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Prevalence, characteristics, and associated health and health care of family homelessness among fifth-grade students

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  • Coker, T.R.
  • Elliott, M.N.
  • Kanouse, D.E.
  • Grunbaum, J.A.
  • Gilliland, M.J.
  • Tortolero, S.R.
  • Cuccaro, P.
  • Schuster, M.A.

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Objectives. We describe the lifetime prevalence and associated health-related concerns of family homelessness among fifth-grade students. Methods. We used a population-based, cross-sectional survey of 5147 fifth-grade students in 3 US cities to analyze parent-reported measures of family homelessness, child health status, health care access and use, and emotional, developmental, and behavioral health and child-reported measures of health-related quality of life and exposure to violence. Results. Seven percent of parents reported that they and their child had experienced homelessness (i.e., staying in shelters, cars, or on the street). Black children and children in the poorest families had the highest prevalence of homelessness (11%). In adjusted analyses, most general health measures were similar for children who had and had not been homeless. Children who had ever experienced homelessness were more likely to have an emotional, behavioral, or developmental problem (odds ratio [OR]=1.7; 95% confidence interval [CI]=1.1, 2.6; P=.01), to have received mental health care (OR=2.2; 95% CI=1.6, 3.2; P

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  • Coker, T.R. & Elliott, M.N. & Kanouse, D.E. & Grunbaum, J.A. & Gilliland, M.J. & Tortolero, S.R. & Cuccaro, P. & Schuster, M.A., 2009. "Prevalence, characteristics, and associated health and health care of family homelessness among fifth-grade students," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 99(8), pages 1446-1452.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.2008.147785_8
    DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2008.147785
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    2. Marah A. Curtis & Hope Corman & Kelly Noonan & Nancy E. Reichman, 2012. "Life Shocks and Homelessness," Working Papers 1374, Princeton University, School of Public and International Affairs, Center for Research on Child Wellbeing..
    3. Castaños-Cervantes, Susana & Vélez-Agosto, Nicole M., 2018. "Psychosocial risk behaviors in Mexican young women experiencing homelessness," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 95(C), pages 235-242.
    4. Hobbs, Sue D. & Bederian-Gardner, Daniel & Ogle, Christin M. & Bakanosky, Sarah & Narr, Rachel & Goodman, Gail S., 2021. "Foster youth and at-risk non-foster youth: A propensity score and structural equation modeling analysis," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 126(C).
    5. Marah Curtis & Hope Corman & Kelly Noonan & Nancy Reichman, 2013. "Life Shocks and Homelessness," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 50(6), pages 2227-2253, December.

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