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The analysis of data shows that the most common diseases among homeless people are tuberculosis, infectious, alcoholism, hepatitis and HIV. The most common mental disorders are schizophrenia, mood disorder, depression, anxiety, personality disorder, PTSD, dysfunctions of the cardiorespiratory system and malnutrition.
The survival of these people is compromised by living on the streets and in extreme poverty and by environmental factors. The background of homeless women includes with alarming frequency traumatic migration routes; physical and psychological violence, either domestic or not; being forced into prostitution; being abandoned during their childhood; cultural and emotional deprivation; contexts of origin characterized by deviance and criminality; discrimination against their sexual orientation; addiction; psychological vulnerability; learning impairments that were not promptly diagnosed; workplace injuries; debilitating and/or chronic diseases; and institutionalization.
The systems for social intervention that are focused on contrasting homelessness are made of fixed services.
Ongoing experimentations on homeless women’s condition are centred on some thematic focuses.
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Brandoli, M., Nicolini, A. (2019). Social Services in Front of Feminine Social Disease. In: Tarricone, I., Riecher-Rössler, A. (eds) Health and Gender. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-15038-9_27
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