title: The construction of autonomy for professionals who work with drug users: An analysis of two intervention projects in the largest asylum centre in Brazil.
abstract: Based on results of two intervention projects with professionals working with drug users in Sorocaba, São Paulo, the article discusses the possibilities of health promotion in the field of mental health, understood as a form of resistance to the regulatory powers of official policies. The projects proved to be promising for the construction of autonomy of these workers. The guiding principles of humanized care in health care and respect for human rights of drug users proved to be important tools for these interventions as were university extramural activities.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCar) - Campus Lagoa do Sino, Brazil Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP), Brazil Centro Regional de Referência da Universidade Federal de São Carlos (CRR-UFSCar-Sorocaba), Brazil simone.conejo@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Simone Peixoto
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Conejo
authors.affiliation: Centro Regional de Referência da Universidade Federal de São Carlos (CRR-UFSCar-Sorocaba), Brazil Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), Brazil.
authors.forename: Valéria C A
authors.initials: VC
authors.lastname: Lisboa
authors.affiliation: Centro Regional de Referência da Universidade Federal de São Carlos (CRR-UFSCar-Sorocaba), Brazil Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCar) - Campus Sorocaba, Brazil.
authors.forename: Adriana R O
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Caldeira
authors.affiliation: Centro Regional de Referência da Universidade Federal de São Carlos (CRR-UFSCar-Sorocaba), Brazil Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCar) - Campus Sorocaba, Brazil.
authors.forename: Marcos R V
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Garcia
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D055030:Drug Users / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000523:psychology; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000379:methods; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000458:organization & administration; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*
keywords: drug users; health promotion; integral assistance to health; intervention projects