The new ‘spectral army’: biography and youth poverty on Teesside’s deprived estates

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony Ruddy
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Young People ◽  
Transition To Adulthood ◽  
Financial Hardship ◽  
Growing Up ◽  
Material Hardship ◽  
Multiple Deprivation ◽  
Marginalized Communities ◽  
North East ◽  
Insight Into

Anthony Ruddy examines the experiences of young people growing up in contexts of multiple deprivation and material hardship in a small, deindustrialised town in North East England. Using ethnographic and biographical subjective narratives from young people he focuses on the interplay between youth poverty and material inequality, resistance and the ordinary lives of young people from marginalized communities. This is a study on significant financial hardship and deep poverty intersects with structural economic and social degeneration, discrimination and individual victimization. He offers direct emotional insight into the lives of young adults who on a day-to-day basis experience different forms of marginalisation as part of their struggle of transition to adulthood.

Psychotic disorders in young adults with perinatally acquired HIV: a UK case series

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
I. Mallik ◽  
T. Pasvol ◽  
G. Frize ◽  
S. Ayres ◽  
A. Barrera ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Young People ◽  
Case Series ◽  
Psychotic Episode ◽  
Published Data ◽  
Growing Up ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Perinatally Acquired

Abstract Background Increasing numbers of children with perinatally acquired HIV (PaHIV) are transitioning into adult care. People living with behaviourally acquired HIV are known to be at more risk of psychosis than uninfected peers. Young adults living with PaHIV face numerous risk factors; biological: lifelong exposure to a neurotrophic virus, antiretroviral medication and immune dysfunction during brain development, and environmental; social deprivation, ethnicity-related discrimination, and migration-related issues. To date, there is little published data on the prevalence of psychotic illness in young people growing up with PaHIV. Methods We conducted a retrospective case note review of all individuals with PaHIV aged over 18 years registered for follow up at a dedicated clinic in the UK (n = 184). Results In total, 12/184 (6.5%), median age 23 years (interquartile range 21–26), had experienced at least one psychotic episode. The presentation and course of the psychotic episodes experienced by our cohort varied from short-lived symptoms to long term illness and nine (75%) appear to have developed a severe and enduring mental illness requiring long term care. Conclusion The prevalence of psychosis in our cohort was clearly above the lifetime prevalence of psychosis in UK individuals aged 16–34 years, which has been reported to be 0.5–1.0%. This highlights the importance of clinical vigilance regarding the mental health of young people growing up with PaHIV and the need to integrate direct access to mental health services within the HIV centres providing medical care.

NEETs: a case study in addressing the issues relating to disengaged youth in East Cleveland

2014 ◽  
Vol 56 (5) ◽  
pp. 467-480 ◽  
Author(s):  
David William Stoten
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
Youth Unemployment ◽  
Geographic Area ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Content Type ◽  
North East ◽  
Executive Agencies ◽  
Support Programmes ◽  
Insight Into

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to report on the challenges and approaches taken to address the issue of NEETs in North East England. The area around Redcar in East Cleveland has high levels of unemployment, particularly youth unemployment. This paper compared actions taken in England in the support offered to disaffected youth and reports on the strategy pursued in East Cleveland. Design/methodology/approach – The research was primarily desk-based, interrogating Government publications as well as that generated by executive agencies and local educational institutions. A number of key figures were surveyed in addition to obtain a grounded insight into the challenges that confront those who work in this area. Findings – This study identified areas of good practice that could be considered elsewhere. Its conclusions emphasise that solutions to the NEETs problem are to be found in bespoke and individually focused programmes that value the contribution of young people to society and aim to build their self-esteem and confidence. It also highlights the importance of inter-agency cooperation and joined up strategic planning. Research limitations/implications – This study would have benefited from the opportunity to survey the views of young people involved in support programmes. Given issues of confidentiality, this was not possible. Originality/value – This study adds to the literature generated by Government bodies and educational institutions on the issue of disaffected youth. Its value lies in its reference to a specific geographic area and its insight into the work of local professionals in tackling this complex social issue.

