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Adverse childhood experiences: are they risk factors for adult homelessness?
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OBJECTIVES: We tested the hypothesis that adverse childhood experiences are risk factors for adult homelessness. METHODS: We interviewed a nationally representative sample of 92 US household members who had previously been homeless and a comparison group of 395 individuals with no prior homelessness. We assessed childhood adversity with a structured protocol that included a previously validated scale indicating lack of care from parents and single-item measures of physical and sexual abuse. RESULTS: Lack of care from a parent during childhood sharply increased the likelihood of subsequent homelessness (odds ratio [OR] = 13), as did physical abuse (OR = 16). Sexual abuse during childhood was associated with a nonsignificant trend toward homelessness (OR = 1.7). The risk of subsequent homelessness among individuals who experienced both lack of care and either type of abuse was dramatically increased compared with subjects reporting neither of these adversities (OR = 26). CONCLUSIONS: Adverse childhood experiences are powerful risk factors for adult homelessness. Effectively reducing child abuse and neglect may ultimately help prevent critical social problems including homelessness.
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- Authors
- Herman, D. B., Susser, E. S., Struening, E. L., & Link, B. L.
- Venue
- American Journal of Public Health
- Publisher
- American Public Health Association
- Published
- 1997-02
- Volume
- 87
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 249-255
- ISSN
- 0090-0036 (ISSN-L)
- 1541-0048
- OpenAlex
- W1965212642
- Cited by
- 307
- References
- 32
- FWCI
- 15.92
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
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