Street Office: Experiences and feelings experienced by health care professionals

Abstract

Introduction: The Street Office is a Primary Care strategy in the Unified Health System (SUS), which aims to promote care for homeless people, being the health reference service for this population. Through actions that allow the construction of the bond of trust, professionals promote health care and care to the users' demands. Objective: Describing the experiences, stories and feelings experienced by the professionals of the Street Office of Maceió- AL. Methods: This is a descriptive-exploratory study with a qualitative approach, conducted with 13 professionals from the Street Office of Maceió, whose data production occurred from October to December 2018, through the semi-structured interview technique and records in a field diary. The data were analyzed by the content analysis technique, in the thematic modality, and discussed in the light of the literature on the theme of the Street Office. Results: From the interviews with the professionals emerged the following themes: 1) unique experiences; 2) stories that mark; and 3) feelings that transform. Conclusion: It can be concluded that the Street Office is shown as a work that generates rich experiences and feelings for professionals, allowing professionals to know the life histories of this population while they are affected in this process.