Citation

Fiorati RC, Carretta RYD, Kebbe LM, Cardoso BL, Xavier JJDS. Rev. Gaucha Enferm. 2017; 37(Suppl): e72861.

Vernacular Title

As rupturas sociais e o cotidiano de pessoas em situação de rua: estudo etnográfico.

Affiliation

Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Medicina. São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Escola de Enfermagem da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande e do Sul)

DOI

10.1590/1983-1447.2016.esp.72861

PMID

28746501

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To discover the generators of disruptions in social support networks and identify the everyday life and projects of life of homeless people.

METHOD: Ethnographic study conducted between 2012 and 2013 in Ribeirão Preto -SP, Brazil. The participants were fifteen homeless people. Data were collected through video-recorded interviews addressing histories of life and a field diary. Data analysis was based on Habermas' Theory of Communicative Action.

RESULTS: Results revealed that the participants' families have faced inequalities for many generations and that everyday life is marked by violence and death, poverty and exclusion, disrupted social networks, loneliness, alcohol and drug consumption, and other socially determined diseases.

CONCLUSION: The situation of living on the streets stems from several factors present in the organization of the Brazilian society and social determinants condition the life and health of homeless people.

Language: en