title: [Health assistance to homeless people in a health unit in São Paulo city].
abstract: Geraldo Honório de Paula Souza health unit is located close to the Public Health College at University de São Paulo and has largely contributed to improve education in the health field. As it registers just population who live in a specific location nearly, it has also provided help to the homeless people in the area of Pinheiros couting on the support of the Program Gente de Rua, a partnership between Social Center Nossa Senhora do Bom Parto and Health Secretary of São Paulo municipality. This program consists of three communitarian agents and a nurse who take care of this population in the health center. The agents first contact homeless people who can be later assisted by a heath team in the unit. Assistance also includes visits by the agents and the nurse from the program, taking into consideration the principle of equity of Brazilian Unified Health System.
authors.affiliation: Saúde da Familia para População de Rua "Programa A Gente na Rua" - Região Lapa/Pinheiros, São Paulo, SP, Brasil. rhavana_2@yahoo.com.br
authors.forename: Rhavana Pilz
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Canônico
authors.forename: Ana Cristina D'Andretta
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Márcia Maria Porto Roccetto
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Mazza
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: de Fátima e Souza
authors.forename: Maria Cristina
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Bernat
authors.forename: Luciana Xavier
authors.initials: LX
authors.lastname: Junqueira
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D006703:Ill-Housed Persons; D014504:Urban Health