Transitions into and out of homelessness among street-involved youth in a Canadian setting

Tessa Cheng; Evan Wood; Cindy Feng; Steve Mathias; Julio Montaner; Thomas Kerr; Kora DeBeck

doi:10.1016/j.healthplace.2013.06.003

Transitions into and out of homelessness among street-involved youth in a Canadian setting

Tessa Cheng, Evan Wood, Cindy Feng, Steve Mathias, Julio Montaner, Thomas Kerr, Kora DeBeck

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	122-127
Number of pages	6
Journal	Health and Place
Volume	23
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2013.06.003
Publication status	Published - 2013
Externally published	Yes

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Funding Information:
Funding: The study was supported by the US National Institutes of Health (R01DA028532) and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (MOP–102742). This research was undertaken, in part, thanks to funding from the Canada Research Chairs program through a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Inner City Medicine which supports Dr. Evan Wood. Dr. Kora DeBeck is supported by a MSFHR/St. Paul's Hospital Foundation‐Providence Health Care Career Scholar Award. Dr. Julio Montaner has received an Avant-Garde award (DP1DA026182) from the National Institute of Drug Abuse, US National Institutes of Health. Tessa Cheng has received a Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. Funding sources had no role in study design; in the collection, analysis and interpretation of data; in the writing of the report; or in the decision to submit the paper for publication.

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Health(social science)
Sociology and Political Science
Life-span and Life-course Studies

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Journal Article
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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