Providing Care for Children and Adolescents Facing Homelessness and Housing Insecurity
Providing Care for Children and Adolescents Facing Homelessness and Housing Insecurity
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DOI：
10.1542/peds.2013-0645
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发表时间：
2013-06-01
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8
通讯作者：
Watson, Camille
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作者：
Briggs, Melissa A.;Granado-Villar, Deise C.;Watson, Camille
儿童健康和住房安全密切相关，无家可归的儿童比有家的儿童更容易患慢性病、饥饿和营养不良。无家可归的儿童和青年往往有严重的心理社会发展问题，他们的教育经常中断。考虑到无家可归对儿童健康和潜力的总体影响，儿科医生必须认识到导致无家可归的因素，了解无家可归及其原因可能导致健康状况不佳的方式，并在可能的情况下帮助儿童和家庭减轻无家可归的影响。通过改变做法，与社区资源合作，提高认识和宣传，儿科医生可以帮助优化受无家可归影响的儿童的健康和福祉。
Child health and housing security are closely intertwined, and children without homes are more likely to suffer from chronic disease, hunger, and malnutrition than are children with homes. Homeless children and youth often have significant psychosocial development issues, and their education is frequently interrupted. Given the overall effects that homelessness can have on a child's health and potential, it is important for pediatricians to recognize the factors that lead to homelessness, understand the ways that homelessness and its causes can lead to poor health outcomes, and when possible, help children and families mitigate some of the effects of homelessness. Through practice change, partnership with community resources, awareness, and advocacy, pediatricians can help optimize the health and well-being of children affected by homelessness.