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Publication Date: 2005
OBJECTIVE: To review epidemiologic studies of the health of street youth in industrialized countries, with a special focus on Canadian youth.
METHODS: We identified 52 peer-reviewed studies from searches of the MEDLINE database and bibliographies of published papers, for data on blood-borne and sexually transmitted infections, mental health problems, pregnancy, violence and mortality.
RESULTS: Rates of hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and HIV infectio...
Publisher: Canadian Observatory on Homelessness
Publication Date: 2009
This chapter contains a review of 52 studies on data on blood-borne and sexually transmitted infections, mental health problems, pregnancy, violence, and mortality among street youth. The studies show that rates of hepatitis B and C and HIV infection, as well as mental health problems, pregnancies, and assault are higher among street youth than among non-street youth and that the mortality rate for street youth is 11 times higher the expected rat...