Unmet healthcare needs in homeless women with children in the Greater Paris area in France.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite their poor health status, homeless women encounter many barriers to care. The objectives of our study were to estimate the prevalence of unmet healthcare needs in homeless women and to analyse associated relationships with the following factors: financial and spatial access to care, housing history, migration status, healthcare utilisation, victimization history, caring for children, social network and self-perceived health status.

Methods

We used data from 656 homeless women interviewed during the ENFAMS representative survey of sheltered homeless families, conducted in the Paris region in 2013. Structural equation models (SEM) were used to estimate the impact of various factors on homeless women's unmet healthcare needs.

Results

Among those interv

SUBMITTER: Vuillermoz C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5587267 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature