Lakhanpaul, Monica;
Svirydzenka, Nadzeya;
(2024)
Opinion Pregnant women experiencing homelessness struggle to access healthcare.
BMJ (Clinical research ed.)
, 387
, Article q2126. 10.1136/bmj.q2126.
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Abstract
Rising homelessness in the UK1 poses serious challenges to health and wellbeing, with pregnant women representing a particularly vulnerable group. Key vulnerability factors such as socioeconomic and immigration status affect their access to healthcare services. Lack of healthcare increases immediate and long term health risks for mothers and their babies who require urgent and systemic support.1 Although existing government policies and guidelines recognise the role of homelessness in health, they often rely on assumptions and generalisations about the needs of this group. We urgently need government policies and healthcare system interventions founded on evidence based research. These need to be co-created with vulnerable groups and consider the diversity of their individual contexts, needs, and lived experiences
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Opinion Pregnant women experiencing homelessness struggle to access healthcare |
| Location: | England |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1136/bmj.q2126 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.q2126 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author-accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Humans, Ill-Housed Persons, Pregnancy, Female, Health Services Accessibility, United Kingdom |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health > Population, Policy and Practice Dept |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10200301 |
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