Entrepreneurial development for U.S. minority homeless and unstably housed youth: A qualitative inquiry on value, barriers, and impact on health

Larissa Jennings, Deborah Shore, Nancy Strohminger and Burgundi Allison

Children and Youth Services Review, 2015, vol. 49, issue C, 39-47

Abstract: Homeless and unstably housed youth in the U.S. have high rates of unemployment and often rely on survival strategies that negatively impact their economic, emotional, and physical health. While integrated health and entrepreneurial development initiatives targeting the poor have been successfully implemented in developing countries, little is known regarding interests in similar initiatives among vulnerable U.S. youth, particularly racial minorities who are disproportionately impacted by poverty and homelessness. This study examined African-American homeless and unstably housed youth's interests in entrepreneurial development programming to enhance economic self-sufficiency and health-related outcomes.

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Microenterprise; Homelessness; Health; Youth; African-American (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2014.12.018

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