Teens and Territory in 'Post-Conflict' Belfast

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Madeleine Leonard
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
City Centre ◽  
Growing Up ◽  
Political Consequences ◽  
Post Conflict ◽  
The Social ◽  
People’S Attitudes ◽  
Insight Into

This book provides a timely and necessary response to the neglect of the perceptions and experiences of young people growing up in ‘post conflict’ societies using Belfast as a case study. Despite a great deal of research on the social, economic and political consequences of sectarianism in Northern Ireland, few studies have examined young people’s attitudes to and experiences of territory. We still know relatively little about how young people relate to concepts such as space, place and territory in divided societies. This book addresses this vacuum. By presenting a detailed rich ethnographic account of how teenagers living in segregated localities in Belfast access and use local and city centre space, the book contributes to knowledge about the role of young people in both sustaining conflict and overcoming divisions. Teenagers’ spatial practices provide insight into how the regenerated, rebranded, repacked, ‘post conflict’ city is experienced, perceived, negotiated and imagined by a group whose voices are often absent or regarded as peripheral. While the book presents a case study of Belfast, its appeal is not limited to those interested in Ireland. Rather, through this detailed case study, the book aims to address wider questions concerning the role of young people in politically contested societies. The book underlines the need to take on board young people’s ways of seeing and contributes to knowledge about appropriate ways to engage young people in research.

scholarly journals Why Enrol in a Lifelong Learning Programme? A Comparative Study of Austrian and Spanish Young Adults

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 110-121
Author(s):  
Domingo Barroso-Hurtado ◽  
Ralph Chan
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Young People ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Life Course ◽  
Lifelong Learning ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Youth Transitions

Lifelong learning (LLL) programmes can be perceived as a means of governing youth transitions. Young adults can use such programmes to try to overcome different constraints in their life course. This article explores the decisions of young adults in Vienna (Austria) and Malaga (Spain) who are participating in different LLL programmes that seek to address their transition from unemployment to employment. In order to understand these decisions, we want to explore: (1) how the young adult’s experiences influenced their decision to engage with an LLL programme, (2) what role these programmes played in their biographies and (3) how young adults imagine their future. We use two theoretical lenses to explore these questions: bounded agency and projectivity. A comparative study of these two regions provides insight into how different contextual conditions influence young adults’ decisions. We perform three different analyses: of the young people’s past trajectories and transitions, of their imagined futures, and of their decision to enrol in the programme. Exploring young people’s subjective accounts of their pasts and their imagined futures helps to improve our understanding of the role young people believe these programmes play in their lives, why they have decided to enrol in them, and how they use and interpret these pathways through, and in the framework of, different contextual conditions.

Housing For Young People: What Are Their Opportunities?

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 15
Author(s):  
Mahazril 'Aini Yaacob ◽  
Siti Hajar Siti Hajar Abu Bakar ◽  
Wan Nor Azriyati Wan Abdul Aziz
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Young People ◽  
Transition To Adulthood ◽  
Affordable Housing ◽  
Independent Living ◽  
Influential Factors ◽  
Structural Factors ◽  
Eligibility Criteria

Housing does not only serve the basic needs of the citizens, but it is also considered as one of the important features of independent living. A comprehensive literature search revealed that access to housing is vital in the transition to adulthood, mainly to ensure that young adults enjoy a higher quality of life. Young adults face many hardships in their pursuit of adequate and affordable housing. Nevertheless, the act of leaving  home, are typically determined by the economic resources (income) and other influential  factors. The  debate on establishing the homeownership was  rampantly discussed by numerous searchers. However, efforts to examine the factors influencing the housing opportunities among the young people are limited. In response to this need, a preliminary study was carried out to identify the factors  affecting the housing opportunities among the young people. Except for locational factor, affordability,housing knowledge and structural factors play prominent roles in inducing housing opportunities among the youth. Therefore, strategies such as comprehensive information about housing schemes should be made available and accessible to the young people. Additionally, other relevant parties, such as financial institutions and developers, may need to revise their requirement for loan financing, and the eligibility criteria. Overall, these measures should be able to ensure that young can people enjoy housing opportunities and improve their quality of life Keywords: affordability, housing knowledge, housing opportunities, location, structural

“Marriage Is More Than Being Together”: The Meaning of Marriage for Young Adults

2011 ◽  
Vol 32 (7) ◽  
pp. 845-875 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria J. Kefalas ◽  
Frank F. Furstenberg ◽  
Patrick J. Carr ◽  
Laura Napolitano
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Young People ◽  
Transition To Adulthood ◽  
Fast Track ◽  
Metropolitan Areas ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Developmental Perspective ◽  
Diverse Population ◽  
Rural America

Based on 424 qualitative interviews with a racially, ethnically, and socio-economically diverse population of young people ranging in age from 21 to 38, the authors ponder the paradox of the evolving role for contemporary marriage within the developmental perspective of the transition to adulthood. The authors identify two groups: marriage naturalists and marriage planners. Naturalists comprise one fifth of the sample, are largely from rural America, and follow the fast-track into marriage that defined the mid-twentieth century. Planners comprise the remainder of the sample, are based in metropolitan areas, and follow an elongated transition to adulthood. The authors examine the views of each group on commitment and the nature of relationships, and apply their findings to the debates about whether marriage is resilient, in decline, or becoming deinstitutionalized.

