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

Research Output: Book/Report Commissioned report

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Sustainable Development Goals

SDG 3 Good Health and Well

Abstract

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.

Publication Information

Output type

Research Output: Book/Report Commissioned report

Original language

English

Publication milestones

Published - 10/2025

Publication status

Published - 10/2025

Publisher

University of Bedfordshire, United Kingdom