British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, St. Paul's Hospital, 608-1081 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6Z 1Y6.
Health Place. 2013 Sep;23:122-7. doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2013.06.003. Epub 2013 Jun 22.
The impact of transitions in housing status among street youth have not been well explored. This study uses a generalized linear mixed effects model to identify factors associated with transitions into and out of homelessness among a prospective cohort of 685 drug-using street-involved youth aged 14-26. In multivariate analysis, high intensity substance use, difficulty accessing addiction treatment, incarceration, sex work, and difficulty accessing housing (all p<0.05) either significantly facilitated or hindered housing transitions. Findings highlight the importance of external structural factors in shaping youth's housing status and point to opportunities to improve the housing stability of vulnerable youth.
住房状况的转变对流浪青年的影响尚未得到充分探讨。本研究使用广义线性混合效应模型,对一个由 685 名 14-26 岁的有药物滥用问题的流浪青年组成的前瞻性队列,确定与无家可归状态的转变相关的因素。在多变量分析中,高强度的物质使用、难以获得成瘾治疗、监禁、性工作和难以获得住房(均 p<0.05)都显著地促进或阻碍了住房的转变。研究结果强调了外部结构因素在塑造青年住房状况方面的重要性,并为改善弱势青年的住房稳定性提供了机会。