Implementation of the Street Outreach Offi ce in the perspective of health care

• Published in: Revista brasileira de enfermagem 2018-01, Vol.71, p.2843
• Main Authors: de Paula, Hermes Candido, Daher, Donizete Vago, Koopmans, Fabiana Ferreira, Faria, Magda Guimarães de Araujo, Brandão, Paula Soares, Scoralick, Graziela Barbosa Freitas
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Citizenship; Health care; Homeless people; Internet; Medical personnel; Primary care; Public policy
• ISSN: 0034-7167; 1984-0446
• DOI: 10.1590/0034-7167-2017-0616

For this, the work process of health professionals must be creative, innovative, and unique to the needs of this clientele®. [...]the Política Nacional para a Populaçao em Situaçao de Rua (APA Policy Guide on Homelessness)® has as its principles: equality, equity, humanization, universality, the right to social coexistence (family and community), recognition of social uniqueness, and respect for dignity and citizenship. In addition to the difficulties in implementing health care for HP, there was a need to intensify intersectoral actions that could contribute to the resolution and comprehensiveness of the practices performed by health professionals. [...]in order to consolidate proposals that reached HP, several actors were activated to seek guarantees of the rights of this population, among them: the Centro de Referencia da Assistenda Social (Reference Center for Specialized Social Assistance) and the Defensoria Pública do Estado do Rio de janeiro (Public Defender's Office of the State of Rio de Janeiro). [...]collaborations and partnerships should be encouraged and consolidated by the teams. [...]initially the work was developed through pre-scheduled meetings with the managers of the units to talk about the work to be carried out with this population. Working with a population marked by social stigma and the exclusion of public policies is a challenging activity. [...]the trajectory of implementation of a clinical equipment of health care production to HP was marked by the participative involvement of the State and informal equipment of the territory.