“I became a beggar”: life experience reports of former homeless people sheltered in a brazilian confessional institution

• Autor(a) principal: Packer, Milene Pescatori
• Data de Publicação: 2015
• Outros Autores: Higa, Rosângela, Varga, Cassia Regina Rodrigues, Campos, Claudinei José Gomes, Turato, Egberto Ribeiro
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista de Enfermagem da Universidade Federal de Santa Maria
• Texto Completo: http://periodicos.ufsm.br/reufsm/article/view/12964
• topic: Qualitative research; Population at risk; Psychology social; Vulnerable groups; Investigación cualitativa; Población en riesgo; Psicología social; Comunidades vulnerables; Pesquisa qualitativa; População em risco; Psicologia social; Comunidades vulneráveis

Aim: to analyze the life experiences of former homeless alcohol users sheltered in a Confessional Institution. Method: the study is based on the clinicalqualitative method. From August 2007 to May 2008, semi-structured interviews were carried out with residents of a philanthropic organization in the state of São Paulo. The saturation criterion defined a sample of eight participants. Results: three categories were composed through the content analysis technique: You get embarrassed: expresses tendency to isolation or forming groups; I became a beggar: shows the breakdown of social life and loss of identity; The past will not return: demonstrates an attempt to get rid of their self-image, social denial and identification with the new roles. Conclusion: to survive, the former homeless person denies central elements of their identity and experiences the reconstruction of a new identity. In order to return to the former home/society, it is necessary to recompose the lost identity