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Young people experiencing homelessness (YEH) are vulnerable to power and social environments in ways that call attention to their experiences in research.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>The context for this paper was a qualitative YPAR project to incorporate youth voice into the operations of a larger research study that hired youth as researchers. 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