Homeless youth commonly report engaging in sexual risk behaviors. These vulnerable
young people also frequently report being sexually victimized. This systematic review …

Women who are HIV positive incur a higher risk of mortality than men who are HIV positive,
a difference which is primarily based in the social context of poverty. Economic crises that …

Mental health interventions for children and adolescents often flow from adult clinical models
that emphasize change at the individual level. Yet, to accomplish long-lasting change for …

This study compares participation in deviant subsistence strategies, street victimization, and
lifetime prevalence of five mental disorders (conduct disorder, major depressive disorder …

Using a sample of 1,625 homeless youth and young adults aged 10 to 25 from 28 different
states in the United States, this study examines the correlates of having engaged in survival …

Objective: This study, using latent variable methodology, explores simultaneously the
relative effects of childhood abuse and early parental substance abuse on later chronic …

Exposure to multiple forms of maltreatment during childhood is associated with serious
mental health consequences among youth in the general population, but limited empirical …

Distinguishing between causes and consequences of youth homelessness is often difficult.
Characteristics may have existed prior to youths' leaving home, likely contributing to their …

Objective. To examine the impact of condom-using peers in the social networks of homeless
young people, differences in behaviors were assessed based on the social location of ties …

The Risk Amplification and Abatement Model (RAAM) demonstrates that negative contact
with socializing agents amplify risk, while positive contact abates risk for homeless …