DeCS

Descriptor English:

Homeless Youth

Descriptor Spanish:

Jóvenes sin Hogar

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	jóvenes sin hogar
Entry term(s)	jóvenes de la calle jóvenes sin techo jóvenes vagabundos niños de la calle niños sin hogar niños sin techo niños vagabundos
Scope note:	Niños y adolescentes sin hogar o fugados de él, que viven en las calles de ciudades y carecen de lugar de residencia fijo.

Descriptor Portuguese:

Jovens em Situação de Rua

Descriptor French:

Jeunes sans-abri

Entry term(s):

Child, Homeless
Child, Street
Children, Homeless
Children, Street
Homeless Child
Homeless Children
Homeless Youths
Runaway
Runaways
Street Child
Street Children
Street Youth
Youth, Homeless
Youth, Street
Youths, Homeless
Youths, Street

Tree number(s):

M01.325.400

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D018453

Scope note:

Runaway and homeless children and adolescents living on the streets of cities and having no fixed place of residence.

Annotation:

check the tag CHILD or specific age group; specify geog if pertinent

Allowable Qualifiers:

CL classification
ED education
EH ethnology
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
PX psychology
SN statistics & numerical data

Previous Indexing:

Homeless Persons (1987-1994)

Public MeSH Note:

History Note:

DeCS ID:

32192

Unique ID:

D018453

Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL):

Click here to access the VHL documents

Date Established:

1995/01/01

Date of Entry:

1994/04/16

Revision Date:

2002/07/03

NAMED GROUPS

Persons [M01]

Persons

Ill-Housed Persons [M01.325]

Ill-Housed Persons

Homeless Youth [M01.325.400]

Homeless Youth

Homeless Youth - Preferred

Concept UI	M0027684
Scope note	Runaway and homeless children and adolescents living on the streets of cities and having no fixed place of residence.
Preferred term	Homeless Youth
Entry term(s)	Child, Homeless Children, Homeless Homeless Child Homeless Children Homeless Youths Youth, Homeless Youths, Homeless

Street Youth - Narrower

Concept UI	M0027683
Preferred term	Street Youth
Entry term(s)	Youth, Street Youths, Street

Runaways - Narrower

Concept UI	M0027681
Preferred term	Runaways
Entry term(s)	Runaway

Street Children - Narrower

Concept UI	M0027682
Preferred term	Street Children
Entry term(s)	Child, Street Children, Street Street Child

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