Growing up in institutional family group care

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoyuan Shang ◽  
Karen R. Fisher
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Transition To Adulthood ◽  
Group Care ◽  
Family Group ◽  
Growing Up ◽  
Alternative Care ◽  
Welfare Institutions ◽  
State Child ◽  
Outcomes For Children ◽  
Family Based

This chapter discusses how, in addition to formal foster care in families, some state child welfare institutions also provide alternative care in family groups with a paid house mother on the site of the institution. This type of alternative care raises questions about whether this grouping is sufficient to simulate the benefits of family based care in relation to outcomes for children when they are growing up, and the impact on their transition to adulthood. The chapter looks at the experiences of seven young people in one city who had lived in this arrangement. It considers the differences for these young people during their childhood and as they prepared for possibilities to leave the family group care in the institution.

616 Young Adults Burn Survivors - Key Challenges They Faced While Growing Up

2021 ◽  
Vol 42 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S162-S162
Author(s):  
Ruth B Brubaker ◽  
Curt Bay ◽  
Cindy Rutter ◽  
Daniel W Chacon ◽  
Dustin K Wise ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Adult Survivors ◽  
Growing Up ◽  
Burn Care ◽  
Burn Survivors ◽  
Young Adult Survivors ◽  
Being Bullied ◽  
Time Away ◽  
Hidden Scars ◽  
Insight Into

Abstract Introduction There is a paucity of research regarding the challenges faced by young adults (YA) who matured with burns. It is well documented that acute burn care is laden with painful surgeries/dressing changes, gruesome physical/occupational therapies, anxiety and time away from family & friends. However, the specific issues young adults burned as children find most challenging remain largely unknown. This study sought to provide YA survivors with an opportunity to describe the difficult issues they endured. Methods Burn surviving youth responded to the open-ended statement “The hardest thing about being burned is…” Seven themes were derived from their responses: People Staring at Me, Being Bullied, Remembering When I was Burned, Having Additional Surgeries, My Scars, Getting Questions About My Burns,& the Pain & Itching, Young adult survivors were asked to rate each item on a 4-point scale from (1) Not at all to (4) Really a lot. Results Participants were YA survivors (n=64) mean age 19.1 years, female (62%) male (38%), average age at burn of 6.4 yrs. Sixty-eight percent reported both visible & hidden scars; 25% had a TBSA > 50%., Sixty-six percent were minority race/ethnicity. More than half of respondents reported issues with My Scars (65%), Remembering the Burn (52%) and Pain & Itching (50%). People Staring and Bullying has been bothersome for over 70%, 72% reported Being Bullied and 71% noted People Staring. The highest 5 means among YA subgroups included: Participants with hand scars- Being Bullied (2.6), those with visible scars - My Scars (2.6). Those reporting both facial & hand scars endorsed People Staring (2.4), youth with a TBSA ≥ 50% - Being Bullied (2.4) and with visible scars - Remembering the Burn – (2.4). Girls were bothered significantly more by My Scars (p=.02). Youth with both facial & hand scars had greater issues with Pain/Itch (p=.03). Conclusions This study provides insight into problems encountered by maturing burn survivors and discloses the more challenging issues they endured. These data can assist burn centers, camps, and psychotherapists in discussing potential survivor issues and suggest interventions to help burn-injured youth respond to challenges. Special consideration should be given to girls, those with facial/hand scars, large TBSAs and visible scarring.

scholarly journals Uncertainty and Fertility in a Generalized AIDS Epidemic

2011 ◽  
Vol 76 (6) ◽  
pp. 935-954 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jenny Trinitapoli ◽  
Sara Yeatman
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Young People ◽  
Hiv Prevalence ◽  
Hiv Status ◽  
Aids Epidemic ◽  
And Behaviors ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Insight Into

Sociologists widely acknowledge that uncertainty matters for decision making, but they rarely measure it directly. In this article, we demonstrate the importance of theorizing about, measuring, and analyzing uncertainty as experienced by individuals. We adapt a novel probabilistic solicitation technique to measure personal uncertainty about HIV status in a high HIV prevalence area of southern Malawi. Using data from 2,000 young adults (ages 15 to 25 years), we demonstrate that uncertainty about HIV status is widespread and that it expands as young adults assess their proximate and distant futures. In conceptualizing HIV status as something more than sero-status itself, we gain insight into how what individuals know they don’t know influences their lives. Young people who are uncertain about their HIV status express desires to accelerate their childbearing relative to their counterparts who are certain they are uninfected. Our approach and findings show that personal uncertainty is a measurable and meaningful phenomenon that can illuminate much about individuals’ aspirations and behaviors.

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