Homelessness is the kind of crisis in a person’s life that has a very strong impact on the individual’s actions in all dimensions of health, on his daily choices and on the hierarchy of needs. The struggle for survival and the need to meet basic needs excludes focusing on one’s own health and taking care of its good condition, and even often promotes its deterioration. The problem of the health of homeless people and the lifestyle they have adopted most clearly shows that health promotion must not be limited to catchy media slogans or simple tips on how to live a healthy life. It requires taking into account a number of different variables and, above all, the whole social context.The aim of the prepared article is to try to answer the quest...