ArticlePloS one2020
Sexual risk classes among youth experiencing homelessness: Relation to childhood adversities, current mental symptoms, substance use, and HIV testing.
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 26 citations in OpenAlex.
- The global prevalence of mental health disorders among runaway and homeless youth: A meta-analysis.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
- Assessing the association between safety perceptions and communication about sex and drugs among Black adolescents exposed to adversity.Journal of traumatic stress · 2024Trial
- A randomized controlled trial of a brief motivational interviewing-based group intervention for emerging adults experiencing homelessness: 12-Month effects on substance use and sexual risk behavior.Journal of substance use and addiction treatment · 2023Trial
- HIV and Syphilis Seroprevalence and Correlates of HIV-Syphilis Co-infection Among Black and Latina Women of Transgender Experience and Transfeminine People in Los Angeles County, 2023-2024.AIDS and behavior · 2026Article
- HIV and Substance Use Reduction for Youth Experiencing Homelessness: Development and Usability Study.JMIR formative research · 2026Article
- Mechanistic modeling of social conditions in disease-prediction simulations via copulas and probabilistic graphical models: HIV case study.Health care management science · 2025Article
- What We (Don't) Know About the Infectious Disease Burden Among Youth Experiencing Homelessness in the United States and Canada.The Journal of infectious diseases · 2025Review
- Evaluating the Determinants of Substance Use in LGBTQIA+ Adolescents: A Scoping Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- Perceptions from emerging adults with a history of homelessness on their experiences with housing, health and other support services.Children and youth services review · 2024Article
- A new mixed agent-based network and compartmental simulation framework for joint modeling of related infectious diseases- application to sexually transmitted infections.Infectious Disease Modelling · 2023Article
- Joint modeling HIV and HPV using a new hybrid agent-based network and compartmental simulation technique.PloS one · 2023Article
- The association between housing stability and perceived quality of life among emerging adults with a history of homelessness.Health & social care in the community · 2023Article
- Risk Behaviors and Experiences Among Youth Experiencing Homelessness-Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 23 U.S. States and 11 Local School Districts, 2019.Journal of community health · 2022Article
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Abstract
The aim of this study was to determine whether there are meaningful subgroups with different types of sexual risk behaviors among youth experiencing homelessness and examine the associations between potential classes and other risk variables. A latent class analysis was used to identify classes of youth according to sexual risk behaviors and sexual assault. A two-class solution was found to be the best fit for the data-Lower and Higher Risk groups. The Higher Risk class had significantly higher levels of synthetic marijuana and alcohol use, mental health diagnoses, and were more likely to have been tested for HIV than the Lower Risk group. Youth were more likely to be in the Higher Risk group if they were cisgender female or lesbian, gay, bisexual, or questioning (LGBQ). Nearly all youth (10/11) who reported having HIV infection were in the Higher Risk group. The Lower Risk group were sexually active but had lower rates of risk behaviors and sexual assault. Youth who were not sexually active had the lowest rates of marijuana and alcohol use as well as HIV testing. Health and social service providers should be aware of the added risks for stress, mental distress, mental health diagnoses, and substance use among youth who also report higher risk sexual behaviors and treat as needed.
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