Health Care Issues for Children

This study examined the relationship between maternal depressive symptoms and child mental health in a sample of homeless mothers and their preschool children. Thirty homeless mothers with at least one preschool child who were residing in a shelter were surveyed. The rate of depressive symptoms in the mothers, as determined by the Center for Epidemiological Studies MORE

Family BASICS (Building A Supportive, Integrated Community) is a model family support and prevention program that was created in response to the growing number of homeless families in Missoula, MT. In its six years of operation, this organization has found that these families have very few close or stable ties to family or friends and that MORE

The number of children who are homeless or in foster care has risen dramatically during the past two decades. Poverty, substance abuse, lack of education and employment, and the failure of the social “safety net” to catch all those in need of support and financial assistance are root causes of this increase. The Personal Responsibility and MORE

This article examines the mental health needs of homeless children and families before and after rehousing using a longitudinal study. A cross sectional, longitudinal study of 58 rehoused families with 103 children and 21 comparison families with 54 children of low socioeconomic status in stable housing was conducted in Birmingham, England. Results indicated that mental health MORE

This article examines the relationship of homelessness and other determinants to health status and service use patterns in 627 homeless and low-income housed children. The article is based on a case-control study of 293 homeless and 334 low-income housed children aged 3 months to 17 years and their mothers conducted in Worcester, MA. Information was also MORE

This article examines a study whose purpose was to describe the level of need for special education services for probable behavioral disorders, learning disabilities, and mental retardation among school-age homeless children living in shelters. From a county-wide sample of 18 emergency homeless shelters in Los Angeles, 118 homeless parents were interviewed, and 169 children were tested MORE

The purpose of this article is to describe the characteristics of homeless and low-income preschool-aged children, and to identify family and environmental determinants of their behavior. A survey of 77 sheltered homeless and 90 low-income housed mothers in Worcester, MA, was conducted to describe a sample of 167 preschool children. Both homeless and low-income children experienced MORE

This article describes a comprehensive study of homeless and housed families in Worcester, MA, that assessed the mental health of homeless and poor housed youths, and examined their mental health service use. Data were collected on 41 homeless and 53 poor housed (never homeless) youths aged nine to 17, using both the parent and youth versions MORE

This chapter describes a study that examined social and environmental predictors of adjustment in homeless children using a sample of 32 mothers and 68 children who were referred to the Demonstration Employment Project-Training and Housing (DEPTH), which was based in Buffalo, NY. Based on information collected through mother and child interviews, socioenvironmental and maternal characteristics, and MORE

The objective of this study was to investigate the psychosocial characteristics of homeless children and their parents. Homeless families were assessed within two weeks of admission to seven hostels and were compared with a group of housed families matched for socioeconomic status. Homeless families primarily consisted of single mothers and an average of two children, who MORE