Open AccessExamining Sleep Disturbance Among Sheltered and Unsheltered Transition Age Youth Experiencing Homelessness
Author(s) -
Brian Redline,
Sara Semborski,
Danielle R. Madden,
Harmony Rhoades,
Benjamin F. Henwood
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
medical care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.632
H-Index - 178
eISSN - 1537-1948
pISSN - 0025-7079
DOI - 10.1097/mlr.0000000000001410
Subject(s) - psychology , sleep (system call) , disturbance (geology) , environmental health , gerontology , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , medicine , biology , computer science , operating system , paleontology
The estimated 3.5-million transition age youth (TAY) who experience homelessness in the United States annually are routinely exposed to inadequate sleep environments and other psychosocial risk factors for deficient sleep. Although staying in a shelter versus being unsheltered may facilitate sleep, research suggests that perceived safety wherever one sleeps may be just as important. In this study, which is the first known study to investigate sleep disturbances among TAY experiencing homelessness, we examine associations of sleep disturbances with sheltered status and perceived safety of usual sleep environment.