Imagine navigating through every day of your life, but everything feels off. It’s like you walk into your home, but someone moved all the furniture in your house two inches to the left. You’re called by a name, but you just know it as a sound that you know to respond to. None of the phonetic noises you get called by sound right, like hitting a foul key while playing piano. You are piloting a sack of flesh and bone, but it doesn’t feel like it’s your own. The parts look and feel wrong, like they should not be there. Living with the feeling of alienation not only from one’s own body, but from others around them. For many, this is a harsh and very true reality that they have to deal with on a day to day basis. Millions of people in the U.S. alone …show more content…
Many of these youths are victims of parental abuse, substance abuse, and have mental and/or physical health problems (Cochran et al 2002). Nearly 60% of homeless youth left home because of family conflict, 48.5% left home because of difficulty with a family member, and 14.3% left because of conflict with a family member over sexual orientation. LGBT youths experienced higher rates of physical victimization than their non-LGBT counterparts. LGBT youths had an average of 7.4 more perpetrators of sexual victimization than non-LGBT counterparts and LGBT youths have a higher rate of depressive symptoms. "[LGBT] homeless adolescents experience not only the vulnerabilities, daily difficulties, and survival challenges of living on the street but also the discrimination faced by [LGBT] youth in general," (Cochran et al 2002) meaning, in comparison to their non-LGBT counterparts, homeless LGBT youths have to face the struggles the go along with being homeless but also the struggles of being part of the LGBT community added onto that. In order to cope with the stress that goes hand in hand with this, many turn to substance abuse. When LGBT youth come to terms with their orientation or identity in context with their family, friends, or peers, they are "facing risks of isolation, rejection, and sometimes victimization by others" (Cochran et al 2002). When coming to terms with this while homeless, there are no such networks for potential support available to these youths. Cochran et al (2002) discussed further how homelessness is something that should be prevented as much as possible for LGBT youth. It was recommended that families involved go to therapy to help them come to terms with and accept their child. They also stated that community health programs should recognize that these youth are at higher risks and should assist them, and that overall there
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If you wanted to examine young people's experiences of homelessness, would you use qualitative methods, or quantitative methods, or a mixed methods approach, and why?
The youth homelessness population is increasing because of the many challenges that these children or teens face in everyday life; It also continues getting larger every year because of the many youth who are getting into dangerous situations that force them to be homeless or thru their own choosing. One third of the homeless population is between the ages of 16-24, which is incredibly young and it is the prime years for an adolescent or young adu...
33,000, this is the number of homeless that live on the streets in Canada and 8,000-11,000 of those people are youth in the age range of only 16-24 years of age. This number has increased and grown bigger by the days due to social and economic factors and coming up with a solution becomes more complicated. Many teens become homeless because of hardship in their life or addiction and mental/psychical disabilities, which affects the integrity of that person. This essay will explain the factors of how youth end up on the streets and the harmful effects it can cause and how Canada reacts and helps this problem. The world is discovering how the population of youth on the streets is growing and their trying make many solutions regarding this problem hoping to take many off the streets and start having a healthier better life for themselves.
Giffords, E., Alonso, C., & Bell, R. (2007). A Transitional Living Program for Homeless Adolescents: A Case Study. Child & Youth Care Forum, 36(4), 141-151. doi:10.1007/s10566-007-9036-0.
Throughout the course of my 10-week study, I observed approximately 20 youths aged 13-17. In order to be admitted to the shelter, youths must be “in crisis,” characterized by “behaviors or a history indicative of SED [serious emotional disturbance], experiencing signif...
teens. Family conflict is the most common cause of all youth homelessness. For gay and
With the worsening state of the economy there has been a steady rise in the rates of homelessness for all ages. The causes amongst youth homelessness include financial instability, abusive guardians, conflict between the youth and their guardians in dealings with sexual activity or pregnancy. This leads to a greater need for government assistance, welfare, charity. It includes those same youths growing up to experience higher rates of divorce and mental illness. They will have a greater chance of ending up in prison, in poverty, or even plagued by addiction.
Hudson, Angela L., and Karabi Nandy. "Comparisons of Substance Abuse, High-risk Sexual Behavior and Depressive Symptons Among Homeless youth with and without a History of Foster Care Placement." EBSCOhost. EBSCO, Oct 2012. Web.11 Dec.2013.
The homeless population in the United States does not only include the humans out on the streets, but also the ones in living in vehicles, emergency shelters, transitional housing, and other unstable environments. Over six-hundred thousand individuals are currently homeless in the U.S. In our current society, people often become homeless due to circumstances beyond their control. Humans often face abrupt personal and public challenges within their lives causing change and displacement in their housing status without notice nor a choice. In relation to personal reasons for homelessness, individuals who identify as LGBTQ and victims of domestic violence encounter many different situational problems leaving them displaced. Furthermore, there has been a sharp increase in unaffordable housing recently causing other people to suffer issues in a more public manner.
The majority of the population believes that they're to blame for being homeless but the truth is that most of them are victims. Some suffer from childhood abuse or violence. Nearly one quarter are children. Many have lost their jobs an...
O., & Burke, P. J. (2009). Lost in the shuffle: culture of homeless adolescents. Pediatric Nursing, 35(3), 154-161.
According to the national center on family homelessness, many students who are homeless lack the school supplies that are core and they also lack an environment that is comfortable to do their homework. Also, in the lives of homeless students, violence can often play a significant role because according to the study, almost 25% of children have witnessed violence in their homes. There is a very high likelihood of children who have seen the violence exhibit antisocial behavior, anxiety and high levels of depression when compared to those who have
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The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (2017) reports that 553,742 people spend the night without a home, which is a 1% increase from 2016 to 2017. Of these, 21% were children under the age of 18 (The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, 2017). Homeless youth, when compared to housed youth, are at an increased risk of participating in risky sexual behavior (Kennedy, Tucker, Green, Golinelli, & Ewing, 2012). Risky sexual behavior is defined as sexual behavior at a young age, sexual acts with multiple partners, participating in unprotected sex, and sexual behavior while under the influence of alcohol or illicit drugs (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2010). Risky sexual behaviors can have profound effects on the lives of those who participate in said behaviors including, but not limited to an increased risk of contracting sexually transmitted infections (STI) and unplanned pregnancy (Kennedy, et al., 2012).