Service utilization and the life cycle of youth homelessness.
The study sought to describe service utilization patterns of homeless youth based on their life cycle stage. Ninety-nine percent of participants accessed services. Medical service utilization was highest among youth who were attempting to leave the street. Drug-related service utilization was lowest among youth most entrenched in street life.
Carlson
Jennifer L
JL
Division of Adolescent Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143-0503, USA. jennifer.carlson@ucsf.edu
Sugano
Eiko
E
Millstein
Susan G
SG
Auerswald
Colette L
CL
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006296:Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D018453:Homeless Youth; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012309:Risk-Taking; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000628:therapy