科罗拉多州丹佛的青年无家可归者:2017-2021年
Matthew Y Westfall1, Pranav Padmanabhan1, Jianing Wang2,3
1Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado.
Pediatrics
|January 3, 2025
概括
丹佛的青年无家可归者从2017年到2021年显著增加,患病率上升至25.1%. 多个系统的估计显示了比以前理解的更大的范围,突出了改善对无家可归的年轻人的资源分配的需要.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 社会流行病学 社会流行病学
- 人口统计学 人口统计学
背景情况:
- 儿童和青年无家可归是美国公共卫生的一个关键问题.
- 对于无家可归的年轻人来说,缺乏准确的流行数据.
- 了解范围对于有效的干预至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 估计2017年至2021年在科罗拉多州丹佛的无家可归的年轻人患病率.
- 使用多个系统估计 (MSE) 进行更全面的计数.
- 根据种族,种族和性别分层估计.
主要方法:
- 对丹佛14-17岁的青少年进行了多系统估计 (捕获-重新捕获) 分析.
- 三个全市范围的数据集被链接在一起:无家可归管理信息系统,丹佛公立学校的麦金尼-文托数据和科罗拉多州的 TRAILS.
- 使用日志线性模型估计了无家可归的青年总人数,并计算了95%的置信区间.
主要成果:
- 据估计,丹佛的无家可归青年人数从2017年的2880人增加到2021年的7084人.
- 青年无家可归的流行率从2017年的10.4%上升到2021年的25.1%.
- 黑人/非裔美国人和西班牙裔青年占无家可归青年人口的显著多数 (74.9%-83.1%).
结论:
- 丹佛的青少年无家可归的患病率大幅增加,传统方法可能会低估.
- 多系统估计为评估无家可归的流行率提供了更强大的方法.
- 调查结果强调,迫切需要加强对弱势青年群体的资源配置和服务提供.
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