PMID- 37915825
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20231103
LR  - 20231109
IS  - 2296-2565 (Electronic)
IS  - 2296-2565 (Linking)
VI  - 11
DP  - 2023
TI  - Health behaviors and problems in Polish homeless men.
PG  - 1208877
LID - 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1208877 [doi]
LID - 1208877
AB  - INTRODUCTION: Homelessness is considered to be a global problem, independent of 
      the material situation of a given country and occurring in most societies around 
      the world. AIM OF THE STUDY: Assessment of the preferred health behaviors of 
      homeless people. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study covered 153 men who are 
      homeless and 312 men who are not homeless. The original questionnaire of 
      homeless, and validated the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS), the Health 
      Behavior Inventory (HBI), the General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSES) and the 
      Multidimensional Health Locus of Control (MHLC) Scale were used. The research 
      covered fully completed questionnaires from 153 homeless men staying in Bialystok 
      and Gdansk homelss centers. RESULTS: On average, the homeless men assessed their 
      health at 6.0 +/- 2.7 points, and the non-homeless at 7.8 +/- 2.2 points (p < 0.001). 
      Significant differences were found between people experiencing a homelessness 
      crisis and the control group in selected aspects concerning the everyday life 
      hygiene of the respondents, health self-assessment, declarations of visits to a 
      specialist and carrying out check-ups, level of satisfaction with life, coping 
      with difficult situations, preferred pro-health behaviors and dimensions of 
      health control. In the used scales, SWLS, HBI, GES, and MHCL, the majority of 
      homeless men obtained average scores. They were rather dissatisfied with their 
      lives, with a low level of effectiveness in coping with difficult situations and 
      obstacles, a low level of health behaviors, and in the scope of health, control 
      increasing the impact of chance. CONCLUSION: The level of the presented health 
      behaviors showed statistically significant diversification with all dimensions of 
      the health locus of control, and its internal dimension with age, homelessness 
      phase, the respondents' criminal history, being under constant medical care, and 
      self-assessment of health.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2023 Repka, Bejda, Kulak-Bejda, Czarnecki, Ziolkowski, Mosiolek, 
      Szulc, Waszkiewicz, Slifirczyk, Kulak and Krajewska-Kulak.
FAU - Repka, Bernadetta
AU  - Repka B
AD  - Medical College of the Universal Education Society, Lomza, Poland.
AD  - MindHealth Mental Health Center, Bialystok, Poland.
FAU - Bejda, Grzegorz
AU  - Bejda G
AD  - The School of Medical Science in Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland.
FAU - Kulak-Bejda, Agnieszka
AU  - Kulak-Bejda A
AD  - Department of Psychiatry, Medical University, Bialystok, Poland.
FAU - Czarnecki, Damian
AU  - Czarnecki D
AD  - Department of Preventive Nursing, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun, Poland.
FAU - Ziolkowski, Marcin
AU  - Ziolkowski M
AD  - Department of Preventive Nursing, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun, Poland.
FAU - Mosiolek, Anna
AU  - Mosiolek A
AD  - Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Health Sciences, Medical University of 
      Warsaw, Warszawa, Poland.
FAU - Szulc, Agata
AU  - Szulc A
AD  - Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Health Sciences, Medical University of 
      Warsaw, Warszawa, Poland.
FAU - Waszkiewicz, Napoleon
AU  - Waszkiewicz N
AD  - Department of Psychiatry, Medical University, Bialystok, Poland.
FAU - Slifirczyk, Anna
AU  - Slifirczyk A
AD  - Siedlce University of Natural Sciences and Humanities, Siedlce, Poland.
FAU - Kulak, Wojciech
AU  - Kulak W
AD  - Department of Pediatric Rehabilitation and Center of Early Support for 
      Handicapped Children "Give a Chance", Medical University of Bialystok, Bialystok, 
      Poland.
FAU - Krajewska-Kulak, Elzbieta
AU  - Krajewska-Kulak E
AD  - Department of Integrated Medical Care, Medical University of Bialystok, 
      Bialystok, Poland.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20231017
PL  - Switzerland
TA  - Front Public Health
JT  - Frontiers in public health
JID - 101616579
SB  - IM
MH  - Male
MH  - Humans
MH  - Poland
MH  - *Health Behavior
MH  - *Ill-Housed Persons
MH  - Hygiene
MH  - Emotions
PMC - PMC10616840
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Poland health behaviors
OT  - Poland the homeless
OT  - health problems
OT  - health promoting behaviors
OT  - homeless
OT  - men
OT  - mental health
COIS- The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any 
      commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential 
      conflict of interest. The reviewer KK declared a shared affiliation with the 
      authors GB, AK-B, NW, WK, and EK-K to the handling editor at the time of review.
EDAT- 2023/11/02 06:42
MHDA- 2023/11/03 06:43
PMCR- 2023/10/17
CRDT- 2023/11/02 04:07
PHST- 2023/04/20 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2023/09/28 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2023/11/03 06:43 [medline]
PHST- 2023/11/02 06:42 [pubmed]
PHST- 2023/11/02 04:07 [entrez]
PHST- 2023/10/17 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1208877 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Front Public Health. 2023 Oct 17;11:1208877. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1208877. 
      eCollection 2023.