Abstract:
The presence of people who make the streets their home is an incontestable reality and has been intensifying in Brazil. This research was carried out with the objective of investigating the academic production about this subject between 2006 and 2016. The research was done using the Capes Portal of Journals and Capes Bank of Theses and Dissertations. The abstracts and conclusions of 115 Brazilian scientific productions were analyzed, being twenty seven (27) articles, eighty one (81) dissertations and seven (7) theses. It was found that in 2014 there was a greater scientific production on the subject (19.13%) and that there is a concentration of research in the area of Psychology (26.13%). The scientific productions presented diverse themes, being categorized by topics: singularities and diversities; reasons and motivations for street life; the different ways of living and surviving in street situations; social construction of the image; interlocutions between health and social assistance; relationship with the city and the processes of leaving out the streets. Although the interest in investigating the phenomenon of people living on the streets is intensifying, we indicate the need for new research so that it can point out indicators for the construction of public policies focused on the rights of this population.
Keywords:
Homeless People; Homeless Population; Systematic Review