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Public Health"],"abstract":"<jats:sec><jats:title>Introduction<\/jats:title><jats:p>Homelessness is considered to be a global problem, independent of the material situation of a given country and occurring in most societies around the world.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Aim of the study<\/jats:title><jats:p>Assessment of the preferred health behaviors of homeless people.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Materials and methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>The study covered 153 men who are homeless and 312 men who are not homeless. The original questionnaire of homeless, and validated the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS), the Health Behavior Inventory (HBI), the General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSES) and the Multidimensional Health Locus of Control (MHLC) Scale were used. The research covered fully completed questionnaires from 153 homeless men staying in Bia\u0142ystok and Gda\u0144sk homelss centers.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>On average, the homeless men assessed their health at 6.0\u2009\u00b1\u20092.7 points, and the non-homeless at 7.8\u2009\u00b1\u20092.2 points (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.001). Significant differences were found between people experiencing a homelessness crisis and the control group in selected aspects concerning the everyday life hygiene of the respondents, health self-assessment, declarations of visits to a specialist and carrying out check-ups, level of satisfaction with life, coping with difficult situations, preferred pro-health behaviors and dimensions of health control. In the used scales, SWLS, HBI, GES, and MHCL, the majority of homeless men obtained average scores. 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