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Feasibility Study of the Social Enterprise Intervention With Homeless YouthUniversity of Southern California
University of Southern California Objective: To reduce mental health symptoms and high-risk behaviors and increase social support and service utilization among street-living youth, the authors conducted a pilot study to assess the feasibility of the social enterprise intervention (SEI) at a homeless youth agency. Method: Convenience sampling was used to recruit 16 street-living youth from the agency. SEI participants received 7 months of vocational and small business training and service referrals. A comparison sample of 12 agency youth was used. Results: Findings from independent sample t tests demonstrate that SEI participants displayed significant improvements at 9 months in life satisfaction, family contact, peer support, and depressive symptoms. Conclusions: Preliminary findings suggest that the SEI was feasible within the agency setting and associated with higher mental health and social outcomes.
Key Words: mental health intervention social enterprise vocational cooperative homeless youth
This version was published on January
1, 2008 Research on Social Work Practice, Vol. 18, No. 1,
5-19 (2008) |
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