Amery J, Tomkins A, Victor C
Centre for International Child Health, Institute of Child Health, London.
Public Health. 1995 Nov;109(6):421-4. doi: 10.1016/s0033-3506(95)80046-8.
To investigate the prevalence of behavioural problems amongst homeless primary school-age children in an outer London borough.
Cross-sectional study of homeless primary school children and permanently housed control children.
Selected primary schools in an outer London borough.
Children from non-refugee families officially accepted as homeless by the local authority, and housed controls from the same schools.
Rutter behavioural rating scale.
Fewer homeless children (38%, 18 of 48) than housed (88%, 50 of 57) were born in the UK, or spoke English at home. Only 19 (40%) of the fathers of homeless children compared with 43 (75%) of housed children's fathers lived with them. Some 49% of homeless children's scores suggested a behavioural problem, compared with 11% of controls. Altogether, 94% of homeless and 100% of housed children were registered with a general practitioner.
High levels of behavioural problems were found in homeless children. With numbers of homeless children expected to rise in the 1990s this finding merits urgent attention.
调查伦敦市外一个行政区内无家可归的小学适龄儿童行为问题的患病率。
对无家可归的小学儿童和有固定住所的对照儿童进行横断面研究。
伦敦市外一个行政区内选定的小学。
被当地政府正式认定为无家可归的非难民家庭儿童，以及来自同一学校的有固定住所的对照儿童。
瑞特行为评定量表。
在英国出生或在家说英语的无家可归儿童（38%，48名中的18名）少于有固定住所的儿童（88%，57名中的50名）。无家可归儿童的父亲中只有19名（40%）与孩子生活在一起，而有固定住所儿童的父亲中这一比例为43名（75%）。约49%的无家可归儿童得分表明存在行为问题，而对照儿童中这一比例为11%。总体而言，94%的无家可归儿童和100%的有固定住所儿童在全科医生处登记。
在无家可归儿童中发现了高水平的行为问题。鉴于20世纪90年代无家可归儿童数量预计会增加，这一发现值得紧急关注。
