Long-term and chronic Homelessness in homeless women and women with children

Social Work in Public Health

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 470-485

  Zlotnick, Cheryl ^a   Tam, Tammy ^a,b   Bradley, Kimberly ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OAKLAND   (United States)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

children; family; Homelessness; mental illness; substance abuse

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; FEDERAL SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICES; HOMELESSNESS; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MENTAL HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; INFANT; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HOMELESS YOUTH; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956483431     PISSN: 19371918     EISSN: 1937190X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19371910903178797     Document Type: Article

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