Social representations of health care by homeless people

Authors

  • Itana Carvalho Nunes Silva Universidade Federal da Bahia
  • Milena Vaz Sampaio Santos Universidade Federal da Bahia
  • Lorena Cardoso Mangabeira Campos Universidade Federal da Bahia
  • Dejeane de Oliveira Silva Universidade Federal da Bahia
  • Carlos Alberto Porcino Universidade Federal da Bahia
  • Jeane Freitas de Oliveira Universidade Federal da Bahia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/s1980-220x2017023703314

Keywords:

Homeless Persons, Delivery of Health Care, Self Care, Public Health Nursing, Primary Care Nursing

Abstract

Objective Identify and analyze the structure and content of the social representations of homeless people in relation to health care. Method Qualitative study, based on the structural approach of the Theory of Social Representations, conducted with homeless people, linked to two institutional shelters. To produce the data, the free-association test was used. The resulting data was processed by two software and analyzed according to the theory above. Results Seventy-two people participated in the study. The set of evocations from the four-quadrant chart refers to individual, social and cultural actions. The terms ‘doctor’, ‘taking care of yourself’ and ‘eating’ composed the central core of the representation, indicating image-related and functional dimensions of the object investigated. The word cloud confirmed the centrality of the terms. Conclusion The investigated group represents health care as a dynamic action, linked to the person and context, and is anchored in elements of the hygienist conception.

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Published

2018-01-01

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How to Cite

Social representations of health care by homeless people. (2018). Revista Da Escola De Enfermagem Da USP, 52, e03314. https://doi.org/10.1590/s1980-220x2017023703314