From homeless to hopeless and healthless: The health impacts of housing challenges among former foster care youth transitioning to adulthood in California

Comprehensive Child and Adolescent Nursing

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 77-93

  Yen, Irene H ^a   Powell Hammond, Wizdom ^b   Kushel, Margot B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fosterare; Healthcare access; Homeless; Youth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOSTER CARE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT CARE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; FOSTER HOME CARE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOMELESS YOUTH; HUMANS; MALE; TRANSITION TO ADULT CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70649100414     PISSN: 01460862     EISSN: 1521043X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01460860902740982     Document Type: Article

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