Mayra Alejandra Delgado Garcia is with the Department of Community Health Sciences, Fielding School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles. Melissa Chinchilla is with the Center for the Study of Healthcare Innovation, Implementation and Policy, VA of Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, CA. Benjamin Henwood is with the Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, University of Southern California, Los Angeles. Jessie Chien is with the Department of Community Health Sciences, Fielding School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles. Stephanie Kwack is with the Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, University of Southern California. Randall Kuhn is with the Department of Community Health Sciences, Fielding School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles.
Am J Public Health. 2024 Jul;114(S6):S510-S514. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2024.307717.
To identify sociodemographic shifts among unsheltered Latino people experiencing homelessness (PEH) between 2020-2022. We examined differences in characteristics reported in demographic surveys for Latino PEH older than 25 years from 2020 (n = 1215) and 2022 (n = 1395) in Los Angeles County, California, using weighted bivariate χ tests. From 2020 to 2022, there was a 25% increase in the number of unsheltered Latino individuals. The share of Latino PEH who were unemployed increased (57% to 67%). The increase in homelessness occurred largely among individuals living in vehicles (14% to 33%), rather than in tents or on sidewalks. Latino PEH were significantly less likely to report mental illness (24% vs 18%) and had higher rates of first entry into homelessness in the past 2 years than non-Latino respondents. Our results are consistent with the effects of increasing socioeconomic vulnerability, likely related to COVID-19, in driving the increase in Latino PEH. The rise in homelessness among economically vulnerable yet healthy Latinos suggests a need to bolster social safety nets and increase homelessness prevention programs. (. 2024;114(S6):S510-S514. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2024.307717) [Formula: see text].
为了确定 2020-2022 年间无家可归的拉丁裔人中社会人口结构的变化。我们使用加权双变量 χ 检验，比较了加利福尼亚州洛杉矶县 2020 年（n=1215）和 2022 年（n=1395）年龄在 25 岁以上的拉丁裔无家可归者人口普查报告中特征的差异。2020 年至 2022 年，无家可归的拉丁裔人数增加了 25%。失业的拉丁裔无家可归者比例增加（57%至 67%）。无家可归现象的增加主要发生在居住在车辆中的人（14%至 33%），而不是帐篷或人行道上。与非拉丁裔受访者相比，拉丁裔无家可归者报告精神疾病的比例明显较低（24%对 18%），且在过去 2 年首次无家可归的比例更高。我们的研究结果与 COVID-19 导致社会经济脆弱性增加对拉丁裔无家可归者增加的影响一致。经济上脆弱但健康的拉丁裔无家可归者的比例上升表明，需要加强社会安全网和增加无家可归预防计划。（……2024 年；114（S6）：S510-S514。https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2024.307717）[公式：见正文]。
