Douglas Bruce (Health Sciences),
Homeless and marginally housed young men who have sex with men (YMSM) face multiple adversities in their lives and exhibit significant health disparities compared to other persons their age, including stably housed lesbian game and bisexual youth (Cochran, Stewart, Ginzler, & Cauce, 2002; Gattis, 2009). In order to better understand how this population responds to the adversity in their lives, the proposed study studied resilience among homeless and marginally housed YMSM using community-based participatory research (CBPR) methods. The study reflected a participatory collaboration between the Broadway Youth Center (BYC) a division of Howard Brown Health Center and the Community Health Research and Evaluation Group (CHREG) at DePaul focusing on innovative methods to assess health among one of BYC’s target populations.