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Descriptor English: Ill-Housed Persons
Descriptor Spanish: Personas con Mala Vivienda
Descriptor personas mal alojadas
Entry term(s) albergues para personas sin hogar
gente de la calle
gente sin techo
personas en situación de calle
personas sin domicilio bien establecido
personas sin domicilio fijo
personas sin domicilio permanente
personas sin hogar
personas sin techo
refugios para personas sin hogar
sin techo
sintecho
Scope note: Personas que carecen de un alojamiento adecuado o de residencia permanente. Este concepto excluye a los pueblos nómadas.
Descriptor Portuguese: Pessoas Mal Alojadas
Descriptor French: Without translation
Entry term(s): Homeless Persons
Homeless Shelter
Homeless Shelters
Homelessness
People, Street
Shelter, Homeless
Shelterless Persons
Shelters for Homeless Persons
Shelters, Homeless
Street People
Unhoused Persons
Tree number(s): M01.325
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D006703
Scope note: Persons without adequate housing or without permanent residence. The concept excludes nomadic peoples.
Annotation: not for nomads; for issues concerning health, coordinate with SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
ED education
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
PX psychology
SN statistics & numerical data
Previous Indexing: Transients and Migrants (1966-1985)
Public MeSH Note: 2023; see HOMELESS PERSONS 1986-2022
History Note: 2023 (1996)
DeCS ID: 19640
Unique ID: D006703
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1986/01/01
Date of Entry: 1985/03/20
Revision Date: 2022/07/15
Ill-Housed Persons - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M0010501
Scope note Persons without adequate housing or without permanent residence. The concept excludes nomadic peoples.
Preferred term Ill-Housed Persons
Entry term(s) Homeless Persons
Shelterless Persons
Unhoused Persons
Homelessness - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M0561809
Preferred term Homelessness
Street People - Narrower
Concept UI M0010503
Preferred term Street People
Entry term(s) People, Street
Homeless Shelters - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M000733027
Scope note Housing created or provided for ILL-HOUSED PERSONS.
Preferred term Homeless Shelters
Entry term(s) Homeless Shelter
Shelter, Homeless
Shelters for Homeless Persons
Shelters, Homeless



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