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[Comment] Intersecting vulnerabilities and homelessness in young people
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Medicine · Public Health
Discovery of the day
A new Lancet Public Health commentary highlights homelessness among youth as a rapidly intensifying global public health crisis, with OECD and EU estimates indicating over two million individuals across 38 member countries are currently homeless. The analysis reveals that young people represent disproportionately large segments of homeless populations, including 35% in the Netherlands, 31% in Australia, and 28% in Denmark, with comparable rates in Canada (18% under 24) and the United States (27%, a 10% year-over-year increase). For your work in chronic disease prevention and health behavior, this finding underscores how social determinants like housing instability create intersecting vulnerabilities that profoundly shape long-term health trajectories and demand integrated public health interventions.
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