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Unit 3: Resilience as a community and global resource
Quick questions on Homelessness as a community priority for QCE Health Unit 3
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What is homelessness as a health issue?Show answer
Homelessness ranges from sleeping rough to couch-surfing and living in severely crowded or insecure housing. It matters in Health because it is both caused by and a cause of poor health. People experiencing homelessness have far higher rates of chronic illness, mental ill-health, injury and premature death than the housed population, and face major barriers to accessing care. In salutogenic terms, homelessness strips away generalised resistance resources and pushes people towards the dis-ease end of the continuum.
What is the determinants that drive homelessness?Show answer
Analyse homelessness through the determinant categories rather than treating it as a personal failing:
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