Week 4 Assignment: Con-Position Paper

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States, which is about 0.17% of all the population in the United States.

This portrays that homelessness is a crucial issue in the state of health in

the United States, which requires urgent mitigation. Sadly, a considerable

number of civilians have their residence in the streets with poor medical

conditions and inability to access quality healthcare services. At the same

time, no one seems to care both about their living conditions and their

state of health (Schutt & Garrett, 2013).

A lot of misconceptions exist on the causes of homelessness in the

United States, with this research I'm out to establish the contributing

factors to homelessness and how they lead to the poor state of health in the

United States. Participants in my study include homeless people together

with their relatives, nurses and health practitioners, security workers, and

community workers. The obtaining of information in my research might

be complicated based on the state of health of those involved and the

reasons they ended up in the streets since some might have terrible

experiences that they might be buried in the past. Asking them about the

same might bring out the recollection of events of these awful experiences.

Relatives might have already disowned their kins with adverse medical

conditions and might not be comfortable talking about it. Getting

homeless people to research might be difficult since most are out to look

for food during the day, which requires my research to be conducted at

night when most can be available while most may be experiencing pain

and adverse medical conditions. My research establishes that there's a

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stereotype regarding homeless civilians to be termed as mentally ill

unanimously, which is a result of severe disorders, for instance,

schizophrenia, which are generally overrepresented in homeless people

living in the streets. Currently, there’s well utilized and commendable

healthcare and healthcare-related programs being implemented in

improving the quality of healthcare services for homeless people. The

solution to the poor state of health brought up by homelessness include the

provision of stable residences to homeless civilians, for prevention and

reduction of levels of homelessness civilians, need incomes that would

ensure housing affordability, supportive systems to homeless people, and

providing quality healthcare services offered to homeless civilians

(Fischer & Collins, 2002).

Source collection via a synthesis matrix

Source: use an APA

in-text citation

1st con-point

Poverty

2nd con-point

Domestic violence

3rd con-point

Unemployment

(Schutt & Garrett,

2013)

Ascertains that the

element of poverty is

directly a

contributing factor to

homelessness, which

leads to the poor state

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of health among

homeless people.

(Fischer & Collins,

2002)

Establishes that

approximately not

less than 80% of

women who are

homeless are due to

the element of

domestic violence

that contributes to the

poor state of health,

for instance, injury.

(Robertson &

Greenblatt, 2013)

States that lack of

employment and

employment

insecurity are

contributing factors

to homelessness.

Elements such as lack

of jobs make access

to quality healthcare

services a challenge.

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References

Fischer, K., & Collins, D. J. (2002). Homelessness, health care, and welfare provision.

Routledge.

Robertson, M. J., & Greenblatt, M. (2013). Homelessness: A national perspective. Springer

Science & Business Media.

Schutt, R. K., & Garrett, G. R. (2013). Responding to the Homeless: Policy and practice.

Springer Science & Business Media.