DETERMINANTES SOCIAIS DE SAÚDE DA POPULAÇÃO EM SITUAÇÃO DE RUA VULNERÁVEL À TUBERCULOSE.

Objective: To analyze social determinants of health of homeless population vulnerable to tuberculosis. Methods: Descriptive, exploratory study with a quantitative approach. The collection occurred between July and December 2017, with homeless people from two municipalities of the metropolitan region of Cariri, using an instrument of its own elaboration. The analysis was designed considering the model of Dahlgren and Wintehead for the social determinants of health. Results: 70 people were interviewed, predominantly male, aged between 18 and 32 years, mixed race/color and low education level. Most of them said they were smokers, made use of alcohol, did not use medications, did not maintain contact with their families and had poor living and working conditions and pointed all of those as motives to be homeless. They declared that they seek mainly the primary health care as a service and did not use government services, in spite of having an income below one salary. The ones who reported cough underwent bacilloscopy, but all of them had a negative result for tuberculosis. Conclusion: The identification of the social determinants of health is important to know the health demands of the homeless population and enables the strengthening of policies to combat the weaknesses these people are exposed to. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]