A atuação dos consultórios na rua (CnaR) e a atenção à saúde da população em situação de rua

Abstract

This research took people under street condition as a manifestation of the Social Issue, implying a phenomenon generated from historical conditions, with the mediation of social, economic and political aspects. As a result of the organization and the struggles of the National Movement of People Under Street Condition, currently in Brazil this phenomenon is addressed by the State as a transversal issue for various areas of public administration. Thus, in 2011, arises the National Policy to the Population under Street Condition, from which the Street Clinics were created (CnaR). These are equipments of Primary Care focused on prevention and health promotion among the people under street condition. In this sense, this research aimed to understand the work of CnaR professionals in the city of Natal/RN. The general objective was to analyze the practices of CnaR teams toward the demands and health needs of the people under street condition of Natal/RN. More specifically, it sought to characterize the practices of CNAR professionals; problematize the limits and potential of this equipment in their relationship with the health network and the intersectorality and; discuss how the access to full health care of the population people under street condition takes place through CnaR practices. Aiming these objectives, semi-structured interviews were conducted with professional teams and, concomitantly, participant observation and records in field diaries from the observations of one of the teams. There are three teams CnaR in Natal/RN, located in two areas of the city, composed of 19 professionals and a coordinator. Seventeen professionals participated in the interviews. It was found that the demands that come to the teams are quite diverse, but related to lack of assistance profile and denial of rights that characterizes this population, which requires a critical and permanent education about the phenomenon, which was seen as incipient. Moreover, the work of professionals takes place in the direction of practices aiming the integration of users in the health system, such as matrx support, and facing immediate demands in the field, and the latter end up being prioritized because its volume. Integration with other network services has emerged as one of the most outstanding difficulties for the practices and, along with excess of activity, was presented as limitation for the effective integration of users in the network. It was also found that there is a need to encourage cooperation with main partners as NASF and MNPR. Finally, it is important to highlight that the understanding of the practices of CnaR allows greater understanding of the construction of social policies for the people under street condition, reduces the invisibility and promote the construction of the possibility of a change in the reality of this public.