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Shared Risk: Who Engages in Substance Use with American Homeless Youth?
Author(s): H.D. Green, K. de la Haye, J.S. Tucker, D. Golinelli
Publication Date: 2013
Homeless youth in the United States are more likely to drink or use drugs with those who engage in multiple risk behaviors and who occupy influential social roles (popular, opinion leaders, support providers, sex partners). Understanding these social networks may be helpful in designing interventions to combat substance misuse (Authors).
Unprotected Sex of Homeless Youth: Results from a Multilevel Dyadic Analysis of Individual, Social Network, and Relationship Factors
Author(s): D. P. Kennedy, J. S. Tucker, Green, D. Golinelli, B. Ewing
Publication Date: 2012
This project investigates the multiple levels of influence on unprotected sex among homeless youth, including social network, individual, and partner level influences (Authors).
Predictors of substance abuse treatment need and receipt among homeless women
Author(s): J.S. Tucker, S.L. Wenzel, D. Golinelli, A. Zhou, H.D. Green
Publication Date: 2010
Studies show that many homeless women, who require treatment for substance abuse, do not receive it. This study identified social network and other predisposing factors associated with perceived need for and receipt of substance abuse treatment among 273 homeless women who screened positive for past-year substance abuse. Women with drug-using sex partners, a denser network, and an arrest history were more likely to have a perceived need for trea...
Unprotected Sex of Homeless Women Living in Los Angeles County: An Investigation of the Multiple Levels of Risk
Author(s): D. P. Kennedy, S. L. Wenzel, J. S. Tucker, H. D. Jr Green, D. Golinelli, G. W. Ryan, R. Beckman, Annie Zhou
Publication Date: 2009
This research uses multi-level modeling to investigate the context of unprotected sex of homeless women. Based on interviews with 429 randomly selected women living in temporary shelter settings in Los Angeles, this project investigates multiple levels of influence on unprotected sex with particular partners. Previous studies have investigated condom use of homeless women primarily at the individual level. This project investigates unprotected se...
Is substance use a barrier to protected sex among homeless women? Results from between- and within-subjects event analyses
Author(s): J. Tucker, S. L. Wenzel, D. Golinelli, G. Ryan, A. Zhou
Publication Date: 2010
This study sampled 445 sexually active women, 18 and older, from 52 shelters that serve people who are homeless in Los Angeles county and used event-based analyses to examine how alcohol and drug use are associated with protected sex among these women. Data were collected through individual computer-assisted face-to-face structured interviews. Both between-subjects analyses (n = 445) and within-subjects analyses (n = 87) were used to examine the...