Teenage Runaway
LITERATURE REVIEW
POVERTY, HOMELESSNESS AND TEENAGE PREGNANCY
February 2006
Prepared for:
First Steps Housing Project, Inc. Saint John, NB
Prepared by: Evaluation Designs Ltd. Fredericton, N. B.
Funding for this Literature Review was provided by First Steps Housing Project Inc. Saint John, NB Canada
Author of the Literature Review: Tim Dilworth Evaluation Designs Ltd. Fredericton, New Brunswick Canada E3B 4H7 _____________________________________________
Principal: Carole Dilworth Evaluation Designs Ltd. Fredericton, New Brunswick Canada E3B 4H7 _____________________________________________
General enquires regarding this report should be directed to: Sharon Amirault Executive Director Tel. (506) 693-2228 Email: firststeps@nb.aibn.com
First Steps Housing Project Inc. and Evaluation Designs Ltd. © 2006.
Literature Review
Introduction
Introduction
This Literature Review was undertaken at the request of First Steps Housing Project Inc., Saint John, New Brunswick. It offers a comprehensive overview of the published literature on the topics of teen pregnancy, poverty, homelessness, effects of teen parenting and of poverty on child development, effects of childhood abuse and the societal and financial costs of “doing nothing”. Primary sources of literature were used throughout: primarily journal articles accessed on-line through the Harriet Irving Library (UNBF) and articles by experts in their field sourced on the internet. Every attempt has been made to properly reference the literature. However, the reader is advised that in many instances the writing of the original author/s best expressed the issue and therefore, the paragraphs were incorporated only with minor editing for readability. References are found at the end of the discussion for each topic area. Because each topic area stands alone, there is some repetition of the findings between topic areas.
Evaluation Designs Ltd. Fredericton, NB
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First Steps Housing
POVERTY, HOMELESSNESS AND TEENAGE PREGNANCY
February 2006
Prepared for:
First Steps Housing Project, Inc. Saint John, NB
Prepared by: Evaluation Designs Ltd. Fredericton, N. B.
Funding for this Literature Review was provided by First Steps Housing Project Inc. Saint John, NB Canada
Author of the Literature Review: Tim Dilworth Evaluation Designs Ltd. Fredericton, New Brunswick Canada E3B 4H7 _____________________________________________
Principal: Carole Dilworth Evaluation Designs Ltd. Fredericton, New Brunswick Canada E3B 4H7 _____________________________________________
General enquires regarding this report should be directed to: Sharon Amirault Executive Director Tel. (506) 693-2228 Email: firststeps@nb.aibn.com
First Steps Housing Project Inc. and Evaluation Designs Ltd. © 2006.
Literature Review
Introduction
Introduction
This Literature Review was undertaken at the request of First Steps Housing Project Inc., Saint John, New Brunswick. It offers a comprehensive overview of the published literature on the topics of teen pregnancy, poverty, homelessness, effects of teen parenting and of poverty on child development, effects of childhood abuse and the societal and financial costs of “doing nothing”. Primary sources of literature were used throughout: primarily journal articles accessed on-line through the Harriet Irving Library (UNBF) and articles by experts in their field sourced on the internet. Every attempt has been made to properly reference the literature. However, the reader is advised that in many instances the writing of the original author/s best expressed the issue and therefore, the paragraphs were incorporated only with minor editing for readability. References are found at the end of the discussion for each topic area. Because each topic area stands alone, there is some repetition of the findings between topic areas.
Evaluation Designs Ltd. Fredericton, NB
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First Steps Housing
References: 2 In Low-Income in Census Metropolitan Areas, 1980-2000 by Andrew Heinz and Logan McLeod (22), there is a comparison of 27 Census Metropolitan areas (CMAs) with respect of groups at risk of being in low income