Long-Term Associations of Homelessness With Children's Well-Being Export

@article{citeulike:3291329, abstract = {To analyze long-term consequences of homelessness, the authors compared 388 formerly homeless children 55 months after shelter entry with 382 housed peers, birth to 17, using mother- and child-reported health, mental health, community involvement, cognitive performance, and educational records. Both groups scored below cognitive and achievement norms. Small group differences favored housed 4- to 6-year-olds on cognition and 4- to 10-year-olds on mental health only. Child care and recent stressful events, which were high, were as or more important than prior homelessness. Only children living with mothers were included, potentially biasing results. Policy implications are discussed. 10.1177/0002764207311988}, author = {Shinn, Marybeth and Schteingart, Judith S. and Williams, Nathanial C. and Carlin-Mathis, Jennifer and Bialo-Karagis, Nancy and Becker-Klein, Rachel and Weitzman, Beth C.}, citeulike-article-id = {3291329}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0002764207311988}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://abs.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/51/6/789}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1177/0002764207311988}, journal = {American Behavioral Scientist}, keywords = {3, speech}, month = {February}, number = {6}, pages = {789--809}, posted-at = {2009-11-11 16:30:04}, priority = {2}, title = {Long-Term Associations of Homelessness With Children's Well-Being}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0002764207311988}, volume = {51}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3291329 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3291329 N2 - To analyze long-term consequences of homelessness, the authors compared 388 formerly homeless children 55 months after shelter entry with 382 housed peers, birth to 17, using mother- and child-reported health, mental health, community involvement, cognitive performance, and educational records. Both groups scored below cognitive and achievement norms. Small group differences favored housed 4- to 6-year-olds on cognition and 4- to 10-year-olds on mental health only. Child care and recent stressful events, which were high, were as or more important than prior homelessness. Only children living with mothers were included, potentially biasing results. Policy implications are discussed. 10.1177/0002764207311988 IS - 6 JF - American Behavioral Scientist EP - 809 TI - Long-Term Associations of Homelessness With Children's Well-Being VL - 51 SP - 789 KW - 3 KW - speech AU - Shinn, Marybeth AU - Schteingart, Judith AU - Williams, Nathanial AU - Carlin-Mathis, Jennifer AU - Bialo-Karagis, Nancy AU - Becker-Klein, Rachel AU - Weitzman, Beth PY - 2008/02/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0002764207311988 ER -