Scott Leon
Biographic Data
| ID | 329986 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Scott Leon |
| GIVEN NAMES | Scott |
| FAMILY NAME | Leon |
| SIGNATURE | LEON S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Wellesley Institute |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6635-0228 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 21 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Cultural adaptation considerations of a comprehensive housing outreach program for Indigenous youth exiting homelessness
Generalist health interventions that aim to reduce chronic health disparities between Indigenous and non-Indigenous populations can be culturally adapted to better meet the needs of Indigenous people in Canada; however, little is known regarding best practices in implementing these adaptations. The present study first provides a review of the research process used to adapt a previous evidence-based housing initiative for Indigenous youth in North…
Subjective housing stability in the transition away from homelessness
Housing stability is a complex concept to measure. One set of factors under consideration are those based on a personal or subjective sense of stability. We explore the variables associated with subjective stability and explore how subjective stability relates to housing stability across time. We use data from longitudinal, mixed methods research with 85 young people exiting homelessness. We find that subjective stability is a meaningful construc…
Adaption and implementation of the Housing Outreach Program Collaborative (HOP-C) North for Indigenous youth
14) engaged in implementing the program. After completing the HOP-C North program, participants reported improvements in a number of outcomes, including increased educational enrollment, attainment of employment, reduced hospitalizations, and increased engagement in clinical mental health services. Specific program aspects that participants found helpful included increased program flexibility, accessibility, emphasis on relationships, relevance o…
Trialing the feasibility of a critical time intervention for youth transitioning out of homelessness
Little is known regarding the specific types of service models and collaborations that are necessary to support diverse populations of youth in transition out of homelessness. Transitional supports addressing the complex needs of this population are needed to stabilize the array of housing arrangements that youth access. This study was a pilot randomized controlled trial of one such critical time intervention, called the Housing Outreach Program-…
More than four walls and a roof needed
This article examines the feasibility of a complex intervention designed to facilitate the transition of youth out of homelessness. It is intended to contribute to efforts to build out the youth homelessness intervention literature, which is underdeveloped relative to descriptive characterizations of risk. The 6-month intervention examined here, referred to as the Housing Outreach Program-Collaboration (HOP-C), is comprised of transitional outrea…
Development of a complex tertiary prevention intervention for the transition out of youth homelessness
Predictors of children in foster care being adopted
Person-job match among frontline staff working in residential treatment centers
Prior research has shown that the personality variables extraversion and neuroticism predict burnout among frontline staff working in residential treatment centers. This study tested the hypothesis that the effect of personality on burnout would be moderated by the psychiatric characteristics of the youth served on the milieu. Two hundred and three frontline staff working in 21 residential treatment centers in Illinois serving troubled youth comp…
Predictors of children in foster care being adopted
Development of a complex tertiary prevention intervention for the transition out of youth homelessness
Cultural adaptation considerations of a comprehensive housing outreach program for Indigenous youth exiting homelessness
Generalist health interventions that aim to reduce chronic health disparities between Indigenous and non-Indigenous populations can be culturally adapted to better meet the needs of Indigenous people in Canada; however, little is known regarding best practices in implementing these adaptations. The present study first provides a review of the research process used to adapt a previous evidence-based housing initiative for Indigenous youth in North…
Predictors of children in foster care being adopted
Person-job match among frontline staff working in residential treatment centers
Prior research has shown that the personality variables extraversion and neuroticism predict burnout among frontline staff working in residential treatment centers. This study tested the hypothesis that the effect of personality on burnout would be moderated by the psychiatric characteristics of the youth served on the milieu. Two hundred and three frontline staff working in 21 residential treatment centers in Illinois serving troubled youth comp…
Development of a complex tertiary prevention intervention for the transition out of youth homelessness
More than four walls and a roof needed
This article examines the feasibility of a complex intervention designed to facilitate the transition of youth out of homelessness. It is intended to contribute to efforts to build out the youth homelessness intervention literature, which is underdeveloped relative to descriptive characterizations of risk. The 6-month intervention examined here, referred to as the Housing Outreach Program-Collaboration (HOP-C), is comprised of transitional outrea…
Trialing the feasibility of a critical time intervention for youth transitioning out of homelessness
Little is known regarding the specific types of service models and collaborations that are necessary to support diverse populations of youth in transition out of homelessness. Transitional supports addressing the complex needs of this population are needed to stabilize the array of housing arrangements that youth access. This study was a pilot randomized controlled trial of one such critical time intervention, called the Housing Outreach Program-…
Adaption and implementation of the Housing Outreach Program Collaborative (HOP-C) North for Indigenous youth
14) engaged in implementing the program. After completing the HOP-C North program, participants reported improvements in a number of outcomes, including increased educational enrollment, attainment of employment, reduced hospitalizations, and increased engagement in clinical mental health services. Specific program aspects that participants found helpful included increased program flexibility, accessibility, emphasis on relationships, relevance o…
Subjective housing stability in the transition away from homelessness
Housing stability is a complex concept to measure. One set of factors under consideration are those based on a personal or subjective sense of stability. We explore the variables associated with subjective stability and explore how subjective stability relates to housing stability across time. We use data from longitudinal, mixed methods research with 85 young people exiting homelessness. We find that subjective stability is a meaningful construc…
Cultural adaptation considerations of a comprehensive housing outreach program for Indigenous youth exiting homelessness
Generalist health interventions that aim to reduce chronic health disparities between Indigenous and non-Indigenous populations can be culturally adapted to better meet the needs of Indigenous people in Canada; however, little is known regarding best practices in implementing these adaptations. The present study first provides a review of the research process used to adapt a previous evidence-based housing initiative for Indigenous youth in North…
Psychology (8 works) · Homelessness and Social Issues (6 works) · Political science (5 works) · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations (4 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Nursing (4 works) · Outreach (4 works) · Psychiatry (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Sociology (4 works)