Health management is an essential task for maintaining a person’s overall health and well-being, particularly for people experiencing homelessness who have increased prevalence and higher onset of chronic health conditions. Health management is defined as “activities related to developing, managing, and maintaining health and wellness routines, including self-management, with the goal of improving or maintaining health to support participation in other occupations (daily life activities).”
Experiences of homelessness can significantly impact people’s ability to engage in health management activities. A lack of safe and stable housing requires individuals to focus on their safety and basic needs, and often does not allow for attention to and management of complex health-related tasks.