SynthesisPsychiatric services (Washington, D.C.)2022
Risk and Resilience Factors for Youth Homelessness in Western Countries: A Systematic Review.
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- Prevalence of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in homeless children and adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Dialogues in clinical neuroscience · 2025Pooled it
- Strategies for Enhancing the Implementation of Universal Mental Health Prevention Programs in Schools: A Systematic Review.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2023Pooled it
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- Resilience in Transitional Age Youth Experiencing Homelessness: The Role of Social Connectedness.JAACAP open · 2025Article
- Resilience and Support Networks of Youth Experiencing Homelessness.The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine · 2025Article
- Out-of-home care placement, psychiatric disorders, and risk of homelessness: a population-based cohort study.The Lancet regional health. Europe · 2025Article
- Determinants of food insecurity in homeless people: evidence from the territory-wide homeless census in Hong Kong.Public health nutrition · 2025Article
- Social determinants of homelessness from childhood to adolescence: protocol for a living systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ open · 2025Article
- Study protocol for testing the efficacy of the Helping Educational Leaders Mobilize Evidence (HELM) implementation strategy in elementary schools: a hybrid type 3 effectiveness-implementation randomized controlled trial.Implementation science : IS · 2025Article
- Resiliency in Persons Experiencing Homelessness: A Concept Analysis Using the Evolutionary Framework.Journal of advanced nursing · 2025Review
- Trauma and resilience in an urban clinic for unhoused young adults: A mixed methods study.PLOS mental health · 2025Article
- The California collaborative network to promote data driven care and improve outcomes in early psychosis (EPI-CAL) project: rationale, background, design and methodology.BMC psychiatry · 2024Article
- Unaccompanied Homelessness Among High School Students Across Ten States: Prevalence and risk in multiple domains.Journal of social distress and the homeless · 2024Article
- Editors' Best of 2023.JAACAP open · 2024Article
- Discharge process for patients experiencing homelessness in the emergency department: A thematic qualitative study.PloS one · 2024Article
- Keeping young researchers out of harm's way: conducting youth participatory action research with young people experiencing homelessness.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Addressing health disparities of individuals experiencing homelessness in the U.S. with community institutional partnerships: An integrative review.Journal of advanced nursing · 2023Review
- Use of technology to provide mental health services to youth experiencing homelessness: a scoping review protocol.BMJ open · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectivesThe experience of homelessness for young people can affect social, emotional, and physical development, resulting in poorer physical and mental health outcomes. To reduce rates of youth homelessness, a better understanding of both risk and resilience is needed to inform future intervention development. This article presents a systematic review of published research reporting risk or resilience factors related to homelessness among young people in Western countries.
methodsAfter thorough examination for inclusion criteria, 665 abstracts of peer-reviewed quantitative studies of risk or resilience factors for homelessness among young people (ages 0-25) that included an adequate comparison group (e.g., not homeless) were selected. After abstract and full-text screening, 16 articles were reviewed. A primary prevention framework was used to create an explanatory model for the onset of homelessness using risk and resilience factors.
resultsCommon risk factors for youth homelessness included difficulties with family, mental health or substance use problems, a history of problem behaviors, a history of foster care, homelessness as a child, and running away. Common protective factors included a supportive family, a college education, and high socioeconomic status. Findings were integrated into a provisional developmental model of youth homelessness risk. Clinical implications of the model for service development are discussed, and a model for monitoring homelessness risk and resilience factors is proposed.
conclusionsFactors affecting homelessness risk among youths and adults differ, with family, foster care, and schooling playing a much more important role among youths. Findings highlight opportunities for youth homelessness prevention strategies and monitoring.
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