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A Test of Outreach and Drop-in Linkage Versus Shelter Linkage for Connecting Homeless Youth to Services
- Source :
- Prevention Science. 17:450-460
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2016.
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Abstract
- Outreach and service linkage are key for engaging marginalized populations, such as homeless youth, in services. Research to date has focused primarily on engaging individuals already receiving some services through emergency shelters, clinics, or other programs. Less is known about those who are not connected to services and, thus, likely the most vulnerable and in need of assistance. The current study sought to engage non-service-connected homeless youth (N = 79) into a strengths-based outreach and advocacy intervention. Youth were randomly assigned to receive 6 months of advocacy that focused on linking youth to a drop-in center (n = 40) or to a crisis shelter (n = 39). All youth were assessed at baseline and 3, 6, and 9 months post-baseline. Findings indicated that youth prefer drop-in center services to the shelter. Also, the drop-in center linkage condition was associated with more service linkage overall (B = 0.34, SE = 0.04, p
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
Gerontology
medicine.medical_specialty
Adolescent
Alcohol Drinking
Marijuana Smoking
Homeless Youth
Young Adult
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Nursing
medicine
Humans
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
030212 general & internal medicine
Ohio
Depression
business.industry
Public health
05 social sciences
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Outreach
Health psychology
Adolescent Health Services
Female
Marginalized populations
business
050104 developmental & child psychology
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15736695 and 13894986
- Volume :
- 17
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Prevention Science
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....2dbc7fe39b6748d3def01b645952aa79