Health problems and healthcare service utilisation amongst homeless adults in Africa- a scoping review

BMC Public Health

Table 1 Search Terms under Specific Areas

POPULATION	CONCEPT #1	CONCEPT #2	CONTEXT
Homeless and street people	Health Problems	Health service utilisation	Africa
Homeless Persons [Keyword]	Health [MeSH]	Utilisation [Keyword]	Africa [MeSH]
Homelessness [Keyword]	Health needs [Keyword]	Health Services [MeSH]
Homeless youth [Keyword]	Health conditions [Keyword]	Health care [Keyword]
Homeless family [MeSH]	Health status [MeSH]	Health delivery [MeSH]
Homeless men [MeSH]	Physical health [Keyword]	Health facilities [MeSH]
Homeless women [MeSH]	Mental health [MeSH]	Primary health care [MeSH]
Homeless people [Keyword]	Poor health [Keyword)	Health service use [Keyword]
Street People [Keyword]	Diseases [MeSH]	Health service Uptake [Keyword]
Street dwellers [Keyword]	Infirmities [Keyword]	Health service seeking [Keyword]
Sleeping rough [Keyword]	Comorbidities [MeSH]	Health service consumption [Keyword]
Roofless [Keyword]	Morbidities [MeSH]	Health service usage [Keyword]
Houseless [Keyword]	Illnesses [Keyword]
	Ill-health [Keyword]
	Sicknesses [Keyword]
	Health problems [Keyword]

ISSN: 1471-2458