Discrimination and Mental Health Problems among Homeless Minority Young People

Milburn, Norweeta G.; Batterham, Philip J.; Ayala, George; Rice, Eric; Solorio, Rosa; Desmond, Kate; Lord, Lynwood; Iribarren, Javier

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“…There is also an overlap of other forms of racial, generational and sexual orientation. Milburn et al (2010) studied adolescents living on the streets in Los Angeles, finding racial discrimination values ranging from 12% in whites and 42% among Latino immigrants. In the group studied racial discrimination was reported by 36% of respondents.…”

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Desigualdade social em saúde na população em situação de rua na cidade de São Paulo

Barata¹,

Carneiro²,

Ribeiro³

et al. 2015

Saude soc.

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Descrever as características sociodemográficas, o estado de saúde e o acesso a serviços na população em situação de rua em uma amostra em três albergues do centro da cidade de São Paulo. Amostra de 251 indivíduos: 171 do sexo masculino, 78 do sexo feminino e duas pessoas que se autodenominaram transexuais. Foi aplicado um questionário estruturado contendo dados sociodemográficos, trajetória e tempo de vida na rua, atividade física, discriminação, rede e suporte social, estado de saúde, consumo de álcool ou drogas, violência e acesso a serviços de saúde. Verificou-se o predomínio de adultos do sexo masculino, não brancos, com baixo nível de escolaridade, e com renda mensal menor que 1/2 (meio) salário mínimo. Um terço dos entrevistados já se encontrava nessa situação há mais de cinco anos. 45% dos entrevistados consideraram sua saúde boa ou muito boa. A maioria prefere utilizar as unidades básicas de saúde quando tem necessidade. As precárias condições financeiras e ausência de família somam-se às situações de violência física sofrida. Discriminação, péssimas condições de higiene e incapacidade física ou mental são comuns em suas vidas. O desafio que se coloca para a formulação da política de saúde é incorporar as representações e as práticas de cuidados desses sujeitos, como também dos serviços, como ponto de partida para a organização da assistência.

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Desigualdade social em saúde na população em situação de rua na cidade de São Paulo

Barata¹,

Carneiro²,

Ribeiro³

et al. 2015

Saude soc.

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“…Milburn and colleagues (2010) found that perceptions of racial/ethnic discrimination were associated with heightened levels of emotional distress among homeless adolescents in Los Angeles, and that foreign‐born Hispanic persons in this group reported the highest levels of perceived discrimination. Since a positive identification with one's racial/ethnic group has been shown to reduce emotional distress for members of minority groups, the authors suggested that mental health programs be designed for these youth to “build upon racial ethnic/identification and pride” (Milburn et al, , p. 66). This study provides evidence that the physical and mental health risks that homeless youth face are related to racial, ethnic, and gender discrimination.…”

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Does Race Matter in Addressing Homelessness? A Review of the Literature

Jones¹

2016

World Medical &Amp; Health Policy

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Since the 1980s, black persons have been overrepresented in the United States homeless population. Given that morbidity and mortality is elevated among both the black population and the homeless population in comparison to the general U.S. population, this overrepresentation has important implications for health policy. However, the racial demographics of homelessness have received little attention from policymakers. This article reviews published social and behavioral science literature that addresses the relationship between race and contemporary homelessness in the United States. This literature points to substantial differences between racial subgroups of the U.S. homeless population in vulnerabilities, health risks, behaviors, and service outcomes. Such observed differences suggest that policies and programs to prevent and end homelessness must explicitly consider race as a factor in order to be of maximum effectiveness. The limited scope of these findings also suggests that more research is needed to better understand these differences and their implications.

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“…Low performance or school drop-out (15,17,36,38,48) Bdo abandonoenho escolar.gais); ullying (18,36) Discrimination and racism experience that led to major emotional suffering (19,49) To belong to social-economic class D or E (12) University application processes as a stressful event (Vestibular) (30) Social pressure from partners and academic life (37) 22.6…”

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Risk factors associated with mental health issues in adolescents: a integrative review

Pinto

Luna

Sivla

et al. 2014

Rev. esc. enferm. USP

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Objective: To identify the risk factors associated with mental health issues in adolescents. Method: An integrative review was conducted in four databases with publications from 2007 to 2013. The terms Adolescent and Mental Health were used to search adequate articles as DeCs/MeSH bases. Results: Publications were found in different journals in different fields of knowledge and the quantitative research was the most frequent. The mental health issues were categorized as individual factors; drug related factors, school factors, family factors, social factors and STDs/Aids related factors. The most addressed category was individual factors, with 23 publications. Conclusion: The integrative review allowed to point important questions to be addressed in preventive actions by the health professional, including the nurse, to create a space that works with risk conditioning factors in adolescents for mental health aggravation.

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Discrimination and Mental Health Problems among Homeless Minority Young People

Abstract: Intervention programs that contextualize discrimination and enhance racial/ethnic identification and pride among homeless young people are needed.

Cited by 26 publications

References 46 publications

Desigualdade social em saúde na população em situação de rua na cidade de São Paulo

Desigualdade social em saúde na população em situação de rua na cidade de São Paulo

Does Race Matter in Addressing Homelessness? A Review of the Literature

Risk factors associated with mental health issues in adolescents: a integrative review

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