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Health, Social Policy, and the Homeless Young

James D. Wright, PhD

Am J Dis Child. 1991;145(5):516-519.

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The nature of homelessness in the United States was transformed dramatically in the 1980s. Once dominated by older, largely white, broken-down, alcohol-abusive men, today's homeless population contains a sizable fraction of women and children.^1,2 Indeed, women, children, and youth now comprise perhaps three eighths of the total.³ What are the effects of homelessness on the health and well-being of children? How do these effects compare with those of simply being poor? What are the likely long-term consequences of these effects on the ability of homeless children to mature normally and to achieve productive, independent adult lives? Scholars have been researching these and a range of related questions for the past 10 years, and the results are not encouraging.

That homelessness and extreme destitution exist at all in a society so affluent as ours is shocking. That increasing numbers of the homeless are women, children, and youth—groups that society has . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
From the Department of Sociology, Tulane University, New Orleans, La.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication December 5, 1990.

Reprint requests to Department of Sociology, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118 (Dr Wright).

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