Named Groups

Homeless Youth

Runaway and homeless children and adolescents living on the streets of cities and having no fixed place of residence.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Runaway and homeless children and adolescents living on the streets of cities and having no fixed place of residence.

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Synonyms

16 entry terms
  • Homeless Child
  • Homeless Children
  • Child, Homeless
  • Children, Homeless
  • Homeless Youths
  • Youth, Homeless
  • Youths, Homeless
  • Runaways
  • Street Child
  • Street Children
  • Street Youth
  • Child, Street
  • Children, Street
  • Runaway
  • Youth, Street
  • Youths, Street

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Aspects Covered

7 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, education, ethnology, history, legislation & jurisprudence, psychology, statistics & numerical data.

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Indexing Annotation

check the tag CHILD or specific age group; specify geog if pertinent

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History Note

95

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Previous Indexing

  • Homeless Persons (1987-1994)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Homeless Youth. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D018453. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D018453
  2. Homeless Youth. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_children
  3. Homeless Youth. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q501846