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“Getting out of downtown”: a longitudinal study of how street-entrenched youth attempt to exit an inner city drug scene
Background Urban drug “scenes” have been identified as important risk environments that shape the health of street-entrenched youth. New knowledge is needed to inform policy and programing interventions to help...
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Social and structural barriers to housing among street-involved youth who use illicit drugs
In Canada, approximately 150 000 youth live on the street. Streetinvolvement and homelessness have been associated with various health risks, including increased substance use, blood-borne infections and sexually transmitted diseases....