HOMELESSNESS, POVERTY AND DISCRIMINATION: IMPROVING PUBLIC HEALTH BY REALISING HUMAN RIGHTS
<div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p><span>[</span><span>There are clear casual and consequential links between homelessness, poverty, discrimination and poor health. This article argues that the engagement of homelessness and health in a human rights framework enables effective identification of socio-economic determinants of ill<br /> health and creation of the enabling conditions necessary for good<br /> health. The article contends that the integration of human rights principles into health service development, implementation and delivery, focuses attention on the need for health services to be adequate, accessible, non-discriminatory and appropriately targeted. The article also contends that a human rights approach to homelessness, poverty and health also imposes obligations - and enables measurement - in relation to realisation of the right to health and interconnected human rights (including the </span></p><p><span>right to adequate housing, the right to social security, the right to non-discrimination, the right to participation, and the right to human dignity and respect)</span><span>] </span></p></div></div></div>