Music-Based Services for Young People Experiencing Homelessness: Engaging Strengths and Creating Opportunities

2017 ◽  
Vol 98 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian L. Kelly
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Homeless Youth ◽  
Creative Expression ◽  
Ethnographic Approach ◽  
Transitional Living

This study explores a music studio in a transitional living program for young people experiencing homelessness. Using an ethnographic approach, data were collected to explore: (a) young people's experiences in the music studio, (b) the meanings they attach to their experiences, and (c) whether involvement in the studio engages their strengths. Study findings present a compelling narrative that supports the use of music-based services for young people experiencing homelessness as a way to engage their strengths and foster important opportunities for connection, engagement, and creative expression. Findings highlight the importance of challenging prescriptive notions of homeless youth and developing services that engage their strengths.

scholarly journals PENDIDIKAN KARAKTER: AKTIVITAS KETERLIBATAN SUKARELAWAN MUDA ERA MODERN BEKERJA SECARA DARING DAN LURING

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 96-102
Author(s):  
Muhammad Mona Adha ◽  
Eska Prawisudawati Ulpa
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Young People ◽  
Character Education ◽  
Social Interactions ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Practical Skills ◽  
Ethnographic Approach ◽  
People Participation ◽  
Self Development

Abstract: Young people participation would be runs to the maximum by being given the opportunity and place to be creative carried out as volunteers. The experience and learning process of working both online and offline voluntarily can increase the knowledge, practical skills, and experience of every volunteer. Qualitative research with an ethnographic approach is implemented to find the context and social interactions that occur between volunteers and the environment in which they are active. Opportunities for self-development through acts of sincere and noble service become significant to continue to be developed in the midst of society and become a habituation as a form of strengthening character and character so that character education can continue to be turned on and become a servant for themselves and for people around them. 

Voices from the Street: What Homeless Youth Think We Need to Know

2021 ◽  
pp. 193672442110425
Author(s):  
Marilyn Dyck ◽  
Jill Leslie Rosenbaum ◽  
Kaitlin O’Grady
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Homeless Youth ◽  
Program Effectiveness ◽  
Program Improvement ◽  
Marginalized Youth ◽  
Policy Changes ◽  
Government Officials ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
Street Life ◽  
Program Staff

While social scientists have attempted to become informed about the needs and realities of marginalized youth, rarely do they include their voices in these discussions. Yet, research suggests that listening to young people results in the development of more successful programming. The authors examined 30 years of youth writing to understand what program participants think they need. Focusing on youth experiencing homelessness narratives regarding “leaving the street,” the article identifies three themes to guide government officials and program staff in program improvement: (1) the process of becoming ready to leave street life, (2) the factors that cause setbacks to occur, and (3) the recognition of young people’s need for independence and concerns that impact program effectiveness. Finally, using their words, we present suggestions for policy changes perceived to be most beneficial.

The Ivory Tower in a World of Trouble

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-30
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Collaborative Learning ◽  
Community Engagement ◽  
Ivory Tower ◽  
Joint Activity ◽  
Community Partners ◽  
Expansive Learning ◽  
Ethnographic Approach ◽  
Shared Activity ◽  
University Community

This chapter introduces the authors' approach to university-community engagement as the process of collaborative learning among the young people engaged in afterschool activities run by University-Community Links (UC Links), along with the community and university people who have collectively engaged in designing, planning, and implementing those program activities. The prevalence of social displacement among community participants suggests a primary point for understanding the role that universities can play by engaging in the larger world. The chapter introduces the authors' ethnographic approach to the study of expansive learning among collaborating community and university partners as they confront dilemmas implicit in their engagement in joint activity and come to view their shared activity from an expanded perspective that transforms how they work together. The chapter then describes the historical emergence of UC Links, a California initiative that connects university and community partners in addressing pervasive social displacement and educational inequities.

scholarly journals ‘No One Learned’: Interpreting a Drugs Crackdown Operation and its Consequences Through The ‘Lens’ of Social Harm

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Will Mason
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Youth Workers ◽  
Social Harm ◽  
Social Actors ◽  
Ethnographic Approach ◽  
Empirical Context ◽  
State Interventions ◽  
Structural Inequalities

