Healthcare: action research with trans people living on the streets

ABSTRACT Objectives: to analyze the representations of healthcare provided to trans people living on the streets. Methods: ten women (three trans) and three cisgender men participated in this action research. Popular health education groups, focus groups, seminars and interviews were held, the data of which were organized in the software Nvivo®, submitted to content analysis and interpreted in the light of intersectionality theory. Results: healthcare was represented by the technical, relational, structural and citizenship dimensions. The relationship between gender and poverty determines the specific health needs of trans people living on the streets. Final Considerations: the need to expand conceptions and practices on healthcare to meet the specific health needs of trans people living on the streets was evidenced. Nursing, with competence and cultural sensitivity, can contribute to positive health outcomes and, consequently, break with the logic of exclusion, illness and poverty.

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Main Authors: Souza,Eduardo Sodré de, Tanaka,Luiza Hiromi
Format: Digital revista
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Enfermagem 2022
Online Access:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-71672022001100205
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Summary:ABSTRACT Objectives: to analyze the representations of healthcare provided to trans people living on the streets. Methods: ten women (three trans) and three cisgender men participated in this action research. Popular health education groups, focus groups, seminars and interviews were held, the data of which were organized in the software Nvivo®, submitted to content analysis and interpreted in the light of intersectionality theory. Results: healthcare was represented by the technical, relational, structural and citizenship dimensions. The relationship between gender and poverty determines the specific health needs of trans people living on the streets. Final Considerations: the need to expand conceptions and practices on healthcare to meet the specific health needs of trans people living on the streets was evidenced. Nursing, with competence and cultural sensitivity, can contribute to positive health outcomes and, consequently, break with the logic of exclusion, illness and poverty.