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| Title |
Correlates of psychological functioning of homeless youth in Accra, Ghana: a cross-sectional study
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|---|---|
| Published in |
International Journal of Mental Health Systems, January 2015
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| DOI | 10.1186/1752-4458-9-1 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Kwaku Oppong Asante, Anna Meyer-Weitz, Inge Petersen |
| Abstract |
Research on homeless youth has shown that this population is at high risk for various mental health problems. Previous studies conducted among homeless young adults in Ghana have focused primarily on economic, social and cultural causes of homelessness, their engagement in risky sexual behaviours and the prevalence of STI including HIV/AIDS. We are therefore not fully informed of the prevalence of psychological symptoms and their associated factors. The aim of the study was to determine the association between psychological functioning and social and health risk behaviours among a sample of homeless youth in Ghana. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 1 | 25% |
| Unknown | 3 | 75% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 50% |
| Scientists | 1 | 25% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 25% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 252 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 1 | <1% |
| Namibia | 1 | <1% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 249 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 49 | 19% |
| Researcher | 23 | 9% |
| Student > Bachelor | 22 | 9% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 21 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 20 | 8% |
| Other | 38 | 15% |
| Unknown | 79 | 31% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 53 | 21% |
| Social Sciences | 37 | 15% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 33 | 13% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 26 | 10% |
| Arts and Humanities | 5 | 2% |
| Other | 18 | 7% |
| Unknown | 80 | 32% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 20 January 2015.
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#7,450,249
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#416
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#105,652
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#12
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