3.1 Homeless Youth: The Need to Link Research & Policy

Homeless youth present significant challenges both to youth workers and policy makers seeking to develop better prevention and intervention strategies. This chapter provides an overview of the issues and presents an argument for researchers and policy makers to work collaboratively to develop improved social policy informed by research findings.

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Editor(s): 
Hulchanski, J. David
Campsie, Philippa
Chau, Shirley B.Y.
Hwang, Stephen H.
Paradis, Emily
Publication Date: 
2009
Publisher(s): 
Canadian Observatory on Homelessness