Tuberculosis control from the perspective of health professionals working in street clinics
ABSTRACT Purpose: to present the opinion of professionals about street dwellers undergoing treatment of tuberculosis and identify strategies of control of tuberculosis in this population. Method: an exploratory and descriptive study involving 17 health professionals working in street clinics. A se...
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doaj-a7f3aac7909c44d4a0328009c955514e2020-11-24T21:13:36ZengUniversidade de São PauloRevista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem1518-83452018-11-0126010.1590/1518-8345.2691.3095S0104-11692018000100397Tuberculosis control from the perspective of health professionals working in street clinicsPaula HinoAline Aparecida MonroeRenata Ferreira TakahashiKáren Mendes Jorge de SouzaTania Maria Ribeiro Monteiro de FigueiredoMaria Rita BertolozziABSTRACT Purpose: to present the opinion of professionals about street dwellers undergoing treatment of tuberculosis and identify strategies of control of tuberculosis in this population. Method: an exploratory and descriptive study involving 17 health professionals working in street clinics. A semi-structured study composed of closed questions and a guiding question. The statements were analyzed using the discourse analysis technique, resulting in the identification of two analytical categories: 1. Meanings attributed to street dwellers with tuberculosis, and 2. Control of tuberculosis in homeless people. Results: the analysis identified situations that limited adherence to tuberculosis treatment, including the reasons for staying in the streets, living conditions, and risk factors (dependence on alcohol and other drugs, short-sightedness, constant relocations, and lack of perspectives). Street dwellers were knowledgeable about the disease. Furthermore, there were difficulties in solving several problems of people living in the streets, including living conditions and lifestyle, social stigma, relocations, drug abuse, and lack of life project. Conclusion: coping with the complexity of situations related to living in the streets limits to the work of health professionals because these situations go beyond health care and require intersectoral actions.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-11692018000100397&lng=en&tlng=enEnfermería en Salud ComunitariaSalud PúblicaTuberculosisPersonas sin HogarPoblaciones VulnerablesVulnerabilidad en Salud |
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Paula Hino Aline Aparecida Monroe Renata Ferreira Takahashi Káren Mendes Jorge de Souza Tania Maria Ribeiro Monteiro de Figueiredo Maria Rita Bertolozzi Tuberculosis control from the perspective of health professionals working in street clinics Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem Enfermería en Salud Comunitaria Salud Pública Tuberculosis Personas sin Hogar Poblaciones Vulnerables Vulnerabilidad en Salud |
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Paula Hino Aline Aparecida Monroe Renata Ferreira Takahashi Káren Mendes Jorge de Souza Tania Maria Ribeiro Monteiro de Figueiredo Maria Rita Bertolozzi |
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Tuberculosis control from the perspective of health professionals working in street clinics |
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Tuberculosis control from the perspective of health professionals working in street clinics |
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Tuberculosis control from the perspective of health professionals working in street clinics |
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Tuberculosis control from the perspective of health professionals working in street clinics |
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Tuberculosis control from the perspective of health professionals working in street clinics |
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tuberculosis control from the perspective of health professionals working in street clinics |
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Universidade de São Paulo |
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Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem |
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ABSTRACT Purpose: to present the opinion of professionals about street dwellers undergoing treatment of tuberculosis and identify strategies of control of tuberculosis in this population. Method: an exploratory and descriptive study involving 17 health professionals working in street clinics. A semi-structured study composed of closed questions and a guiding question. The statements were analyzed using the discourse analysis technique, resulting in the identification of two analytical categories: 1. Meanings attributed to street dwellers with tuberculosis, and 2. Control of tuberculosis in homeless people. Results: the analysis identified situations that limited adherence to tuberculosis treatment, including the reasons for staying in the streets, living conditions, and risk factors (dependence on alcohol and other drugs, short-sightedness, constant relocations, and lack of perspectives). Street dwellers were knowledgeable about the disease. Furthermore, there were difficulties in solving several problems of people living in the streets, including living conditions and lifestyle, social stigma, relocations, drug abuse, and lack of life project. Conclusion: coping with the complexity of situations related to living in the streets limits to the work of health professionals because these situations go beyond health care and require intersectoral actions. |
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Enfermería en Salud Comunitaria Salud Pública Tuberculosis Personas sin Hogar Poblaciones Vulnerables Vulnerabilidad en Salud |
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