A risk profile comparison of runaway and non-runaway youth

G.L. Yates, R. MacKenzie, J. Pennbridge and E. Cohen

American Journal of Public Health, 1988, vol. 78, issue 7, 820-821

Abstract: All initial visits (N = 765) to an outpatient medical clinic during calendar year 1985 were analyzed. Six hundred and fifty-five of these visits made by non-runaway youth were compared to 100 visits made by runaways. Based on data from the Childrens Hospital Adolescent Risk Profile Interview, runaway street youth are at greater risk for a wide variety of medical problems and of health-compromising behaviors including suicide and depression, prostitution, and drug use. The implications for public health and social policy are discussed.

Date: 1988
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