The worlds of homeless white and African American youth in San Francisco, California: A cultural epidemiological comparison

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 824-831

  Hickler, Benjamin ^b   Auerswald, Colette L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

African American youth; Health behavior; Homeless youth; Race; USA; White youth

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNICITY; HEALTH IMPACT; HOMELESSNESS; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL; YOUNG POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HOMELESS YOUTH; HOUSING; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; SAN FRANCISCO; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SURVIVORS; YOUNG ADULT;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SAN FRANCISCO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 60249086814     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.12.030     Document Type: Article

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