THE CONDITION OF HOMELESS YOUTH: CAUSES AND IMPLICATIONS OF THIS HEALTH STATUS An homeless child is someone that has not anymore a place where to live and for whom the real home becomes the street where he/she needs to face difficulties determined by this condition, without the support of anyone. The condition of homeless youth is an area of global health research that has not been extensively studied yet. Woan (2013, p.315) shows a lack of exact statistics about the number of homeless youths around the world, with a need to broaden the areas of research. Nevertheless a report of the United Nations of the 2005 shows a count of 100 million homeless and 1 billion people without adequate housing all over the world.
According to the National …show more content…
According to Woan (2013, p. 316) the most common reason is a change in the structure of native family such as a divorce, a remarriage or the death of one or both parents.
Other factors play a role in determining this condition. Due to the economical crisis and to the related growth of the level of poverty, many families, especially in middle and low-income countries, are not any longer able to provide the sufficient amount of food to their children. The lack of nourishment and the hunger push young teens to leave their homes. Moreover this inability of the parents to feed their children increases anxiety in the nuclear family, resulting in some cases in violence.
Children with a previous history of foster care are in at high risk of homelessness as showed by Bender, Yang, Ferguson and Thompson …show more content…
In this context the access to immunization system has to be considered fundamental, it is well known that there are many diseases that can be prevented simply with vaccinations. As Doroshenko (2012, p.2) highlighted is a crucial social issue to make them available to homeless youths in order to prevent the spread of certain pathologies among the population. He pointed out that it is difficult for them to have access to immunization because of the lack of fixed addresses and documents of
According to the National …show more content…
According to Woan (2013, p. 316) the most common reason is a change in the structure of native family such as a divorce, a remarriage or the death of one or both parents.
Other factors play a role in determining this condition. Due to the economical crisis and to the related growth of the level of poverty, many families, especially in middle and low-income countries, are not any longer able to provide the sufficient amount of food to their children. The lack of nourishment and the hunger push young teens to leave their homes. Moreover this inability of the parents to feed their children increases anxiety in the nuclear family, resulting in some cases in violence.
Children with a previous history of foster care are in at high risk of homelessness as showed by Bender, Yang, Ferguson and Thompson …show more content…
In this context the access to immunization system has to be considered fundamental, it is well known that there are many diseases that can be prevented simply with vaccinations. As Doroshenko (2012, p.2) highlighted is a crucial social issue to make them available to homeless youths in order to prevent the spread of certain pathologies among the population. He pointed out that it is difficult for them to have access to immunization because of the lack of fixed addresses and documents of