Clinical Care for Homeless, Runaway and Refugee Youth Intervention Approaches, Education and Research Directions

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 exten...

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Other Authors: Warf, Curren (Editor), Charles, Grant (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2020, 2020
Edition:1st ed. 2020
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table 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