A5019485118- Homelessness and Social Issues
- Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
- Community Health and Development
- Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism
- Crime Patterns and Interventions
- Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
- HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
- Social Media and Politics
- Sex work and related issues
- Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Intimate Partner and Family Violence
- Spam and Phishing Detection
- Social Capital and Networks
- LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Employment and Welfare Studies
- Participatory Visual Research Methods
- Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
- Gun Ownership and Violence Research
- Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics
- Complex Network Analysis Techniques
- Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
University of Denver
2016-2025
University of Southern California
2010-2023
Southern California University for Professional Studies
2011-2023
Santa Fe Institute
2021-2023
Complexity Science Hub Vienna
2021-2023
University of Missouri
2021-2023
Arizona State University
2022
University of Houston
2022
University of Wisconsin–Whitewater
2022
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2022
Little is known about internet and social media use among homeless youth. Consistent with typologies prevalent housed youth, we found that youth were using for entertainment, sociability, instrumental purposes. Using Haythornwaite's (2001) premise it important to look at the types of ties accessed in understanding impact new media, predominantly e-mail reach out their parents, caseworkers, potential employers, while, communicate peers. "Social Capital" perspective, who connecting maintained...
We examined interconnections among runaway and homeless youths (RHYs) how aggregated network structure position was associated with HIV risk in this population.We collected individual social data from 136 RHYs. On the basis of these data, we generated a sociomatrix, accomplished visualization "spring embedder," k-cores. used multivariate logistic regression models to assess associations between peripheral nonperipheral recent unprotected sexual intercourse.Small numbers nominations at level...
Research shows runaway and homeless youth are reluctant to seek help from traditional health providers. The Internet can be useful in engaging this population meeting their needs for sexual information, including information about HIV other sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Using a sample of living Los Angeles, California June 2009, study assesses the frequency with which via Internet, more likely engage seeking online sources. Drawing Andersen’s (1968) behavior model Pescosolido’s...
Preliminary studies with homeless youth have found surprisingly pervasive social media use and suggest that youth's online interactions may be associated their HIV-related risk protective behaviors. As are transient difficult to engage in place-based services, represent a novel venue for intervention. A critical 1st step intervention development is gaining greater understanding of how media, especially as it relates who they connect around what topics. Given the salience networking sites...
There is a growing interest in examining network processes with mix of qualitative and quantitative data. Research has consistently shown that free recall name generators entail bias result missing data affects the quality social This study describes mixed methods approach for collecting data, combining generator context an online survey relations coded from transcripts semi-structured interviews. The combined provides substantially more information about space, both quantitatively...
Objective: Peer influence is one the most consistent correlates of drug use among youth. However, beyond dyadic level, there possibility that peer also functions at a more macro or group which calls for better understanding how positioning within larger social networks affects youth behaviors. Yet, whereas extant research homeless indicates having substance-using peers associated with youth’s own substance use, issue operates in conjunction network structure and position especially regards...
Homeless youth frequently meet diagnosis criteria for depressive and/or substance use disorder(s). Although prior research has established that both social connectedness and self-efficacy buffer vulnerable youth’s adverse health outcomes, few studies have compared the potential of these protective factors on homeless mental well-being. The current study analyzes comparative effects meeting major disorder, co-occurrence disorders among a sample 601 service-seeking in Austin, Denver, Los...
Young adults experiencing homelessness are at increased risk for sexual assault. Receiving a post-sexual assault examination has important implications HIV and unintended pregnancy prevention; yet, utilization is not well understood. In population elevated HIV, pregnancy, violence, identifying barriers facilitators to imperative.
Abstract Objective Emerging evidence suggests that food insecurity is a significant public health concern among people who are homeless or marginally housed. The present study assessed prevalence of and its covariates group housed individuals living in single-room occupancy (SRO) dwellings, population for which there little extant nutrition research. Design Cross-sectional survey incorporating the Household Food Insecurity Access Scale. Setting Ten private SRO residences Uptown neighbourhood...
The current study assessed the relative influence of both injunctive and descriptive norms in context different referent groups (i.e., family, street peers, home-based staff members) on past 30-day methamphetamine, heroin, injection drug use behaviors homeless youth. Cross-sectional data ( N = 911) were collected from three drop-in centers Los Angeles, California. consisted two parts: a social network interview computerized self-administered survey. Multivariate logistic regression models...