Health Impact of Street Sweeps from the Perspective of Healthcare Providers.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Homeless street sweeps are frequent operations in many cities in the USA in which government agencies move unhoused people living in public outdoor areas. Little research exists on the health impact of street sweeps operations.

Objective

This study was created at the request of community advocacy groups to investigate and document the health impacts of street sweeps from the perspective of healthcare providers.

Design

This is a qualitative study using data gathered from open-ended questions.

Participants

We recruited 39 healthcare providers who provided health and wellness services in San Francisco for people experiencing homelessness (PEH) between January 2018 and January 2020.

Interventions

We administered a qualitative, open-ended questionn

SUBMITTER: Qi D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9585118 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature