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| Author(s): |
Lucas Duarte Silva
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | Ribeirão Preto. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto (PCARP/BC) |
| Defense date: | 2018-02-16 |
| Examining board members: |
Jacqueline de Souza;
Sandra Cristina Pillon;
Edson Arthur Scherer;
Stephen Wayne Strobbe
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| Advisor: | Jacqueline de Souza |
| Abstract | |
Social support consists in resources derived from social bonds established by an individual and which provides assistance in adverse situations, making it possible to alleviate negative effects of stress, attenuate the psychological effects inherent in chronic pathologies, and promote solidarity and citizenship actions. It is a resource present in the lives of all individuals, including users of crack, and in this case, the analysis of social networks is relevant, considering the consequences that such consumption causes in the social involvement of these subjects, reverberating on family relationships, work and restriction of possibilities of culture, leisure and access to health. Among the services available to attend this population, there is the Outreach Service, a program implemented in 2011 and based on the logic of harm reduction, which leads to consider that this is an important source of social support for the individuals attended by it. However, investigating users\' perceptions regarding the role of such service in their social support network is still necessary. The aim of this study was to analyze the characteristics of the social support network of crack users and the role of this Outreach Service for these individuals. For that, a qualitative, descriptive-exploratory cross-sectional study was carried out in a medium-sized city in the countryside of Minas Gerais, with 17 crack users accompanied in an Outreach Service program, as well as the four professionals that compose the team. Data collection was made through participant observation, semi-structured interviews with crack users and a focus group with professionals. Data analysis was performed through analysis of the structural aspects of the users\' support network, followed by content analysis of the information transcribed from the different sources and, for methodological approach, the Social Networks Analysis was adopted. The study was approved by the Research Ethics Committee, under protocol no. 50051015.4.0000.5393, and was funded by the Research Support Foundation of the State of São Paulo, process nº 2016/05135-0. The results showed a group composed mainly of black or brown individuals, female, single, with incomplete elementary school, without profession, without income, who professed the Catholic religion and with an average age of 37.2 years. Regarding to the user support network, it has been evidenced that it is composed of family members, peers, members of the community and the team of the Outreach Service, who provide material, informational and emotional support. It was also observed that the work developed by the Outreach Service presents potentialities such as respect for the individual conditions of users, the existence of a trust relationship between users and professionals and the interlocution with the Psychosocial Attention Network. On the other hand, the service faces challenges such as the lack of training of professionals from other health institutions and the existence of services that are not sensitive to the gender, sexual orientation and lifestyle of users. Therefore, it is recommended that the network of sharing of influences of these subjects could be taken into account for the elaboration of actions of prevention and health promotion, although the professionals of different health institutions work in a collaborative way, in order to combat stigma on drug users, and for future studies it is sought to explore deeply the dynamics of the relations of the population in a street situation, with a focus on informal supporters, and to devise strategies to expand the perspective of the Outreach Service, focusing on psychosocial rehabilitation (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 16/05135-0 - The social support network of crack users accompanied by an Office in the Street of a city in Minas Gerais |
| Grantee: | Lucas Duarte Silva |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Master |