Citation

Yates GL, MacKenzie R, Pennbridge J, Cohen E. Am. J. Public Health 1988; 78(7): 820-821.

Affiliation

Division of Adolescent Medicine, Children's Hospital, Los Angeles, CA 90054.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1988, American Public Health Association)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

3381958

PMCID

PMC1350341

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.

Language: en