Homeless Health Case Study

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Why do people who are homeless face barriers to health care? What are the strategies to facilitate Health care system in Canada? Homelessness is an important issue everywhere throughout the world and the reason for homelessness can be different for each individual. It can be low-income salary, mental disability, or not being able to afford a house. However, these people also experience barriers to accessing health care in Canada. Some of the barriers are: having regular family doctor, facing discrimination and lack of community support, and/or not having health insurance. These problems can exacerbate people’s homeless experience. First what is the definition of homelessness? There are two kinds of homelessness, “Absolute homelessness”, …show more content…

Lack of health care coverage is an issue for most homeless people in the United States. Despite a fact that Canada has universal health system meaning that everybody cover, numerous homeless don 't have evidence of coverage or health insurance card because their identification has been lost or stolen. In Toronto, 7% people who are homeless report having been refused because they did not represent health care cad or health insurance. Moreover, many people who are homeless don 't fill prescription they have received because they don 't have any insurance coverage Therefore they can afford the cost of prescription (P. …show more content…

Extensive examination distinguishes that homeless youth encounter a variation of mental illness including post-traumatic anxiety issue, and psychiatric issue. In Toronto (Ontario) study found that street youth showed large amounts of misery, nervousness, and paranoia. They are in danger of being sexual abuse as well. Therefore, depression and other psychiatric issue among homeless youth are more than general population (p. 45). Eggertson, L (2007) points out, people who are homeless will probably experience mental illness than the overall public, and accordingly they use emergency department. A new report by the Canadian institution for health argues, there is a connection between mental illness, homelessness and poverty. “It 's not clear whether homelessness increases a person 's likelihood of becoming mentally ill, or whether poverty in general and homelessness specifically result from mental illness, in some cases compromised mental health and mental illness can be both a risk for and an outcome of

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