Mental Health of High-Risk Urban Youth: The Housing Subsidies Paradox.

ABSTRACT: Housing subsidies, including public housing and Section 8 vouchers, are key components of the social safety net, intended to promote family and child welfare. Studies evaluating the impact of housing subsidies on child and adolescent mental health, however, are generally inconclusive. This may reflect variation in the influence by type of subsidies to income, improved physical environment, increased access to resources, and improved perception of neighborhood safety. Further, most prior research focused on housing subsidies failed to simultaneously formally assess child psychopathology. In the present study, we examine, among adolescents (ages 9-17) from a low-income, urban minority area, the association of housing with psychiatric symptoms and disorders, as well as with their social funct

SUBMITTER: Musa GJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8211093 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature