BookCurren Warf, Grant Charles, editors.
Summary: 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.
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 .