title: Youth homelessness: a call for partnerships between research and policy.
abstract: Homeless youth present significant challenges both to youth workers and policy-makers seeking to develop better prevention and intervention strategies. This article discusses the compelling need for researchers and policy-makers to make efforts to work collaboratively to develop improved social policy informed by research findings.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON. skidd@stjosham.on.ca
authors.forename: Sean A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Kidd
authors.forename: Larry
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Davidson
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D016497:Adolescent Health Services; D002170:Canada; D002648:Child; D003416:Criminal Law; D003469:Culture; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D018453:Homeless Youth / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006806:Human Rights; D006801:Humans; D011050:Policy Making; D011640:Public Policy; D012109:Research Support as Topic; D012940:Social Problems; D013240:Stereotyping