{"title":"Exposing and Filling the Gaps in Care for LGBTQ Youth on the Westside of Chicago","authors":"Kelli Hatter","doi":"10.1542/PEDS.147.3_MEETINGABSTRACT.605-A","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"In 2015 there were 11,231 homeless youth in Chicago, with 20% of those identifying as LGBTQ (Chicago Coalition for the Homeless). This percentage is presumed to be higher because individuals may not wish to self-identify as LGBTQ when seeking to utilize the shelters and support services (Durso and Gates, 2012). LGBTQ youth experiencing homelessness are a population vulnerable to violence, discrimination, and trauma. One study quantified the rate of suicide attempts amongst the group of youth to be 62% (Van Leeuwen, Boyle, Salomonsen-Sautel, and Baker, 2006). The health needs …","PeriodicalId":355475,"journal":{"name":"Section on LGBT Health and Wellness Program","volume":"72 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2021-02-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Section on LGBT Health and Wellness Program","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1542/PEDS.147.3_MEETINGABSTRACT.605-A","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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In 2015 there were 11,231 homeless youth in Chicago, with 20% of those identifying as LGBTQ (Chicago Coalition for the Homeless). This percentage is presumed to be higher because individuals may not wish to self-identify as LGBTQ when seeking to utilize the shelters and support services (Durso and Gates, 2012). LGBTQ youth experiencing homelessness are a population vulnerable to violence, discrimination, and trauma. One study quantified the rate of suicide attempts amongst the group of youth to be 62% (Van Leeuwen, Boyle, Salomonsen-Sautel, and Baker, 2006). The health needs …
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