We also do not know if the themes and patterns in risk profile that we identified are unique to homeless youth because we had no comparison group.
Yet we also know, due to their unique life histories, homeless people cannot all be classed as the same.
As of the most recent Homeless Unique Youth Count and Survey, some 1,500 unaccompanied homeless children (those under 18) and transition-age youth (18 to 25) were homeless in San Francisco, representing 20percentt of the city's overall homeless population.
To verify that the observed robustness of the results is unique to the homeless and not an outcome of chance, we applied the same randomization procedure to the TB surveillance data for the non-homeless.
Thus, while we demonstrated that the codependency between the evolution of TB cases and their HIV+/PPD− contacts is significant, unique to the homeless, not an outcome of chance, and contact tracing cannot fully account for these trends, it remains an open problem as to what epidemiological mechanisms generate and govern the joint dynamics of HIV and TB among the homeless.
The At Home/Chez Soi project is examining how Housing First can offer a potentially viable option for addressing the unique needs of homeless individuals who experience mental illness.
DNA fingerprinting patterns unique in the homeless population were found in the remaining 42 patients' isolates, 9 of which had patterns also found in nonhomeless TB patients in the community.
Even though it is unique to follow homeless youths for this extensive period of time, a longer time span in which their recovery (or not) would have become more apparent would have been ideal.
A greater understanding of perceived discrimination related to the unique experiences of homeless people will require research that looks at multiple types – and compound effects – of discrimination and its health effects.
This approach suggests that the state of homelessness contributes to higher hospitalizations and ED utilization, rather than unique features of the "homeless" person.
