D. Wayne Osgood, E. Michael Foster, and Mark E. Courtney examine the transition to adulthood for youth involved in social service and justice systems during childhood and adolescence. They survey the challenges faced by youth in the mental health system, the foster care system, the juvenile justice system, the criminal justice system, and special…

This article examines the social epidemiology of HIV/AIDS within a Caribbean context and the specific ways in which children are affected. In particular, the article explores the nature of risk and vulnerability among especially marginalized children: street children. Literature on HIV/AIDS was reviewed, and semistructured interviews with 44 key…

To help explain why some young people move from recreational drug use to substance abuse, twelve in-depth interviews were conducted with young people who had experienced problematic substance use. The data were supplemented by statistical data on 111 young people. The researchers found a variety of "structural" factors that help explain…

The current research study used a developmental-epidemiological approach to examine the prevalence and impact of multiple risks on educational outcomes for an entire population of second grade children in a low-income, urban public school system. The Kids Integrated Data System (KIDS) provided information about children's entire histories of…

A brief teacher's guide supplements a videotape of two 15-minute segments on homelessness. The stated objective of the video is to cover the issues of homelessness as they exist today and to dispel the stereotypes of homelessness leftover from earlier eras. A family which has found itself homeless is introduced and then aspects of the phenomenon…

This document contains these presentations from the Enumerating Homeless Persons conference: (1) "Conference Welcome" (Pat Carlile); (2) "Conference Objectives" (Charles Jones); (3) "Deciding Where We Are" (Barbara Everitt Bryant, Cynthia M. Taeuber, and Tom Jones); (4) "Judging Where We Are Going and How to Do…

Examines a homeless population (N=227) requesting social services including similarities and differences for women and men. Findings indicated women and men experienced homelessness somewhat differently. Women were more likely to become homeless because of eviction and domestic violence, whereas men were more likely to become homeless as a result…

Presents data from an epidemiological study of 79 homeless people in Ohio in which just under one-third of the respondent sample was found to be in need of mental health services. Discusses issues important to both clinicians and epidemiologists working with homeless people. (Author)

Describes successful outcomes of the Travelers Aid programs for homeless people in Rhode Island--the Learning Center, Street Voices publications, and OASIS project for runaway youth. Discusses the potential impact of the termination of the federal Adult Education for the Homeless program. (SK)

Critical pedagogy, perspective transformation, and a participatory environment are some of the strategies useful in helping homeless adults through their transitional status. (SK)

Presents results of a qualitative analysis of the narratives of 29 street youth in which they describe their experiences with, and understanding of, suicide. A history of attempted suicide was reported by 76% of the participants. Additionally it was found that prostitution was linked with their suicidal experiences and may account for the high…

Examined factors that lead to homelessness and shelter placement of seniors. From purposive sample of 475 aged clients of emergency service program, 45 percent of whom had serious housing-related problems, subsample of 115 housing problem cases was investigated. Homelessness was found to be significantly associated with low income, dementia,…

Compared 22 glue sniffers and 22 nonsniffers from group of street children and adolescents living in supervised shelters. Found no statistically significant differences between groups on cognitive measures or biographical features. Shelter staff rated sniffers as significantly more disturbed in their relationships with others, although…

Attempts to demonstrate the value of conjunctural interpretive analysis (which is multilevel, multimodal, and explicitly theoretical and political) through an interpretation of the culture of homelessness in the United States. Addresses differences between positivist epistemologies. (SR)

Explored world of 35 chronically homeless older men in downtown Seattle, with special attention to their experience of shelter and its effect on health-seeking behavior. Found that experience of shelter was intertwined with perceptions of self and use of alcohol. For many, public shelter provided safety, support, community, and opportunity to…