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Darrin Hodgetts1, Alan Radley, Kerry Chamberlain
1Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand. hdgetts@waikato.ac.nz
Abstract:
Homelessness is a pressing health concern involving material hardship, social marginalization and restrained relationships between homeless and housed people. This article links relational aspects of homelessness, and its health consequences, with material and spatial considerations through the use of photo-elicitation interviews with 12 rough sleepers in London. We highlight the relevance of embodied deprivation for a health psychology that is responsive to the ways in which social inequalities can get under the skin of homeless people and manifest as health disparities.
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