Healthy living: meaning for the homeless in Santa Maria
Objective: to search meaning of healthy living for street dweller of Santa Maria, RS. Method: qualitative and explorative research. Results: twenty male individuals were interviewed, in the period of February to June of 2009. The participators were selected casually, with the one criterion of inclus...
Saved in:
| Main Authors: | , , , , , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Book |
| Published: |
Universidade Federal de Santa Maria,
2012-04-01T00:00:00Z.
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | Connect to this object online. |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| Summary: | Objective: to search meaning of healthy living for street dweller of Santa Maria, RS. Method: qualitative and explorative research. Results: twenty male individuals were interviewed, in the period of February to June of 2009. The participators were selected casually, with the one criterion of inclusion being street dweller, with or without temporary permanence in the hostel. Data were analyzed under the light of hermeneutic interpretation, because this referential allows understanding with profoundness the text, the discourse of the participators, when emerge three categories. Final considerations: while for same street dwellers to live in the street means liberty, for others the hostel means to abstain themselves of alcohol ingestion and of others illicit drugs, promoting so a healthy living |
|---|---|
| Item Description: | 2179-7692 2179-7692 10.5902/217976924413 |