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Examining the health status of homeless adults entering permanent supportive housing
Author(s): Benjamin F Henwood, John Lahey, Harmony Rhoades, Hailey Winetrobe, Suzanne L Wenzel
Publication Date: 2018
Permanent supportive housing (PSH) has been recognized as an effective intervention and the national policy for addressing chronic homelessness in the United States. Due to an aging cohort of homeless adults and prioritizing those who are most vulnerable for housing, the health status of those entering PSH is likely worse than those previously reported in the literature. This report examined the self-reported health and health conditions of a sam...
Examining the health status of homeless adults entering permanent supportive housing
Author(s): Benjamin F. Henwood, John Lahey, Harmony Rhoades, Hailey Winetrobe, Suzanne L. Wenzel
Publication Date: 2017
Background Permanent supportive housing (PSH) has been recognized as an effective intervention and the national policy for addressing chronic homelessness in the United States. Due to an aging cohort of homeless adults and prioritizing those who are most vulnerable for housing, the health status of those entering PSH is likely worse than those previously reported in the literature. Methods This report examined the self-reported health and health...
Differences in Health and Social Support between Homeless Men and Women Entering Permanent Supportive Housing
Author(s): Hailey Winetrobe, Suzanne Wenzel, Harmony Rhoades, Benjamin Henwood, Eric Rice, Taylor Harris
Publication Date: 2017
Background Permanent supportive housing (PSH) is the leading intervention to end chronic homelessness. Little is known, however, about gender differences, including potential disparities in physical and mental health and social support, that might inform services available through PSH. Methods This study included 421 homeless adults, at least 39 years old, English- or Spanish-speaking, who were moving into PSH through 26 different agencies in the...
Violence, Trauma, Mental Health, and Substance Use Among Homeless Youth Juggalos
Author(s): Robin Petering, Harmony Rhoades, Hailey Winetrobe, David Dent, Eric Rice
Publication Date: 2016
Insane Clown Posse is a musical duo whose fans are known as Juggalos. Many homeless youths (HY) identify as Juggalos, most likely because the group’s music embraces poverty and being an outsider in mainstream society. Juggalos are stereotyped as being violent, undereducated, poor, racist, crime-committing youth, and in 2011 the FBI officially labeled Juggalos as a gang. However, little is known about the intersection of HY and Juggalos. A conven...
PSINET: Assisting HIV Prevention Amongst Homeless Youth by Planning Ahead
Author(s): Amulya Yadav, Leandro Soriano Marcolino, Eric Rice, Robin Petering, Hailey Winetrobe, Harmony Rhoades, Milind Tambe, Heather Carmichael
Publication Date: 2016
Abstract Homeless youth are prone to Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) due to their engagement in high risk behavior such as unprotected sex, sex under influence of drugs, and so on. Many non-profit agencies conduct interventions to educate and train a select group of homeless youth about HIV prevention and treatment practices and rely on word-of-mouth spread of information through their social network. Previous work in strategic selection of i...
Homelessness and Sexual Identity Among Middle School Students
Author(s): Eric Rice, Robin Petering, Harmony Rhoades, Anamika Barman-Adhikari, Hailey Winetrobe, Aaron Plant, Jorge Montoya, Timothy Kordic
Publication Date: 2015
Background Lesbian, gay, bisexual, or questioning (LGBQ) high school students experience higher rates of homelessness than their heterosexual peers. Moreover, LGBQ high school students are more likely to stay in riskier locations (eg, with a stranger) and less likely to stay in a shelter. This study tested whether these trends also apply to middle school students. Methods Using representative data, we examined sexual identity and homelessne...
Pet Ownership Among Homeless Youth: Associations with Mental Health, Service Utilization and Housing Status
Author(s): Harmony Rhoades, Hailey Winetrobe, Eric Rice
Publication Date: 2014
As many as 25 % of homeless persons have pets. To our knowledge, pet ownership has not been studied quantitatively with homeless youth. This study examined pet ownership among 398 homeless youth utilizing two Los Angeles drop-in centers. Twenty-three percent of homeless youth had a pet. The majority of pet owners reported that their pets kept them company and made them feel loved; nearly half reported that their pets made it more difficult to sta...
The Social Networks of Homeless Youth Experiencing Intimate Partner Violence
Author(s): Robin Petering, Eric Rice, Harmony Rhoades, Hailey Winetrobe
Publication Date: 2014
While there is a growing body of research on intimate partner violence (IPV) experienced by the housed youth population, a limited amount is known about IPV experienced by homeless youth. To our knowledge, no previous studies have examined how homeless youths’ experience of IPV is related to their social network, even though the social networks of homeless youth have been shown to be significant indicators of health and mental health. The purpose...
Homelessness Experiences, Sexual Orientation, and Sexual Risk Taking Among High School Students in Los Angeles
Author(s): Eric Rice, Anamika Barman-Adhikari, Harmony Rhoades, Hailey Winetrobe, Anthony Fulginiti, Roee Astor, Jorge Montoya, Aaron Plant, Timothy Kordic
Publication Date: 2013
<i>Purpose</i> Prior studies reported homeless adolescents engage in more sexual risk than their housed peers. However, these comparisons are typically made post hoc by comparing homeless adolescent community-based samples with high school probability samples. This study uses a random sample of high school students to examine homelessness experiences and sexual risk behaviors. <i>Methods</i...