Integrating developmental neuroscience with community-engaged approaches to address mental health outcomes for housing-insecure youth: Implications for research, practice, and policy.

Autor:	Foster JC; Yale University, Department of Psychology, New Haven, CT, United States. Electronic address: jordan.foster@yale.edu., Hodges HR; University of Minnesota, Institute of Child Development, Minneapolis, MN, United States., Beloborodova A; Yale University, Department of Psychology, New Haven, CT, United States., Cohodes EM; Yale University, Department of Psychology, New Haven, CT, United States., Phillips MQ; Studio Elsewhere, New York, NY, United States., Anderson E; Studio Elsewhere, New York, NY, United States., Fagbenro B; Studio Elsewhere, New York, NY, United States., Gee DG; Yale University, Department of Psychology, New Haven, CT, United States. Electronic address: dylan.gee@yale.edu.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Developmental cognitive neuroscience [Dev Cogn Neurosci] 2024 Aug; Vol. 68, pp. 101399. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Jun 05.
DOI:	10.1016/j.dcn.2024.101399
Abstrakt:	One in three children in the United States is exposed to insecure housing conditions, including unaffordable, inconsistent, and unsafe housing. These exposures have detrimental impacts on youth mental health. Delineating the neurobehavioral pathways linking exposure to housing insecurity with children's mental health has the potential to inform interventions and policy. However, in approaching this work, carefully considering the lived experiences of youth and families is essential to translating scientific discovery to improve health outcomes in an equitable and representative way. In the current paper, we provide an introduction to the range of stressful experiences that children may face when exposed to insecure housing conditions. Next, we highlight findings from the early-life stress literature regarding the potential neurobehavioral consequences of insecure housing, focusing on how unpredictability is associated with the neural circuitry supporting cognitive and emotional development. We then delineate how community-engaged research (CEnR) approaches have been leveraged to understand the effects of housing insecurity on mental health, and we propose future research directions that integrate developmental neuroscience research and CEnR approaches to maximize the impact of this work. We conclude by outlining practice and policy recommendations that aim to improve the mental health of children exposed to insecure housing. Competing Interests: Declaration of Competing Interest None. (Copyright © 2024. Published by Elsevier Ltd.)
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