Social representations of health care by homeless people

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.

DESCRIPTORS
Homeless Persons; Delivery of Health Care; Self Care; Public Health Nursing; Primary Care Nursing

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[1] Corresponding author: Itana Carvalho Nunes Silva, Av. Dr. Augusto Viana, S/N, Canela, CEP 40110-060 – Salvador, BA, Brazil itana.c.nunes@gmail.com

Elements from the central core Frequency ≥ 15 Average Order of Evocations < 2.9			Elements from the 1^st periphery Frequency ≥ 15 Average Order of Evocations > 2.9
Element	Freq.	Average Order of Evocation	Element	Freq.	Average Order of Evocation
Doctor	38	2.3	Taking preventive measures	31	2.9
Taking care of yourself	31	2.5	Hygiene	27	3.2
Eating	22	2.5	Happiness	17	3.0
Elements from the contrast zone Frequency < 15 Average Order of Evocations < 2.9			Elements from the 2^nd periphery Frequency < 15 Average Order of Evocations ≥ 2.9
Element	Freq.	Average Order of Evocation	Element	Freq.	Average Order of Evocation
Good	12	2.1	Physical activity	14	3.0
Medication	11	2.6	Test	12	3.2
Important	8	2.2	Treat	11	3.3
Life	7	2.7	Beauty	8	3.5
Sickness	6	2.3	Healthy	5	3.2
Responsibility	6	2.8	Body	5	3.6
Love	5	2.6

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Social representations of health care by homeless people* * Extracted from the dissertation “Práticas de cuidados em saúde de pessoas em situação de rua: um estudo em representações sociais”, Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal da Bahia, 2017.

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Social representations of health care by homeless people^* * Extracted from the dissertation “Práticas de cuidados em saúde de pessoas em situação de rua: um estudo em representações sociais”, Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal da Bahia, 2017.