Healthcare Barriers and Utilization Among Adolescents and Young Adults Accessing Services for Homeless and Runaway Youth
| Autor: | Andrea E. Bonny, Annie Laurie McRee, Nancy Ford, Hannah L.H. Lange, Hillary M. Kapa, Gayathri Chelvakumar |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Male Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice medicine.medical_specialty Health (social science) Adolescent Cross-sectional study Health outcomes Health Services Accessibility Homeless Youth Young Adult 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Nursing Health care Health insurance Humans Medicine 030212 general & internal medicine Young adult Ohio 030505 public health business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Female sex Emergency department Sexual minority Cross-Sectional Studies Family medicine Ill-Housed Persons Female 0305 other medical science business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Community Health. 42:437-443 |
| ISSN: | 1573-3610 0094-5145 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10900-016-0274-7 |
| Popis: | Homeless and runaway youth are at disproportionate risk for adverse health outcomes. Many barriers to accessing healthcare have been documented; however, the relative impact of discrete barriers on homeless youth healthcare utilization behavior is not firmly established. We administered a survey examining reported barriers and healthcare utilization among adolescents and young adults accessing services at three community centers for homeless and runaway youth. Of 180 respondents, 57 % were male, 80 % non-White, and 21 % identified as a sexual minority. Stepwise logistic regression models, controlling for age and study site, explored associations between barriers and 3 healthcare utilization outcomes (doctor visit in past 12 months; regular care provider; frequent emergency department (ED) visits). The most commonly reported barriers were "don't have a ride" (27.2 %), "no insurance" (23.3 %), and "costs too much" (22.8 %). All fear-based barriers (e.g., "I don't trust the doctors") were reported by |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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