Housing Instability and Homelessness-An Undertreated Pediatric Chronic Condition

Jonathan M Gabbay; Amanda M Stewart; Ann Chen Wu

doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2022.3258

Housing Instability and Homelessness-An Undertreated Pediatric Chronic Condition

JAMA Pediatr. 2022 Nov 1;176(11):1063-1064. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2022.3258.

Authors

Jonathan M Gabbay^{1

2}, Amanda M Stewart^{2

3}, Ann Chen Wu^{2

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
² Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
³ Division of Emergency Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁴ Division of General Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.

PMID: 36094596
DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2022.3258

No abstract available

Plain language summary

This Viewpoint discusses housing instability and homelessness among children as well as the significance of the Housing First model, with particular focus on children in families.

MeSH terms

Child
Chronic Disease
Housing
Housing Instability*
Humans
Ill-Housed Persons*
Social Problems