Voices from the street: policies, practice and victimisation prevent people escaping life on the streets and contribute to health inequalities

Sarah Wadd; Moe Dutton; Michelle McCann; Mike Fisher; David Solomon

Voices from the street: policies, practice and victimisation prevent people escaping life on the streets and contribute to health inequalities

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Every human being has the right to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health. Yet the street community, that is people rough sleeping, ‘begging’, street drinking or selling sex on the streets, have extremely poor health outcomes and lower age of death than the general population. Shockingly, the average age of death for the homeless population is around 30 years lower than for the general population.

Original language	English
Publisher	University of Bedfordshire
Publication status	Published - Oct 2025

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This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

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homelessness

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Voices from the street: policies, practice and victimisation prevent people escaping life on the streets and contribute to health inequalities

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