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Running out of time: A qualitative investigation of homeless men’s access to health services

Running out of time: A qualitative investigation of homeless men’s access to health services AbstractThis study examined health beliefs and health care utilisation among 20 homeless men in Liverpool, through the voices of homeless men themselves. Using semi-structured interviews and framework analysis, narratives highlighted the interplay between the limiting structures of the health care system and an individual's ability to know how to seek out health care in order to improve their own health. Specifically, we found that individual agency was contingent on the availability of a set of minimum resources, to which homeless men did not have access. These findings have important implications in terms of practical policy recommendations for improving health care utilisation among the homeless. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Social Distress and Homeless Taylor & Francis

Running out of time: A qualitative investigation of homeless men’s access to health services

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Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Copyright
© 2008 Maney
ISSN
1573-658X
eISSN
1053-0789
DOI
10.1179/sdh.2008.17.3.190
Publisher site
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Abstract

AbstractThis study examined health beliefs and health care utilisation among 20 homeless men in Liverpool, through the voices of homeless men themselves. Using semi-structured interviews and framework analysis, narratives highlighted the interplay between the limiting structures of the health care system and an individual's ability to know how to seek out health care in order to improve their own health. Specifically, we found that individual agency was contingent on the availability of a set of minimum resources, to which homeless men did not have access. These findings have important implications in terms of practical policy recommendations for improving health care utilisation among the homeless.

Journal

Journal of Social Distress and HomelessTaylor & Francis

Published: Jul 1, 2008

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