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Journal of Community & Public Health Nursing
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  • J Comm Pub Health Nursing 2019, Vol 5(3): 233
  • DOI: 10.4172/2471-9846.1000233

Homelessness as a Barrier to Human Rights and Healthcare Provision

Hannah Iveson1, Naomi Butler2 and Stephen Weatherhead3*
1School of Psychology, University of Liverpool, Brownlow Hill, Liverpool,, United Kingdom
2School of Law and Social Justice, University of Liverpool, Brownlow Hill, Liverpool, United Kingdom
3Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Liverpool, Brownlow Hill, Liverpool, United Kingdom
*Corresponding Author : Stephen Weatherhead, Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Liverpool Brownlow Hill, Liverpool, United Kingdom, Tel: 07775 644 760, Email: Ste@liverpool.ac.uk

Received Date: Sep 11, 2019 / Accepted Date: Oct 23, 2019 / Published Date: Oct 30, 2019

Abstract

The most vulnerable members of our society are often the ones who are most vulnerable to human rights abuses. This paper considers the socio-political context of homelessness within the United Kingdom, and argues that the homeless population is being denied the right to healthcare provision, due to structural barriers, policies and services which are designed to exclude. Homelessness in the UK has more than doubled in the last six years, and whilst it is recognized to be a public health concern, systems are failing homeless people, and leading to increased discrimination, stigma, and exclusion.

Keywords: Homelessness; Healthcare; Public health; Exclusion; Poverty

Citation: Iveson H, Butler N, Weatherhead S (2019) Homelessness as a Barrier to Human Rights and Healthcare Provision. J Comm Pub Health Nursing 5: 233. Doi: 10.4172/2471-9846.1000233

Copyright: © 2019 Iveson H, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited

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