AbstractThis article seeks to extend studies of social harm by detailing the ways that harm is interpreted, identified and reflected upon by social actors in a specific empirical context: a drugs crackdown operation in a northern English city. Using a longitudinal ethnographic approach, unique insights are reported both from the time that the operation took place and a point in time five years afterwards. The data offer rich accounts of the immediate, short- and longer-term impacts as interpreted by youth workers and a group of mostly Somali young people (aged 13–19). Social harm, it is argued, offers a useful ‘lens’ through which to critically explore the culpability of well-meaning state interventions in the (re)production of structural inequalities.

scholarly journals Developing a text messaging-based smoking cessation intervention for young smokers experiencing homelessness

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-43
Author(s):  
Joan S. Tucker ◽  
Sebastian Linnemayr ◽  
Eric R. Pedersen ◽  
William G. Shadel ◽  
Rushil Zutshi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Smoking Cessation ◽  
Young People ◽  
Text Messaging ◽  
Homeless Youth ◽  
Cessation Intervention ◽  
Qualitative Feedback ◽  
Quitting Smoking ◽  
Young Smokers ◽  
Future Evaluation ◽  
Text Messaging Intervention

AbstractIntroductionCigarette smoking is highly prevalent among young people experiencing homelessness, and many of these smokers are motivated to quit. However, there is a lack of readily available cessation services for this population, which is highly mobile and can be challenging to engage in services.AimsWe describe the development of a smoking cessation text messaging intervention (TMI) for homeless youth who are interested in quitting smoking.MethodsParticipants were 18–25 years old and recruited from drop-in centers serving homeless youth. Three focus groups (N = 18) were conducted with smokers to refine the TMI content, and a separate sample of smokers (N = 8) provided feedback on the TMI after using it for 1 week. Survey data assessed the TMI's acceptability and feasibility.ResultsParticipants generally rated the TMI as helpful and relevant, and nearly all had cell phone plans that included unlimited texting and were able to view TMI content with few difficulties. Qualitative feedback on strengths/limitations of the TMI in terms of content, tone, and delivery parameters was used to finalize the TMI for a future evaluation.ConclusionsResults suggest that a TMI is a feasible and acceptable option for young people experiencing homelessness who are interested in quitting smoking.

Searching and deleting: youth, impression management and online traces of search

2019 ◽  
Vol 72 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-48
Author(s):  
Cecilia Andersson
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Impression Management ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Data Flow ◽  
Present Material ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Ethnographic Approach ◽  
Search Logs ◽  
Main Strategy ◽  
The Way

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore and analyse how young people conceptualise online traces of search and what strategies they have for dealing with them. Design/methodology/approach The topic was investigated through a qualitative and ethnographic approach. Interviews, go-alongs and observations in schools were carried out with nine participants in Sweden. Findings The findings show that the participants’ main strategy in relation to online traces was to remove items from their search logs. Search logs were a tangible way of conceptualising online traces of search. The participants removed items in relation to an imagined audience which, in the present material, primarily consisted of parents and teachers. The findings also showed that the participants had some awareness of online traces but had difficulties in understanding the way that data flow and the persistence of data. Their strategies were more reactive than proactive in relation to online traces. Originality/value The present study contributes with a novel exploration of understandings of online traces of search. Further, it contribute theoretically by investigating the topic through the lens of audience and impression management.

Homeless youth in London: II. Accommodation, employment and health outcomes at 1 year

2000 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 187-194 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. K. J. CRAIG ◽  
S. HODSON
Keyword(s):  
Substance Use ◽  
Young People ◽  
Psychiatric Disorder ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Homeless Youth ◽  
Homeless People ◽  
Antisocial Behaviour ◽  
Medical Needs ◽  
The Impact

