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Agency-based tracking of difficult-to-follow populations: runaway and homeless youth programs in St. Louis, Missouri
- Authors:
- POLLIO David E., THOMPSON Sanna J., NORTH Carol S.
- Journal article citation:
- Community Mental Health Journal, 36(3), June 2000, pp.247-258.
- Publisher:
- Springer
This study explored agency-based tracking methods for runaway and homeless youth in the USA. 118 Programme discharges from three federally funded agencies serving runaway/homeless youth in Missouri were tracked for a follow-up study of this population. Sixty-nine percent of the sample was successfully located and fifty-nine percent interviewed. Significant findings included: fewer contact attempts over fewer days were made for individuals successfully interviewed, individuals tracked through Division of Family Services were less likely to be located and interviewed, and individuals successfully located were significantly younger. The report provides encouraging evidence that even relatively unsophisticated protocols for tracking agency clients developed in collaboration with community agencies can yield follow-up samples that are acceptably representative of programme participants.
Psychiatric disorders among the homeless: a comparison of older and younger groups
- Authors:
- DeMALLIE Diane A., NORTH Carol S., SMITH Elizabeth M.
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 37(1), February 1997, pp.61-66.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Looks at the differences between older and younger homeless subgroups by interviewing homeless people in the USA using the National Institute of Mental Health Diagnostic Interview Schedule. Results showed that 13 percent of the 600 men and 3 percent of the 300 women were in the older group. Compared with their younger counterparts, older subjects were more likely to be male and white, to report lower incomes and poorer health, and to meet criteria for lifetime alcohol-use disorder. Fewer older than younger subjects met criteria for lifetime drug use disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder. These findings suggest that older and younger people individuals have different vulnerabilities to homelessness.