ArticleJournal of public health policy2015
Barriers to health and social services for street-involved youth in a Canadian setting.
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- Exploring barriers to accessing health care services by young women in rural settings: a qualitative study in Australia, Canada, and Sweden.BMC public health · 2025Article
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- "We need to build a better bridge": findings from a multi-site qualitative analysis of opportunities for improving opioid treatment services for youth.Harm reduction journal · 2022Article
- Intersecting systemic and personal barriers to accessing social services: qualitative interviews in northern California.BMC public health · 2021Article
- Pain and Barriers to Accessing Health Services Among People Who Use Drugs.Pain management nursing : official journal of the American Society of Pain Management Nurses · 2021Article
- Opioid agonist therapy trajectories among street entrenched youth in the context of a public health crisis.SSM - population health · 2020Article
- Provider perspectives of housing programs for young adults experiencing homelessness.Children and youth services review · 2020Article
- Coercion into addiction treatment and subsequent substance use patterns among people who use illicit drugs in Vancouver, Canada.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2020Article
- A gender-based analysis of nonmedical prescription opioid use among people who use illicit drugs.Addictive behaviors · 2019Article
- Increased burden of suicidality among young street-involved sex workers who use drugs in Vancouver, Canada.Journal of public health (Oxford, England) · 2019Article
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- Association between public injecting and drug-related harm among HIV-positive people who use injection drugs in a Canadian setting: A longitudinal analysis.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2017Article
- History of being in government care associated with younger age at injection initiation among a cohort of street-involved youth.Drug and alcohol review · 2017Article
- Still "at risk": An examination of how street-involved young people understand, experience, and engage with "harm reduction" in Vancouver's inner city.The International journal on drug policy · 2017Article
- The association between residential eviction and syringe sharing among a prospective cohort of street-involved youth.Harm reduction journal · 2017Article
- Housing Instability and Concurrent Substance use and Mental Health Concerns: An Examination of Canadian Youth.Journal of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry = Journal de l'Academie canadienne de psychiatrie de l'enfant et de l'adolescent · 2017Article
- Access to substance use treatment among young adults who use prescription opioids non-medically.Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy · 2016Article
- Elevated risk of incarceration among street-involved youth who initiate drug dealing.Harm reduction journal · 2016Article
- Inability to access health and social services associated with mental health among people who inject drugs in a Canadian setting.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2016Article
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Abstract
Although street-involved youth contend with many health and social problems, the extent to which vulnerable youth engage with supportive services has not been well described. This study sought to examine the prevalence and correlates associated with having difficulty accessing health and social services among a prospective cohort of street-involved youth in Vancouver, Canada. Among 1019 street-involved youth, 650 (64 per cent) reported having difficulty accessing services during the study period. In a multivariate analysis, youth who reported having difficulty accessing services were significantly more likely to be socially and economically vulnerable. Specifically, they were more likely to report severe housing instability, high-intensity drug use, recent interactions with law enforcement, drug dealing, and histories of violence and physical abuse. Study findings point to opportunities to improve access to services among vulnerable youth through removal of blanket age restrictions for youth services, establishing youth-centric social housing, and supporting peer-driven, low-threshold services.
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