Washington Philisie Starling
Prairie View A & M University, Houston, Texas, USA.
J Community Health Nurs. 2011 Jul;28(3):168-78. doi: 10.1080/07370016.2011.589244.
INTRODUCTION. A variety of terms have been used to describe the homeless youth population. PURPOSE. The purpose of this article is to analyze the conceptual meanings of the term homeless youths by examining the evolution of the concept and its related terms in the current literature. Method. Online databases from 1990-2010 were analyzed using the Rodgers evolutionary approach. RESULTS. The 6 attributes relating to homeless youth were physical location, age, health, behavior, choice, and survival. CONCLUSION. The analysis provided insight and clarification of homeless youth from a variety of related terms in the literature.
引言。人们使用了各种各样的术语来描述无家可归的青年群体。目的。本文的目的是通过研究当前文献中该概念及其相关术语的演变,来分析“无家可归青年”这一术语的概念含义。方法。使用罗杰斯的进化方法对1990年至2010年的在线数据库进行分析。结果。与无家可归青年相关的六个属性是身体所在位置、年龄、健康、行为、选择和生存。结论。该分析从文献中的各种相关术语中提供了对无家可归青年的见解和阐释。