Moving on, not out: when young people remain homeless

Mayock, Paula; Corr, Mary-Louise; O’Sullivan, Eoin

doi:10.1080/13676261.2012.725837

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“…The investigation of young people’s transitions into homelessness, as well as evolving forms of harmful drug use, has been an important focus for research and policy and programming interventions [17, 18]. For example, previous research has identified risk factors associated with youth’s transitions into homelessness, including family dysfunction, experiences of abuse and trauma, various forms of exploitation, poverty, mental health crises, and a lack of culturally appropriate social welfare services [17].…”

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“Getting out of downtown”: a longitudinal study of how street-entrenched youth attempt to exit an inner city drug scene

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BackgroundUrban drug “scenes” have been identified as important risk environments that shape the health of street-entrenched youth. New knowledge is needed to inform policy and programing interventions to help reduce youths’ drug scene involvement and related health risks. The aim of this study was to identify how young people envisioned exiting a local, inner-city drug scene in Vancouver, Canada, as well as the individual, social and structural factors that shaped their experiences.MethodsBetween 2008 and 2016, we draw on 150 semi-structured interviews with 75 street-entrenched youth. We also draw on data generated through ethnographic fieldwork conducted with a subgroup of 25 of these youth between.ResultsYouth described that, in order to successfully exit Vancouver’s inner city drug scene, they would need to: (a) secure legitimate employment and/or obtain education or occupational training; (b) distance themselves – both physically and socially – from the urban drug scene; and (c) reduce their drug consumption. As youth attempted to leave the scene, most experienced substantial social and structural barriers (e.g., cycling in and out of jail, the need to access services that are centralized within a place that they are trying to avoid), in addition to managing complex individual health issues (e.g., substance dependence). Factors that increased youth’s capacity to successfully exit the drug scene included access to various forms of social and cultural capital operating outside of the scene, including supportive networks of friends and/or family, as well as engagement with addiction treatment services (e.g., low-threshold access to methadone) to support cessation or reduction of harmful forms of drug consumption.ConclusionsPolicies and programming interventions that can facilitate young people’s efforts to reduce engagement with Vancouver’s inner-city drug scene are critically needed, including meaningful educational and/or occupational training opportunities, ‘low threshold’ addiction treatment services, as well as access to supportive housing outside of the scene.

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“Getting out of downtown”: a longitudinal study of how street-entrenched youth attempt to exit an inner city drug scene

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“…Enfin, si un vaste corpus d'études a montré, dans une perspective épidémiologique, les risques encourus par les jeunes de la rue, surtout les jeunes femmes (Boivin, et collab., 2005;Gomez, Thompson et Barzcyk, 2010;Kidd, et collab., 2013;Feng, et collab., 2013;Ferguson, 2009;Mayock, Corr et O'Sullivan, 2013), quelques initiatives réalisées en mixité ont d'ailleurs mis à profit la participation des jeunes de la rue et ont révélé qu'au-delà du risque, de la vulnérabilité et de la délinquance associés à cette population, ces jeunes peuvent s'inscrire dans des projets porteurs de sens et de transformation pour leur communauté. En se basant sur l'idée que le soutien des pairs peut être un puissant moteur de stratégies d'intervention (Fontaine et Vitaro, 2006;Bellot, Rivard et Greissler, 2010), le Collectif d'intervention par les pairs a offert une aide utile en contexte de sortie de rue ou en soutien aux jeunes qui y sont toujours (Bellot, Rivard et Greissler, 2010).…”

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Agir avec les jeunes femmes de la rue pour une praxis de l’intersectionnalité — Réflexion autour du projet PARVIS1 2

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Cette recherche-action participative s’inscrit dans le cadre du projet d’actions et de recherches contre les violences structurelles (PARVIS), mené avec sept jeunes femmes de la rue de la ville de Québec. L’intérêt du groupe concernant les situations de fugues dans les centres jeunesse l’a conduit à expérimenter une action sociale visant à sensibiliser les décideures et décideurs aux conséquences du contrôle dans ces institutions et du manque de soutien dans la transition vers l’âge adulte. Cet article s’attarde surtout à la façon dont PARVIS a mobilisé l’intersectionnalité des points de vue méthodologique et politique, en tentant d’imbriquer les savoirs universitaires et les savoirs expérientiels des participantes.

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“…The bureaucratic distinction that exists in Ireland between young people under and over the age of 18 is not consistent with the notion of extended youth to adulthood transitions. Indeed, the current organisation of homeless services in Ireland -which necessitates an abrupt transfer from child welfare to adult services at the age of 18 -has been argued to perpetuate housing instability among the young and to reduce the likelihood of a speedy exit from homelessness Mayock et al, 2013).…”

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“…They transitioned from youth to adult homeless services and, as time progressed, periods of incarceration were the only 'interruption' to their stays in homeless hostels. A process of acculturation, where evidence of this pattern of habituation did emerge, can be primarily attributed to the failure of services to meet young people's housing needs at an early juncture (Mayock et al, 2013).…”

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Young People's Homeless and Housing Pathways: Key Findings From A 6-year Qualitative Longitudinal Study

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Moving on, not out: when young people remain homeless

Cited by 25 publications

References 38 publications

“Getting out of downtown”: a longitudinal study of how street-entrenched youth attempt to exit an inner city drug scene

“Getting out of downtown”: a longitudinal study of how street-entrenched youth attempt to exit an inner city drug scene

Agir avec les jeunes femmes de la rue pour une praxis de l’intersectionnalité — Réflexion autour du projet PARVIS1 2

Young People's Homeless and Housing Pathways: Key Findings From A 6-year Qualitative Longitudinal Study

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