A novel, intensive home-visiting intervention for runaway, sexually exploited girls

Journal for Specialists in Pediatric Nursing

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 41-48

  Edinburgh, Laurel D ^a   Saewyc, Elizabeth M ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITALS AND CLINICS OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Community nursing interventions; Home visiting; Runaways; Sexual abuse; Sexual assault; Sexual exploitation; Street involved youth; Strengths based approach

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE;

ADOLESCENT; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOMELESS YOUTH; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING, PRACTICAL; RISK-TAKING;

EID: 58349096339     PISSN: 15390136     EISSN: 17446155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-6155.2008.00174.x     Document Type: Article

References (31)

1. Auerswald, C. L. Eyre, S. L. (2002). Youth homelessness in San Francisco: A life cycle approach. Social Science & Medicine, 54, 1497 1512.
2. Auerswald, C. L., Sugano, E., Ellen, J. M. Klausner, J. D. (2006). Street-based STD testing and treatment of homeless youth are feasible, acceptable and effective. Journal of Adolescent Health, 38, 208 212.
3. Bensussen-Walls, W. Saewyc, E. (2001). Teen-focused care versus adult-focused care for the high-risk pregnant adolescent: An outcomes evaluation. Public Health Nursing, 18, 424 435.
4. Blum, R. W., McNeely, C. Nonnemaker, J. (2002). Vulnerability, risk, and protection. Journal of Adolescent Health, 31S, 28 39.
5. Bos, J. M. Fellerath, V. (1997). LEAP: Final report on Ohio's welfare initiative to improve school attendance among teenage parents. Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation. Retrieved April 3, 2008, from http://www.mdrc.org/publications/149/execsum.html
6. DeBellis, M. D. (2001). Developmental traumatology: The psychobiological development of maltreated children and its implications for research, treatment, and policy. Developmental Psychopathology, 13, 539 564.
7. Ford, C., English, A. Sigman, G. (2004). Confidential health care for adolescents: Position paper for the Society for Adolescent Medicine. Journal of Adolescent Health, 35, 160 167.
8. Fors, S. W. Jarvis, S. (1995). Evaluation of a peer-led drug abuse risk reduction project for runaway/homeless youths. Journal of Drug Education, 25, 321 333.
9. Grauerholz, L. (2000). An ecological approach to understanding sexual revictimization: Linking personal, interpersonal, and sociocultural factors and processes. Child Maltreatment, 5, 5 17.
10. Ho, C. K. (1990). An analysis of domestic violence in Asian American communities: A multicultural approach to counseling. In L. Brown M. Root (Eds.), Diversity and Complexity in Feminist Theory (pp. 129 150). New York : Haworth Press.
11. Kearney, M. H., York, R. Deatrick, J. A. (2000). Effects of home visits to vulnerable young families. Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 32, 369 376.
12. Kleinpell-Nowell, R. Weiner, T. M. (1999). Measuring advance practice nursing outcomes. AACN Clinical Issues, 10, 356 368.
13. Marmot, M. G. Wilkinson, R. G. (1999). Social determinants of health. Oxford, UK : Oxford University Press.
14. McCorkle, R., Strumph, N. E., Nuamah, I. F., Adler, D. C., Cooley, M. E., Jepson, C., Lusk, E. J. Torosian, M. (2000). A specialized home care intervention improves survival among older post-surgical cancer patients. Journal of the American Geriatric Society, 48, 1732 1733.
15. Olds, D., Henderson, C., Phelps, C., Kitzman, H. Hanks, C. (1993). Effect of prenatal and infancy home visitation on government spending. Medical Care, 31, 155 174.
16. Rew, L., Fouladi, R. T. Yockey, R. D. (2002). Sexual health practices of homeless youth. Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 34, 139 145.
17. Rew, L., Whittaker, T. A., Taylor-Seehafer, M. A. Smith, L. R. (2005). Sexual health risks and protective resources in gay, lesbian, bisexual, and heterosexual homeless youth. Journal for Specialists in Pediatric Nursing, 10, 11 19.
18. Riley, D. B., Greif, G. L., Caplan, D. L. MacAulay, H. K. (2004). Common themes and treatment approaches in working with families of runaway youths. American Journal of Family Therapy, 32, 139 153.
19. Rotheram-Borus, M. J., Mahler, K. A., Koopman, C. Langabeer, K. (1996). Sexual abuse history and associated multiple risk behavior in adolescent runaways. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 66, 390 400.
20. Saewyc, E. M. (2003). Influential life contexts and environments for out-of-home pregnant adolescents. Journal of Holistic Nursing, 21, 343 367.
21. Saewyc, E. M., Magee, L. L. Pettingell, S. E. (2004). Teenage pregnancy and associated risk behaviors among sexually abused adolescents. Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, 36, 98 105.
22. Scott, C. (2002). Understanding Hmong gang rape and forced prostitution: a victim's perspective [dissertation]. Fresno, CA: Alliant International University, California School of Professional Psychology. UMI # 3092396.
23. Slesnick, N. Prestopnik, J. (2005). Dual and multiple diagnosis among substance using runaway youth. American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 1, 179 201.
24. Smith, A., Saewyc, E., Albert, M., MacKay, L., Northcott, M. the McCreary Centre Society (2007). Against the odds: A profile of marginalized and street-involved youth in BC. Vancouver, BC : McCreary Centre Society. Accessed April 15, 2007, at http://www.mcs.bc.ca
25. Sullivan, P. M. Knutson, J. F. (2000). The prevalence of disabilities and maltreatment among runaway children. Child Abuse & Neglect, 24, 1275 1288.
26. Teicher, M. H. (2002) Scars that won't heal: The neurobiology of child abuse. Scientific American, 283, 54 61.
27. Teicher, M. H., Andersen, S. L., Polcari, A., Anderson, C. M., Navalta, C. P. Kim, D. M. (2003). The neurobiological consequences of early stress and childhood maltreatment. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 27, 33 44.
28. Tyler, K. A., Hoyt, D. R., Whitbeck, L. B. Cauce, A. M. (2001). The impact of childhood sexual abuse on later sexual victimization among runaway youth. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 11, 151 176.
29. Unger, J., Simon, T., Newman, T., Montgomery, S., Kipke, M. Albornoz, M. (1998). Early adolescent street youth: An overlooked population with unique problems and service needs. Journal of Early Adolescence, 18, 325 348.
30. Warf, C., Rew, L., Neavel, C., Saewyc, E., Ensign, J. Ammerman, S. (in press). Health and health needs of homeless and runaway youth: A position paper of the Society for Adolescent Medicine. Journal of Adolescent Health.
31. Washington State Department of Social and Health Services (2007). First Steps Manual. Retrieved April 7, 2008, from http://fortress.wa.gov/dshs/maa/ firststeps/Provider%20Page/Provider%20Page.index.htm