“I would protest if they ever stopped coming out here”: How street medicine services support ontological security by building trust among a community sample of unsheltered patients in Bakersfield, California
• Street medicine promotes ontological security for unhoused patients • Ontological security fosters healthcare routine and adherence for unhoused patients • Street medicine’s relational model helps reduce structural violence in mainstream care
Authors
- Ashleigh Herrera (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7932-702X)
- Presleigh Beshirs
- Ricky N. Bluthenthal
- Sid S. Ganesh
- Bradley T. Conner
Institutions
- California State University, Bakersfield (US)
- Colorado State University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- SSM - Qualitative Research in Health
- Published
- 2026-01-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmqr.2026.100711
- Primary Topic
- HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00