Gaetz Stephen, Ward Ashley, Kimura Lauren
1 Faculty of Education, Canadian Observatory on Homelessness, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
2 Canadian Observatory on Homelessness, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Healthc Manage Forum. 2019 Mar;32(2):73-77. doi: 10.1177/0840470418817333. Epub 2019 Feb 5.
In North America, the key performance indicator of success in community strategies to address homelessness is whether a homeless person is housed or not. In this article, we argue that for young people experiencing homelessness, we need to advance a broader consideration of outcomes to include a range of well-being indicators designed to understand the needs of developing adolescents and young adults and contribute to housing stability. We articulate that the positive outcomes of young people across life domains that include housing stability as well as their safety and security, health and well-being, social connections to peers, family and meaningful adults, connections to groups/neighbourhoods/communities, interests and recreation and leisure, and school and career/work aspirations and goals must be at the centre of these efforts. The Making the Shift project is designed to test this outcomes framework in order to enhance service and measurement capacity and ultimately improve outcomes for youth.
在北美，解决无家可归问题的社区战略成功的关键绩效指标是无家可归者是否有住所。在本文中，我们认为，对于经历无家可归的年轻人，我们需要更广泛地考虑结果，将一系列旨在了解青少年和青年发展需求并有助于住房稳定的福祉指标纳入其中。我们明确指出，年轻人在包括住房稳定以及安全保障、健康与福祉、与同龄人、家庭和有意义的成年人的社会联系、与群体/社区/邻里的联系、兴趣及娱乐休闲、学校及职业/工作抱负和目标等生活领域的积极成果，必须是这些努力的核心。“做出转变”项目旨在测试这一结果框架，以提高服务和衡量能力，并最终改善年轻人的结果。
