title: [Access, equity and social cohesion: evaluation of intersectoral strategies for people experiencing homelessness].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To understand and evaluate the work of intersectoral assistance on the insertion and the flow of people in situation of street with severe mental illness in public services of Mental Health.
  
  
  METHODS
  A case study developed from ten visits to a night shelter between March and April 2012. For data collection, the participant observation and semi-structured interviews were carried out with four sheltered individuals, as well as non-directive group interviews with five technicians of the social-assistance services.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Were analyzed using Content Analysis and developing a Logic Model validated with the professionals involved.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The social assistance services are the main entry of this clientele in the public network of assistance services, and the Mental Health services have difficulty in responding to the specificities of the same clientele and in establishing intersectoral work.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Igor da Costa
authors.initials: Ida C
authors.lastname: Borysow
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Juarez Pereira
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Furtado
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D006295:Health Resources; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006703:Ill-Housed Persons / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D008605:Mental Health Services; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012946:Social Welfare