No place to shelter: ethnography of the homeless population in the COVID-19 pandemic

to analyze how homeless people live, in times of COVID-19 pandemic, in the city of Rio de Janeiro. an ethnographic research that used interviews and observations and articles published in newspapers and magazines of great circulation, using domain analysis. the results tell how the COVID-19 pandemic...

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Published in:Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem 2020, Vol.73 (Suppl 2), p.e20200489-e20200489
Main Authors: Paula, Hermes Candido de, Daher, Donizete Vago, Koopmans, Fabiana Ferreira, Faria, Magda Guimarães de Araujo, Lemos, Patricia Ferraccioli Siqueira, Moniz, Marcela de Abreu
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Anthropology, Cultural
Baths
Betacoronavirus
Brazil - epidemiology
Coronavirus Infections
Coronavirus Infections - epidemiology
COVID-19
Cultural Anthropology
Food Supply
Homeless Persons
Homeless Persons - statistics & numerical data
Humans
NURSING
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral - epidemiology
Public Health
Qualitative Research
Quarantine
SARS-CoV-2
Water Supply
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Summary:to analyze how homeless people live, in times of COVID-19 pandemic, in the city of Rio de Janeiro. an ethnographic research that used interviews and observations and articles published in newspapers and magazines of great circulation, using domain analysis. the results tell how the COVID-19 pandemic emerged for the homeless population. Isolation led to emptying the streets and reducing passers-by, damaging their ways of living and their survival tactics. Hunger, thirst, absence of places for bathing and for fulfilling physiological needs became part of their daily lives. given the impossibility of having a place to shelter, acquiring food and water and the limitations in carrying out preventive measures, care actions offered by managers to limit the virus to spread, even in this population, are ineffective.
ISSN:0034-7167
1984-0446
1984-0446
DOI:10.1590/0034-7167-2020-0489