Background. While there is considerable evidence of a high prevalence of psychiatric disorder among homeless youth, much less is known about its long-term course or the impact it may have on accommodation outcomes.Method. A random sample of 161 homeless people 16–21 years of age were recruited from consecutive attendees at two of London's largest facilities for homeless young people. These young people were traced and re-interviewed a year later to examine accommodation, occupation and health outcomes.Results. A total of 107 (67%) people were successfully re-interviewed. Psychiatric disorder was identified in 55% at follow up. Two thirds of those with a psychiatric disorder at index interview remained symptomatic at follow-up. Persistence of psychiatric disorder was associated with adverse childhood experiences and rough sleeping. Satisfactory accommodation outcomes were achieved by 45 subjects (42%). Better accommodation outcomes were associated with three variables measured at the index assessment: ethnic minority status; educational achievement; and, the presence of accommodation plans negotiated through a resettlement agency. While psychiatric disorder at index interview was not associated with accommodation outcome, persistent substance use in the follow-up year was associated with poor accommodation outcome. Over half of the young people had been involved in petty crime and just under a third had been convicted for more serious criminal activity. Offending and antisocial behaviour in the follow-up year were related to a history of conduct disorder, persistent substance abuse and poor accommodation outcomes.Conclusions. Young homeless people are characterized by multiple social and medical needs. Successful resettlement of this population may depend upon integrated services that address problems of persisting substance use and mental illness as well as the immediate housing need.

scholarly journals My dog's the champ: an analysis of young people in urban settings and fighting dog breeds

1970 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Saffron Burley
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Moral Panic ◽  
Youth Workers ◽  
Urban Settings ◽  
Community Work ◽  
Ethnographic Approach ◽  
The Way

There is a growing phenomenon of young people in urban areas owning fighting dog breeds, such as Pit Bull Terriers, Staffordshire Bull Terriers and English Bull Terriers. Many people find these youths and their dogs threatening, and many more are concerned that the dogs are being trained to fight, and to deliberately intimidate. As well as the perception of these young people as a threat, there is also a host of anti-cruelty sentiments directed at them. The purpose of this exploration is to examine the origins and characteristics of this phenomenon and the societal responses in regards to it, especially in the context of wider society's historical tendency to assume the worst of this particular group, and the way that many dominant views on this issue echo typical "moral panic" anxieties. I hope to also reveal the extent of more subtle needs and nuances in the behaviour of these young people and the deeper motivations behind their choice to own and train fighting dog breeds, by using a more sensitive, ethnographic approach to flesh out the picture. I will then apply the understanding gained from this exploration to inform my understanding of the challenges and considerations facing youth and community work in regards to young people, highlighting our aim as youth workers to link our work to broader issues of inequality in society.

Homeless youth in London: I. Childhood antecedents and psychiatric disorder

1998 ◽  
Vol 28 (6) ◽  
pp. 1379-1388 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. K. J. CRAIG ◽  
S. HODSON
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Psychiatric Disorder ◽  
Educational Attainment ◽  
Homeless Youth ◽  
Homeless People ◽  
Childhood Adversity ◽  
Homeless Population ◽  
Childhood Experiences ◽  
Childhood Care ◽  
Childhood Antecedents

Background. There has been an increase in the numbers of homeless young people in Britain. Little is known of the health and social welfare needs of this population.Method. This case–control study compares a random sample of homeless people aged under 22 years recruited from consecutive attenders at two of London's largest facilities for homeless young people with a contemporaneous sample of domiciled young people recruited through general practice registration lists. The homeless and domiciled groups were compared on measures of childhood care, education and psychiatric disorder.Results. One hundred and sixty-one homeless people (88% of those approached) and 107 domiciled subjects (60% of those approached) were interviewed. Sixty-nine per cent of homeless and a third of the domiciled subjects reported a childhood lacking in affection, with indifferent and often violent carers. Psychiatric disorder was identified in 62% of homeless respondents and a quarter of the domiciled population. A fifth of homeless and 5 domiciled respondents had attempted suicide in the previous year. Multivariate analysis suggest that childhood adversity, low educational attainment and the prior presence of psychiatric disorder all independently increase the likelihood of homelessness in a youthful population.Conclusions. The evidence presented in this paper supports the hypotheses that characterize the young homeless population as experiencing higher rates of childhood adversity and psychiatric disorder than their domiciled contemporaries. A tentative model is suggested whereby childhood experiences, educational attainment and the prior presence of psychiatric disorder all independently increase the likelihood of homelessness in a youthful population.

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