A5062541099- Homelessness and Social Issues
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism
- HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
- LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
- COVID-19 epidemiological studies
- FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance
- Community Health and Development
- Race, History, and American Society
- Sex work and related issues
- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
University of Southern California
2020-2022
Southern California University for Professional Studies
2020-2021
University of California, Los Angeles
2020
Youth experiencing homelessness (YEH) are subject to substantially greater risk of HIV infection, compounded both by their lack access stable housing and the disproportionate representation youth marginalized racial, ethnic, gender identity groups among YEH. A key goal for health equity is improve adoption protective behaviors in this population. One promising strategy intervention recruit peer leaders from population YEH promote such as condom usage regular testing social contacts. This...
The purpose of this study is to explore main and interaction effects minority multiple statuses on exits from homelessness the stability overtime.This utilized Homeless Management Information System administrative data 10 922 youth experiencing collected a convenience sample 16 geographically diverse communities across USA between 2015-17. Using multinomial logistic regression analyses regression, racial/ethnic identity sexual/gender were examined various (n = 9957) housing sustainability...
Youth experiencing homelessness (YEH) are at elevated risk of HIV/AIDS and disproportionately identify as racial, ethnic, sexual, gender minorities. We developed a new peer change agent (PCA) HIV prevention intervention with 3 arms: (1) an arm using artificial intelligence (AI) planning algorithm to select PCAs; (2) popularity arm, the standard PCA approach, operationalized highest degree centrality (DC); (3) observation-only comparison group.A total 713 YEH were recruited from drop-in...
Objective: Although many suicide risk factors have been identified, there is limited guidance about their relative importance and the combinations of that heighten among young people experiencing homelessness (YEH). We sought to use decision-tree (DT) analyses better understand predict suicidal ideation attempts YEH. Method: Using survey social network methods, we gathered information 940 YEH relationships. then used a machine learning approach construct classification regression tree models...
Each year, there are nearly 4 million youth experiencing homelessness (YEH) in the United States with HIV prevalence ranging from 3 to 11.5%. Peer change agent (PCA) models for prevention have been used successfully many populations, but notable failures. In recent years, network interventionists suggested that these failures could be attributed PCA selection procedures. The agents themselves who selected do work can often as important messages they convey. To address this concern, we tested...
Youth experiencing homelessness (YEH) are subject to substantially greater risk of HIV infection, compounded both by their lack access stable housing and the disproportionate representation youth marginalized racial, ethnic, gender identity groups among YEH. A key goal for health equity is improve adoption protective behaviors in this population. One promising strategy intervention recruit peer leaders from population YEH promote such as condom usage regular testing social contacts. This...