"Homeless Youth" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Runaway and homeless children and adolescents living on the streets of cities and having no fixed place of residence.
Concept/Terms
Homeless Youth- Homeless Youth
- Homeless Youths
- Youth, Homeless
- Youths, Homeless
- Homeless Child
- Child, Homeless
- Homeless Children
- Children, Homeless
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Homeless Youth".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Homeless Youth".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Homeless Youth" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Homeless Youth" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1998 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2010 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2011 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Below are the most recent publications written about "Homeless Youth" by people in Profiles.
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Mental Health and Substance Use Among US Homeless Adolescents-Reply. JAMA. 2022 09 06; 328(9):890.
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Mental Health and Substance Use Among Homeless Adolescents in the US. JAMA. 2022 05 10; 327(18):1820-1822.
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The syndemic effects of adverse mental health conditions and polysubstance use on being at risk of clinical depression among marginally housed and homeless transitional age youth living in San Francisco, California. PLoS One. 2022; 17(3):e0265397.
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Trauma, substance use, and mental health symptoms in transitional age youth experiencing homelessness. Public Health Nurs. 2020 05; 37(3):363-370.
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Trends in Homeless Children and Young Adults Seeking Shelter in a Boston Pediatric Emergency Department Following State Housing Policy Changes, 2011-2016. Am J Public Health. 2018 08; 108(8):1076-1078.
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Socioeconomic factors associated with cessation of injection drug use among street-involved youth. Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy. 2017 Dec 07; 12(1):50.
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Cessation of Injecting and Preceding Drug Use Patterns Among a Prospective Cohort of Street-Involved Youth. J Adolesc Health. 2017 Nov; 61(5):612-618.
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Quality Health Care for Homeless Children: Achieving the AAP Recommendations for Care of Homeless Children and Youth. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2017; 28(4):1376-1392.
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Emotional, physical, and social needs among 0-5-year-old children displaced by the 2010 Chilean earthquake: associated characteristics and exposures. Disasters. 2017 Apr; 41(2):365-387.
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Suicide Attempts and Childhood Maltreatment Among Street Youth: A Prospective Cohort Study. Pediatrics. 2015 Sep; 136(3):440-9.