Barriers to access and factors associated with health care utilization among the adult homeless population in Dhaka, Bangladesh: a mixed method cross-sectional study
The homeless population faces persistent challenges in accessing and utilizing healthcare services. Policymakers should take initiatives for the comprehensive implementation of community outreach programs and mobile health clinics to increase healthcare utilization, as well as targeted health education campaigns to improve health literacy among homeless populations. Expanding social housing programs and scaling up health protection schemes can collectively address healthcare access barriers for the urban poor in Bangladesh.
Authors
- Shehrin Shaila Mahmood (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6546-9120)
- Hasnat M. Alamgir (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8532-2265)
- Taufique Joarder (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3299-2628)
- Md. Golam Rabbani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8114-9135)
- M. Mamun Huda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1069-3472)
- Orin Akter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8322-1957)
- Tahseen Tawseef
- Md. Zahid Hasan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2137-6704)
- Halima Akter Prova
Institutions
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research (BD)
- Southeast University (BD)
- SingHealth Duke-NUS Academic Medical Centre (SG)
- Child Health Research Foundation (BD)
- Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (BD)
- Auburn University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Public Health
- Published
- 2025-12-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-24471-9
- Primary Topic
- Homelessness and Social Issues
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00