ArticleBMC health services research2022
Access to healthcare for people experiencing homelessness in the UK and Ireland: a scoping review.
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32 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Health professionals' knowledge and understanding of inclusion health: a systematic literature review.Health policy and planning · 2026Pooled it
- Prevalence and risk factors of frailty in people experiencing homelessness: A systematic review and meta-analysis.The Journal of frailty & aging · 2025Pooled it
- Implementing and Delivering Culturally Centred Pharmacy Services Tailored to Ethnically Minoritised Populations: A Qualitative Systematic Review and Meta-Ethnography.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2025Pooled it
- Tackling Inequalities in Access to Medicines for People Experiencing Homelessness: A Meta-Ethnography and Qualitative Systematic Review.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2024Pooled it
- Baseline characteristics of people experiencing homelessness in the PHOENIx community pharmacy multicentre pilot randomised controlled trial.International journal for equity in health · 2025Trial
- Provider Perspectives on the Delivery of Long-Acting PrEP for HIV Prevention to Men Who Have Sex with Men and Who Use Methamphetamine.AIDS patient care and STDs · 2026Article
- Protocol: Community-Based Interventions to Improve the Health of People Experiencing Homelessness in High-Income Countries: An Evidence and Gap Map.Campbell systematic reviews · 2026Article
- Peer advocacy and access to hospital care for people who are homeless in London, UK, 2019-2023: a cohort study.BMJ open · 2026Article
- 'Hard-to-Reach' or 'Hardly Reached'? Underservice, Marginalisation and Inequity in Care.International journal of mental health nursing · 2026Article
- Addressing inequalities in the primary and secondary outpatient interface: A policy-focused evidence brief.Public health in practice (Oxford, England) · 2026Article
- Clinicians' Experiences in Responding to Mental Health Crisis Among People Experiencing Homelessness in Ireland.Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing · 2026Article
- Health Challenges in Vulnerable Populations: Neurological and Vascular Diseases Among People Experiencing Homelessness in Gdańsk, Poland: An Observational Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- 'No Foot, No Future': Lived Experiences of Foot Health and Care Access Among Rough-Sleeping Adults in a UK Coastal Community-A Qualitative Study.Journal of foot and ankle research · 2026Article
- Determinants of vaccination willingness among people experiencing homelessness: a cross-sectional study in Warsaw, Poland.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Access to mental health services: the perspective of people experiencing homelessness.Revista brasileira de enfermagem · 2026Article
- Improving access to healthcare services for people experiencing homelessness: evidence from a scoping review of interventions.Health & justice · 2025Review
- Barriers to access and factors associated with health care utilization among the adult homeless population in Dhaka, Bangladesh: a mixed method cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Normalization of alcohol misuse and alcohol-related harms: a mixed methods analysis exploring alcohol misuse, morbidity, and healthcare engagement in people experiencing homelessness.Alcohol and alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire) · 2025Article
- Exploring ways to improve healthcare service access for people experiencing homelessness in Manchester, UK.Health promotion international · 2025Article
- The Experiences of Adults Experiencing Homelessness When Accessing and Using Psychosocial Interventions: A Systematic Review and Qualitative Evidence Synthesis.Campbell systematic reviews · 2025Review
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Abstract
backgroundPeople experiencing homelessness (PEH) have poorer physical and mental health than the general population. They are also more likely to have less access to healthcare. These processes of access can be better understood using Levesque's access framework which addresses both supply (service provision) and demand (user abilities).
methodsFollowing the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) guidelines, electronic peer-reviewed databases were searched in February 2022 for studies published since 2000 related to access to healthcare for PEH ages 16 and older in the United Kingdom (UK) and Ireland. Retrieved articles were screened and those eligible were selected for data extraction. Qualitative and quantitative studies were included.
resultsFifty-six papers out of 538 identified were selected and aliased. Six main themes were identified: staff education, flexibility of systems, service coordination, patient preparedness, complex health needs and holistic care. These relate to the Levesque access framework.
conclusionsImproving access to healthcare for PEH requires changes to how services are provided and how service-user abilities are supported.
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