My Home is Not My Castle: Follow-Up of Residents of Shelters for Homeless Youth

Peled, Einat; Spiro, Shimon E.; Dekel, Rachel

doi:10.1007/s10560-005-0011-z

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“…One study showed that only 8% of shelter recruited youth ever slept overnight on the streets and only 34% of street recruited youth ever stayed overnight at a runaway shelter (Kang, Slesnick, Glassman, & Bonomi, 2008). It appears that the majority of youth, between 72–87%, who seek services from a runaway shelter return home, providing support for the need of family based intervention in this setting (Peled, Spiro, & Dekel, 2005; Thompson, Pollio, & Bitner, 2000; Thompson, Safyer, & Pollio, 2001). …”

Section: Shelter Recruited Youthmentioning

confidence: 99%

A review of services and interventions for runaway and homeless youth: Moving forward

Slesnick

Dashora

Letcher

et al. 2009

Children and Youth Services Review

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Research focused on the impact of community-based services and treatment interventions designed to intervene in the lives of runaway and homeless youth has increased in the last two decades in the U.S. and internationally. In light of the tremendous need for identifying effective strategies to end homelessness and its associated problems among youth, this paper summarizes and critiques the findings of the extant literature including U.S., international, and qualitative studies. Thirty-two papers met criteria for inclusion in the review. Among the conclusions are that comprehensive interventions which target the varied and interconnected needs of these youth and families may be worthy of more study than studies that isolate the intervention focus on one problem. Also, more research incorporating design strategies that increase the reliability and validity of study findings is needed. Other preliminary conclusions and future directions are offered. Keywordsrunaway and homeless youth; interventions; service evaluation; review The first controlled evaluation of an intervention for runaway/homeless youth was conducted in 1991 and focused on HIV prevention among shelter residing adolescents (Rotheram-Borus, Koopman, Haignere, & Davies, 1991). In the 18 years since that trial, other investigators have sought to identify methods to improve the lives of runaway and homeless youth and their families. Thus, treatment development and evaluation efforts for this population are relatively recent. Early studies focused on understanding the population, their struggles, needs, experiences and etiology of homelessness. These important studies provided the requisite groundwork to develop and target intervention efforts. The primary goal of this paper is to review and summarize the findings of community-based service and intervention efforts directed towards runaway and homeless youth. A summary of the impact of such efforts is provided as well as recommendations for future research. First, current conceptualizations of runaway and homeless youth are offered.Address correspondence to Natasha Slesnick, Associate Professor, Human Development and Family Science, The Ohio State University, 1787 Neil Ave, 135 Campbell Hall, Columbus, OH 43081, phone (614) FAX (614) .edu. Publisher's Disclaimer: This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof before it is published in its final citable form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain. NIH Public Access Author ManuscriptChild Youth Serv Rev. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2010 July 1. Published in final edited form as:Child Youth Serv Rev. Current ConceptualizationsIt is difficult to know how many runaway and homeless youth exist -with various ...

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Section: Shelter Recruited Youthmentioning

confidence: 99%

A review of services and interventions for runaway and homeless youth: Moving forward

Slesnick

Dashora

Letcher

et al. 2009

Children and Youth Services Review

142

113

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“…A partial replication of our evaluation may shed some light on this issue. We conducted follow-up interviews with the residents of another runaway shelter in Jerusalem, using the same instrument and the same procedures as in MA (Peled, Spiro, & Dekel, 2005). When we compared the results of the two surveys, we found many similarities and one notable difference.…”

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Dimensions and Correlates of Client Satisfaction

Spiro

Dekel

Peled

2008

Research on Social Work Practice

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Client satisfaction surveys give clients a voice in the planning and management of services. While their use is quite widespread, they have hardly at all been used in the evaluation of shelters for homeless youths. In this article, the authors present findings of a client satisfaction survey conducted among residents of a shelter for homeless youths in Tel Aviv, Israel, shortly after their departure from the shelter. Satisfaction was affected mainly by three aspects of life in the shelter—the staff, the food, and the other residents. Satisfaction was related to adjustment to the shelter but not to outcomes. The survey highlights the potential and limitations of client satisfaction surveys with young persons in distress.

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“…None of the relevant studies included in the original systematic review reported service satisfaction to be a factor mediating outcomes. Spiro et al (2009) and Peled et al (2005) report some significant correlations between service satisfaction and selfreported improvements, but in contrasting areas (personal change/ family relations). No statistically significant correlations were found in these studies with respect to different types of residential placement.…”

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“…The analyses in Heinze et al (2010), Spiro et al (2009), andPeled et al (2005) specifically examined service-related factors which were likely to impact shelter satisfaction based on previous research and study pilots with youth populations. These included food, safety, and supportive relationships.…”

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Service Engagement in Interventions for Street-Connected Children and Young People: A Summary of Evidence Supplementing a Recent Cochrane–Campbell Review

Hossain

Coren

2014

Child Youth Care Forum

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BACKGROUND: This paper builds on a Cochrane-Campbell systematic review of interventions that reduce harms and promote reintegration in street-connected children and young people focusing on intervention outcomes. The aim of the present analysis is to explore questions raised in the systematic review over the potential role of service engagement in mediating outcomes of relevant interventions.OBJECTIVE: The paper summarises engagement-related findings from quantitative intervention evaluations with street-connected populations of children and young people, as reported by study authors. It seeks to contribute to theoretical and methodological understandings of service engagement with street-connected youth populations and to highlight gaps in current knowledge.METHODS: Drawing on the original search for the Cochrane-Campbell review, we re-screened search results in our database and included quantitative findings if relevant to our current research questions, regardless of study design. Additionally, we sought new study publications from authors whose work was included in the original systematic review. The discussion explores relevant data from five studies included in the original systematic review, ten studies excluded from the review, and two studies published after the completion of the review.RESULTS: The measures of service engagement in the included studies focused on treatment attendance, 'level of engagement', and service satisfaction. Evidence on the impact of service engagement on other outcomes in interventions for street-connected children and young people was limited. Available data on the predictors and impact of service engagement were mixed and appear not to provide robust support for common hypotheses in the relevant context.

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My Home is Not My Castle: Follow-Up of Residents of Shelters for Homeless Youth

Cited by 11 publications

References 25 publications

A review of services and interventions for runaway and homeless youth: Moving forward

A review of services and interventions for runaway and homeless youth: Moving forward

Dimensions and Correlates of Client Satisfaction

Service Engagement in Interventions for Street-Connected Children and Young People: A Summary of Evidence Supplementing a Recent Cochrane–Campbell Review

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