal association between social network characteristics and street youths' shelter use, a determinant of health outcomes for homeless youth. METHODS We analyzed interview data from 138 street youth recruited through venue-based sampling in San Francisco, to assess the cross-sectional relationship between shelter use in youths' social network...

This cross-sectional hepatitis health promotion study (N = 156) was designed to identify correlates of cocaine and methamphetamine use among young, homeless persons living in Los Angeles County. Structured questionnaires were administered at baseline to assess sociodemographic characteristics, drug history, and social support. Unadjusted analysis showed that older age, having a history of incar...

The article examines how the Great Famine 1932–1933 in Ukraine (Holodomor), which took more than 3.8 million (according to other estimates—6–8 million) innocent lives, affected lives of children, adolescents, and youth. Ukrainian families were forced choose survival strategies extreme conditions. These rarely considered interests children who lost financial support as their parents arrested, ex...