Toronto Healthcare Services and Barriers to Access for Street-Involved Youth: Analysis of the Enhanced Street Youth Surveillance (E-SYS)

Purpose: Homeless and Street-Involved Youth (SIY) often face substantial physical and emotional challenges and barriers accessing healthcare services. The objectives of the study are to: 1) obtain demographic information for Canadian SIY living in Toronto, Ontario; 2) evaluate self-perceptions of physical and mental health and 3) determine healthcare services used barriers to healthcare access and their association with self-reported health status.