ArticleBMC pediatrics2021
Health and adverse childhood experiences among homeless youth.
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- Assessing the association between safety perceptions and communication about sex and drugs among Black adolescents exposed to adversity.Journal of traumatic stress · 2024Trial
- Effect of Portable Rent Subsidies and Mentorship on Socioeconomic Inclusion for Young People Exiting Homelessness: A Community-Based Pilot Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2022Trial
- Stories of Childhood Trauma Experienced by Women Living Houseless: Deconstructing the Concept of Protection.Research in nursing & health · 2026Article
- Resilience and Support Networks of Youth Experiencing Homelessness.The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine · 2025Article
- Profile of Executive Functioning and Lifetime History of Acquired Brain Injury in Young Adults Experiencing Homelessness: A Pilot Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Substance use and psychiatric phenotypes of youth experiencing homelessness: A cluster analysis.The American journal on addictions · 2025Article
- Young Women's Experiences of Violence and Homelessness.Violence against women · 2025Article
- Youth-centered Recommendations to Address Social Stigma and Discrimination Against Unhoused Youth: An Integrative Literature Review.The Journal of school nursing : the official publication of the National Association of School Nurses · 2025Review
- Trauma and resilience in an urban clinic for unhoused young adults: A mixed methods study.PLOS mental health · 2025Article
- Are social supports always protective? A seven-city study on heavy drinking among sexual and gender minority young adults experiencing homelessness.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2024Article
- Social Determinants of Health and Psychological Capital Among Youth Experiencing Homelessness.Western journal of nursing research · 2024Article
- Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) in Unhoused Children Increase Odds of Psychiatric Illness, Physical Illness, and Psychiatric Admission.Journal of child & adolescent trauma · 2024Article
- Adverse Childhood Experiences and Depression among Homeless Young Adults: A Social Determinants of Health Perspective.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- Keeping young researchers out of harm's way: conducting youth participatory action research with young people experiencing homelessness.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Brain Changes Linked to Cognitive Symptomatology in Homeless Youth.Clinical nursing research · 2023Article
- Substance Use Disorders and Psychiatric Illness Among Transitional Age Youth Experiencing Homelessness.JAACAP open · 2023Article
- Experiences of Unstable Housing Among High School Students - Youth Risk Behavior Survey, United States, 2021.MMWR supplements · 2023Article
- Brain Injury Is Prevalent and Precedes Tobacco Use among Youth and Young Adults Experiencing Homelessness.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Coping during the COVID-19 pandemic among young adults experiencing homelessness and unstable housing: A qualitative study.Public health nursing (Boston, Mass.) · 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
backgroundHomelessness is associated with health problems and with adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). The risk of chronic health conditions for homeless compared to housed youth, and how this risk interacts with ACEs remains unclear. This study investigated the relationship between ACEs, housing, and child health, and whether: 1) ACEs and health vary by housing context; 2) ACEs and homelessness confer independent health risks; and 3) ACEs interact with housing with regard to adolescent health.
methodsUsing data from 119,254 8th-11th graders, we tested independent and joint effects of ACEs and past-year housing status (housed, family homelessness, unaccompanied homelessness) on overall health and chronic health conditions, controlling for sociodemographic covariates.
resultsThe prevalence of ACEs varied by housing status, with 34.1% of housed youth experiencing ≥1 ACE vs. 56.3% of family-homeless and 85.5% of unaccompanied-homeless youth. Health status varied similarly. Homelessness and ACEs were independently associated with low overall health and chronic health conditions, after adjusting for covariates. Compared to housed youth, both family-homeless youth and unaccompanied-homeless youth had increased odds of low overall health and chronic physical and/or mental health conditions. All ACE x housing-status interactions were significant (all p < 0.001), such that ACE-related health risks were moderated by housing status.
conclusionsACEs and housing status independently predict health status during adolescence beyond other sociodemographic risks. Experiencing homelessness, whether unaccomapnied or with family, is associated with increased health risk, and every additional ACE increases this risk. Clinicians and health systems should advocate for policies that include stable housing as a protective factor.
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