| Phase: |
Theme |
| Theme: | Theme 5 - Leveraging DATA and TECHNOLOGY to drive Policy and Practice (THEME5) |
| Status: | Active |
| Start Date: | 2021-06-23 |
| End Date: | 2024-12-31 |
| Principal Investigator |
| Distasio, Jino |
Highly Qualified Personnel
Project Overview
This project aims to use existing surveys and administrative data from various sectors to examine risk and protective factors linked to youth homelessness in Manitoba. The project aims to develop a methodology that examines the intergenerational impact of homelessness, as well as uncover insights related to youth homelessness life course trends.
Outputs
| Title |
Category |
Date |
Authors |
| Using linked administrative data to describe a cohort of young people who have a parent with a history of homelessness (Study 1)Conference Proceedings for International Population Data Linkage Conference 2024. International Journal of Population Data Science, 9(5). doi: 10.23889/ijpds.v9i5.2697.
Objective: Little is known about the children of parents who experience homelessness. The At Home/Chez Soi (AHCS) Research Demonstration Project, launched in 2009, was a Canadian multi-site, multi-year study that tested the effectiveness of Housing First. In Winnipeg, 513 people were enrolled, of whom 47% were parents. Our objective was to determine how the children were faring with respect to their health and social situations at a time their parent was experiencing homelessness.
Approach: The cohort, created using the Manitoba Centre for Health Policy’s familial linkage methodology, consisted of 405 individuals (< 30 years old) who were the offspring of the Winnipeg AHCS cohort. We descriptively summarized the socioeconomic characteristics and indicators of their involvement (or lack thereof) in various government systems at or in a period up to their parent’s study enrolment date.
Results: Approximately half of the cohort were female (51%) and under 13 years (52%). Most (76%) resided in a household that had received income assistance. At least 50% had been placed into care at or near birth and only 17% had not been involved with the child welfare system. Of those school aged, 81% were enrolled in school and of those older than school aged, 53% had graduated. Nearly half (49%) had been diagnosed with a mental health disorder and/or with asthma (47%).
Conclusions and Implications: This study is the first in a series seeking to identify ways to prevent multigenerational experiences of homelessness. Findings will generate valuable insights for upstream intervention across various systems.
University of Winnipeg | Publication | 2024-09-10 | Jino Distasio, "Aynslie Hinds", Corinne Isaak, "Jaime Cidro", "Nathan Nickel", "Sarah Zell", "Jitender Sareen" |
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