 Homeless Youth
"Homeless Youth" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Runaway and homeless children and adolescents living on the streets of cities and having no fixed place of residence.
| Descriptor ID |
D018453
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| MeSH Number(s) |
M01.325.400
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| Concept/Terms |
Homeless Youth- Homeless Youth
- Homeless Youths
- Youth, Homeless
- Youths, Homeless
- Homeless Child
- Child, Homeless
- Homeless Children
- Children, Homeless
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Homeless Youth" by people in this website by year, and whether "Homeless Youth" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2012 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2013 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2019 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2026 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Homeless Youth" by people in Profiles.
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Alder CC, Garofalo DM, McCarthy V, Velopulos C, Myers QWO. A Retrospective Observational Study of Violent Deaths Among Transitional-aged, Unhoused Youth. J Surg Res. 2026 Jul; 323:120-127.
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Westfall MY, Padmanabhan P, Wang J, Nall SK, Stella SA, Kushel M, Belcher C, Davis L, Versen E, LeBeouf W, Barocas JA. Youth Homelessness in Denver, Colorado: 2017-2021. Pediatrics. 2025 Feb 01; 155(2).
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Wallace C, Lavina I, Mollen C. Share our stories: An exploration of the healthcare experiences of child sex trafficking survivors. Child Abuse Negl. 2021 02; 112:104896.
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Quintyne F, Harpin SB. How hospital practitioners can support sofa surfing adolescents to access community mental health services: An English perspective. Clin Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2020 Jul; 25(3):648-656.
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Giano Z, Williams A, Hankey C, Merrill R, Lisnic R, Herring A. Forty Years of Research on Predictors of Homelessness. Community Ment Health J. 2020 05; 56(4):692-709.
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Brown SM, Barman-Adhikari A, Combs KM, Rice E. Sociodemographic and substance use characteristics associated with typologies and composition of social support networks among youth experiencing homelessness in Los Angeles, USA. Health Soc Care Community. 2020 03; 28(2):533-543.
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Williams A, Giano Z, Merten M. Running away during adolescence and future homelessness: The amplifying role of mental health. Am J Orthopsychiatry. 2019; 89(2):268-278.
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Begun S, Combs KM, Torrie M, Bender K. "It seems kinda like a different language to us": Homeless youths' attitudes and experiences pertaining to condoms and contraceptives. Soc Work Health Care. 2019 03; 58(3):237-257.
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Harpin S, Davis J, Low H, Gilroy C. Mobile Phone and Social Media Use of Homeless Youth in Denver, Colorado. J Community Health Nurs. 2016; 33(2):90-7.
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Edinburgh L, Pape-Blabolil J, Harpin SB, Saewyc E. Assessing exploitation experiences of girls and boys seen at a Child Advocacy Center. Child Abuse Negl. 2015 Aug; 46:47-59.
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