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Adolescent homelessness is a growing problem that results in a variety of health challenges. This text is a practical resource designed to promote effective interdisciplinary health and social care interventions targeting adolescents who are homeless or at risk for homelessness. It is based on extensive interdisciplinary experience, reviews of pertinent research and insights and contributions of leading professionals who are directly involved in the care of these young people.
Divided into four main sections, Section 1: (Chapters 1-7) section one is a review of the structure and professional involvement of program models targeting youth experiencing or at risk for homelessness to encourage broader understanding and utilization of principles and practices underlying effective programs and identify replicable components. Section 2: (Chapters 8-16) Section two is clinically focused with recommendations for working with adolescents and youth experiencing homelessness and interventions for common and significant medical and mental health conditions, and substance use disorders. Section 3: (Chapter 17) Reviews international agreements regarding stabilization and care of refugee youth and families, description of experiences of refugee children and youth in developed countries, and an outline of conditions from which refugee youth and families have left. Section 4: (Chapters 18 and 19) Engagement of homeless youth in research and future research directions to address needs of youth experiencing homelessness.
Written by experts from a variety of disciplines, Clinical Care for Homeless, Runaway and Refugee Youth is a first of its kind text for physicians, social workers, public health workers and any other individual that works directly with these vulnerable populations.
List of contents
The Prevalence of Youth Homelessness in the U.S.- Youth Homelessness in Canada: An Overview.- Interviewing homeless adolescents in the context of clinical care: Creating connections, building on strengths, fostering resilience, and improving outcomes .- Homeless adolescents: Identification, outreach, engagement, housing and stabilization.- Youth in Care: A Very High-Risk Population for Homelessness.- Refugee and Migrant Youth in Canada and the United States: Special Challenges and Health Care Issues .- Social Pediatrics: A model to confront family poverty, adversity and housing instability, and foster healthy child and adolescent development and resilience.- Substance use among young people experiencing homelessness: a brief motivational enhancement approach.- Building an Effective System of Care for Adolescents Following Opiate Overdose: Stabilization Care, Residential Secure Care, Family and Community Engagement and Ethical Concerns.- Providing Clinical Care to Youth Experiencing Homelessness.- Contraception.- Sexually Transmitted Infections and Sexual Health Care of Homeless and Street-Involved Youth.- Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome.- Medical Care of Youth after Acute Sexual Assault.- Clinical Care for Homeless, Runaway, and Refugee Youth: Program Development, Education, and Research Directions.- Common dermatology problems among youth experiencing homelessness.- Challenges faced by international migrants and refugees to the health, development and well-being of adolescents and youth.- Clinical Care for Homeless, Runaway and Refugee Youth: Program Development, Education and Research Directions.- Conclusion: Next Steps for Investigation and Research
About the author
Curren Warf MD, MSEd
Department of Pediatrics (Retired), Division of Adolescent Health and Medicine
Faculty of Medicine
British Columbia Children's Hospital
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, BC
Grant Charles, PhD
Associate Professor of Social Work
Department of Social Work
University of British Columbi
Vancouver, BC
