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Transitions into and out of homelessness among street-involved youth in a Canadian setting Cheng, Tessa; Wood, Evan; Feng, Cindy X.; Mathias, Steve; Montaner, Julio; Kerr, Thomas; DeBeck, Kora

Abstract

The impact of transitions in housing status among street youth have not been well explored. This study uses a generalized linear mixed effects model to identify factors associated with transitions into and out of homelessness among a prospective cohort of 685 drug-using street-involved youth aged 14–26. In multivariate analysis, high intensity substance use, difficulty accessing addiction treatment, incarceration, sex work, and difficulty accessing housing (all p < 0.05) either significantly facilitated or hindered housing transitions. Findings highlight the importance of external structural factors in shaping youth’s housing status and point to opportunities to improve the housing stability of vulnerable youth.

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Transitions into and out of homelessness among street-involved youth in a Canadian setting
Creator
Cheng, Tessa; Wood, Evan; Feng, Cindy X.; Mathias, Steve; Montaner, Julio; Kerr, Thomas; DeBeck, Kora
Contributor
British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
Date Issued
2013-09
Description
The impact of transitions in housing status among street youth have not been well explored. This study uses a generalized linear mixed effects model to identify factors associated with transitions into and out of homelessness among a prospective cohort of 685 drug-using street-involved youth aged 14–26. In multivariate analysis, high intensity substance use, difficulty accessing addiction treatment, incarceration, sex work, and difficulty accessing housing (all p < 0.05) either significantly facilitated or hindered housing transitions. Findings highlight the importance of external structural factors in shaping youth’s housing status and point to opportunities to improve the housing stability of vulnerable youth.
Subject
Homelessness; Drug use; Street youth; Addiction treatment; Risk behaviour; Incarceration
Geographic Location
Downtown-Eastside (Vancouver, B.C.)
Genre
Article
Type
Text
Language
eng
Date Available
2017-01-21
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0339965
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/59816
Affiliation
Medicine, Faculty of; Other UBC; Non UBC; Medicine, Department of; Psychiatry, Department of
Citation
Cheng, T., Wood, E., Feng, C., Mathias, S., Montaner, J., Kerr, T., & DeBeck, K. (2013). Transitions into and out of homelessness among street-involved youth in a Canadian setting. Health & Place, 23, 122–127
Publisher DOI
10.1016/j.healthplace.2013.06.003
Peer Review Status
Reviewed
Scholarly Level
Faculty; Researcher
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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