title: [Dealing with the phenomenological interview with prostitutes: experience report].
abstract: This article aims at describing our experience in obtaining statements using the phenomenological interview. Eleven prostitutes were interviewed in Teresina, PI. Along this journey we have had several remarkable moments such as: the strategy of approaching the interviewee, the site of the interviews and the own emotional narration of the prostitutes. This process has showed us that one needs to be familiar and empathic with the research subjects. We have also learned that there is not a specific formula of conducting the interview, but it is the role of the researcher to identify the difficulties and propose strategies to obtain the statements. Thus, the empathic relationship that we have experienced in obtaining the statements from these women through the phenomenological interview was essential to understand the contact with violence throughout the prostitution daily life.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Piauí, Grupo de Estudos sobre Enfermagem, Violência e Saúde Mental, Teresina, PI.
authors.forename: Isabel Cristina Cavalcante Carvalho
authors.initials: IC
authors.lastname: Moreira
authors.forename: Claudete Ferreira de Souza
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Monteiro
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D011477:Sex Work