Star House: Services, Training, Advocacy and Research on Behalf of Homeless Youth

IMPACT. 1: Research: Since 2004, $20.6 million in federal research funding has been awarded with the goal to identify strategies for ending homelessness and its associated problems among youth and mothers with children in their care. -- 2. Teaching: Star House serves as an internship site for the colleges of Social Work and EHE. High-achieving underrepresented undergraduate students from around the country receive a summer research experience through NIDA. -- 3. Service: Consistent with the mission of a land-grant university, Star House not only translates research to serve the community, but also provides significant education to the community around issues of homelessness.OSU PARTNERS: Faculty partners are represented by the colleges of Education and Human Ecology, Social Work, Nursing, as well as Nationwide Children's Hospital. Star House also partners with Ohio State's Facilities and Operations Department, and the Morrill Scholars Learning Center.COMMUNITY PARTNERS: Coalition on Homelessness and Housing in Ohio; Mount Carmel; Nationwide Children's Hospital; Columbus Public Health; Moms2B; Gracehaven; Salvation Army; Safelink Wireless; Flex High School; Academy for Urban Scholars; Family and Children First; Maryhaven; Mid-Ohio Food Bank; Ohio Benefit Bank; Northwest Counseling (Syntero); Youth Empowerment Program; ...and many morePRIMARY CONTACT: Natasha Slesnick ([email protected])Star House integrates research, teaching and community service to provide central Ohio's 1,200-1,500 youth experiencing homelessness with a safe respite from the streets and connections to a chance for productive lives. Leaders and staff partner with the broader Ohio State and central Ohio community to facilitate services to this vulnerable, underserved population

The impact of an integrated treatment on HIV risk behavior among homeless youth: a randomized controlled trial

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Comparison of HIV risks among gay, lesbian, bisexual and heterosexual homeless youth

Youth who are homeless and gay, lesbian or bisexual (GLB) are one of the most disenfranchised and marginalized groups in our society. The purpose of this study is to examine and compare HIV in GLB homeless youth with their heterosexual counterparts. Participants for this study included 268 youth involved in treatment outcome studies with substance abusing homeless youth. Results suggest that GLB youth have greater HIV risks and that these risks are greater among bisexual females. In examining the predictors of sexual health risks, survival sex emerged as the most significant. Survival sex was high among females regardless of their sexual orientation and also among gay males. Implications of these findings suggest that a greater emphasis needs to be paid to preventive interventions among this population

A review of services and interventions for runaway and homeless youth: Moving forward

Research focused on the impact of community-based services and treatment interventions designed to intervene in the lives of runaway and homeless youth has increased in the last two decades in the U.S. and internationally. In light of the tremendous need for identifying effective strategies to end homelessness and its associated problems among youth, this paper summarizes and critiques the findings of the extant literature including U.S., international, and qualitative studies. Thirty-two papers met criteria for inclusion in the review. Among the conclusions are that comprehensive interventions which target the varied and interconnected needs of these youth and families may be worthy of more study than studies that isolate the intervention focus on one problem. Also, more research incorporating design strategies that increase the reliability and validity of study findings is needed. Other preliminary conclusions and future directions are offered

A review of services and interventions for runaway and homeless youth: Moving forward

Research focused on the impact of community-based services and treatment interventions designed to intervene in the lives of runaway and homeless youth has increased in the last two decades in the U.S. and internationally. In light of the tremendous need for identifying effective strategies to end homelessness and its associated problems among youth, this paper summarizes and critiques the findings of the extant literature including U.S., international, and qualitative studies. Thirty-two papers met criteria for inclusion in the review. Among the conclusions are that comprehensive interventions which target the varied and interconnected needs of these youth and families may be worthy of more study than studies that isolate the intervention focus on one problem. Also, more research incorporating design strategies that increase the reliability and validity of study findings is needed. Other preliminary conclusions and future directions are offered.Runaway and homeless youth Interventions Service evaluation Review