Generative Structures. Structures Exerting Influence Prior to becoming homeless ● Poverty ○ Dysfunctional Familial Background (23 sources/71 references). ○ Substance Misuse (8 sources/10 references). ○ Negative Experiences of Authority (35 sources/70 references). ○ Illiteracy (4 sources/4 references). ● Mental Illness (14 sources/22 references). Structures Exerting Influence upon becoming homeless ● Insecurity of Accommodation. (10 sources/19 references). ● Need to Prioritise Survival over Health (35 Sources/99 references). ● Chaotic Nature of Homelessness (26 sources/56 references). ● Ubiquity of Early Death in Homelessness (17 sources/39 references). ● Ubiquity of Violence in Homelessness (26 sources/78 references). ● Substance Misuse (42 sources/107 references). ● Negative Experience of Authority (35 sources/70 references). | |
External Barriers ● Physical Barriers ○ Distance (6 sources/6 references) ● Administrative Barriers ○ Complexity of application processes for medical care. (12 sources/15 references) ○ Appointment Systems (16 sources/26 references) ○ Queues (18 sources/ 37 references) ○ Policies for Management of addiction when queuing (20 sources/48 references) ○ Authoritative Rules of Service (16 sources/39 references) ● Communicative Barriers ○ Absence of Information (10 sources/19 references) ○ Conversations of Exclusion. (36 sources/172 references) ● Attitudinal Barriers ○ Stigma & Discrimination (35 sources/222 references) | |
Internalised Barriers Cognitive Barriers ● Fatalistic Cognitions (18 sources/47 references) ● Denial Cognitions (18 sources/45 references) ● Presumption of Poor Treatment due to personal past experience or due to hearing of other people’s’s negative experiences (15 sources/33 references) ● Presumption of Discrimination Cognitions (11 sources/33 references) ● Self Blame Cognitions (12 sources/37 references) ● Competing Priorities Cognitions. (35 sources/99 references) Emotional Barriers ● Fear (35 sources/96 references) ● Hopelessness (18 sources/36 references) ● Embarrassment (11 sources/30 references) ● Low self-esteem (8 sources/20 references) |