A risk profile comparison of runaway and non-runaway youth.
- 1 July 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Public Health Association in American Journal of Public Health
- Vol. 78 (7) , 820-821
- https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.78.7.820
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 110 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.Keywords
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