Banca de DEFESA: BÁRBARA LETÍCIA DE QUEIROZ XAVIER

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STUDENT : BÁRBARA LETÍCIA DE QUEIROZ XAVIER
DATE: 12/07/2022
TIME: 13:30
LOCAL: Plataforma virtual Google Meet
TITLE:

HEALTH CARE FOR THE STREET POPULATION IN THE CONTEXT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

KEY WORDS:

Homeless people. coronavirus. COVID-19. SARS-CoV-2. Social vulnerability.

PAGES: 68
BIG AREA: Ciências da Saúde
AREA: Saúde Coletiva
SUBÁREA: Saúde Pública
SUMMARY:

The homeless population is a group potentially vulnerable to the development of COVID-19, due to drug use, poor diet, barriers to accessing health services, difficulty in sheltering, causing them to crowd together, making them more susceptible to communicable diseases. Thus, we sought to analyze the care provided to the homeless population with Covid-19 in the perception of users and health professionals. This is a descriptive study with a qualitative approach. The data were processed with the support of the IRaMuTeQ 0.6 alpha 3 software, giving rise to similarity and word cloud analyses. Thematic analysis was also used, according to Bardin. The research was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of the Universidade da Integração Internacional da Lusofonia Afro-Brasileira, with opinion No. 4,787,355 and CAAE No. 42997021.7.0000.5576. The study was carried out from May to July 2021, in a capital city in northeastern Brazil. Five professionals from the Consultório na Rua and 31 people living on the streets participated in the research, through a semi-structured interview. The care provided to the homeless population with Covid-19 in the perception of health professionals was marked by difficulties and potential. It was identified that the difficulties in providing care were related to the lack of mobile transport for professionals to travel and provide health services; difficulty in the use of protective supplies, fear of the vaccine against Covid-19, resistance to social isolation and continuous use of drugs by the population living on the streets. As for the potential, the active search for respiratory symptoms stood out, in addition to strategies that minimize bureaucracy for care, health education provided and the offer of the anti-Covid-19 vaccine. The categories that emerged from the discourse of the homeless population with Covid-19, in relation to health care, were related to: providing assistance in the pandemic period; fear of getting sick from Covid-19 and acquisition of barrier measures; needs faced during the pandemic and implementation of hygiene measures. The way of life of the homeless population increased their vulnerability in the pandemic, however health care was enhanced by the availability of the office on the street, humanization of care and welcoming care. It is believed that the study will bring relevant contributions and collaborate in the delimitation of resolutive proposals for public policies related to the specifics of care for homeless people in the context of Covid-19, as well as in the face of the possibility of the emergence of new diseases of easy dissemination.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Presidente - 2379141 - RICHARDSON AUGUSTO ROSENDO DA SILVA
Interna - 2568454 - ELISANGELA FRANCO DE OLIVEIRA CAVALCANTE
Externo à Instituição - JEFERSON FALCÃO DO AMARAL - UNILAB