Feasibility study of the social enterprise intervention with homeless youth
Feasibility study of the social enterprise intervention with homeless youth
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DOI：
10.1177/1049731507303535
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发表时间：
2008-01-01
影响因子：
1.8
通讯作者：
Xie, Bin
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作者：
Ferguson, Kristin M.;Xie, Bin
目的：为了减少街头青少年的心理健康症状和高危行为，并增加街头青少年的社会支持和服务利用率，作者进行了一项试点研究，以评估无家可归青少年机构社会企业干预（SEI）的可行性。方法：采用方便抽样方法，从该机构招募16名街头流浪青年。SEI参与者接受了7个月的职业和小企业培训和服务转介。使用了12个机构青年的比较样本。结果如下：独立样本t检验的结果表明，SEI参与者在9个月时在生活满意度，家庭联系，同伴支持和抑郁症状方面表现出显着改善。结论：初步研究结果表明，SEI是可行的机构设置内，并与较高的心理健康和社会成果。
Objective: To reduce mental health symptoms and high-risk behaviors and increase social support and service utilization among street-living youth, the authors conducted a pilot study to assess the feasibility of the social enterprise intervention (SEI) at a homeless youth agency. Method: Convenience sampling was used to recruit 16 street-living youth from the agency. SEI participants received 7 months of vocational and small business training and service referrals. A comparison sample of 12 agency youth was used. Results: Findings from independent sample t tests demonstrate that SEI participants displayed significant improvements at 9 months in life satisfaction, family contact, peer support, and depressive symptoms. Conclusions: Preliminary findings suggest that the SEI was feasible within the agency setting and associated with higher mental health and social outcomes.