Homeless population's health

Reflections From the Social Determination of Health

Bibliographic Data

ID3077324
AuthorsJoaquim Gabriel De Andrade Couto (0000-0001-8136-3441, Universidade de São Paulo), Deidvid De Abreu (0000-0001-7579-8238, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina), Carlos Botazzo (0000-0002-8646-1769, Universidade de São Paulo), Marco Aurélio Da Ros (0000-0003-4370-3120, Universidade do Vale do Itajaí), Ana Lúcia Schaefer Ferreira De Mello (0000-0001-9591-7361, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina), Daniela Lemos Carcereri (0000-0003-2931-7207, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina)
Year2023
Volume32
Issue2
Publication date2023-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSaúde e Sociedade (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0104-1290 • E-ISSN: 1984-0470
PublisherFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/s0104-12902023220531en
OpenAlexW4385629394
SCIELO_PIDS0104-12902023000200211
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited12

This article aims to present reflections about the homeless people's health, using the social determination of health-disease process concept as an analysis key. This article in essay format was organized in two sections: the first one presents the discussion about this population's health, indicating to the organization of health services that assist these people, its advances and obstacles; the next section performs an analysis of the health-disease process of the homeless population using the theoretical reference of Collective Health based on the social determination of health concept. The article argues that the biomedical model has been insufficient to think about the health of the homeless population, once it disregards the complexity of this social reality. Understanding the health-disease process as socially determined approaches health as a result of the material conditions of existence of this population, which are conditioned by the form of social production organization in the capitalist production mode. Thus, social determination operates as an important tool to analyze the homeless people's health from a perspective of totality

Health care · Health equity · Perspective (graphical) · Political science · Population · Population health · Process (computing) · Public health · Public relations · Social determinants of health · Sociology · Sociology of health and illness · Computer Science · Health, Nursing, Elderly Care · Homelessness and Social Issues · Law · Medicine · Nursing · Youth, Drugs, and Violence