http://repub.eur.nl/res/aut/47815/ List of Publications en http://repub.eur.nl/static-eur/img/logo.png http://repub.eur.nl http://repub.eur.nl/res/pub/32172/ 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Abstract This paper debates a project of qualification of Health Communitarian Agents (HCA) for Harm Reduction (HR) actions in seven municipal districts of Rio Grande do Sul. Sixty one HCA were interviewed in 10 Health Centers (HC). Guided questionnaires were applied, followed by focal groups. It was verified a sensitization effect and the comprehension of HR proposal for the majority of HCA in the aspects: increased knowledge, overcoming prejudice related to drug users and HIV seropositivity, as well as HR importance to STD/AIDS prevention. Difficulties of HR actions implantation were related to the lack of interest and/or financial support of HC. The importance of the qualification was related to the increase drug user’s proximity to the HC and also to the amplification of HR actions in the Health System. However, just the qualifying of HCA does not guarantee the continuity of the actions, it is also necessary to sensitize all the HC team and managers. http://repub.eur.nl/res/pub/32913/ 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z This study mapped and described 11 harm reduction interventions/programs in Greater Metropolitan Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil, in 2004-2006. Mapping was based on interviews and analysis of available documents and comparison with a previous study with data from 2003. We aimed to discuss the programs’ sustainability (political, financial, and administrative) and operational characteristics, based on the following categories: type of links in the program or intervention; forms of inclusion in the municipalities; background, financing; typical activities; team hiring practices; volunteer work, if any; resources (human and financial); partnerships; municipal legislation, if any; and participation in forums for political representation. Despite the diversity of links and organizational formats, there were some common characteristics: precarious professional status; dependence on volunteer work to implement activities; influence of turnover in Municipal and State administration on the continuity of projects and partnerships, as well as on the maintenance of human and financial resources. We conclude that such factors lead to lack of continuity in the services provided to the target population. http://repub.eur.nl/res/pub/33072/ 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z http://repub.eur.nl/res/pub/33089/ 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z RESUMO: Pensar o grupo como um dispositivo de transformação nas relações dos sujeitos parece uma tarefa intensa; neste trabalho nos propomos a pensar questões grupais e as transformações subjetivas que ocorreram no desenrolar desse território que foi criado, dando ênfase ao processo de clínica ampliada com o objetivo de produzir saúde e aumentar a autonomia dos sujeitos. http://repub.eur.nl/res/pub/33092/ 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z ABSTRACT. Scientific literature review shows that Harm Reduction (HR) articles focus mainly the discussion about the implications of different drug users treatment models and the efficiency of HR with injection drug users. However, there are few studies about HR workers. In this context, the present article aims to discuss the work of outreachworkers, proposing an analysis of how the discursive formations about drugs and Aids, in contemporary society, influence the work and the subjectivity of the outreachworkers, as well as the possibilities of having “sustainable projects” as a way to include harm reduction practices in public health services. // RESUMO. A revisão bibliográfica mostra que os estudos relativos à redução de danos (RD) se centram, predominantemente, na discussão das implicações de diferentes modelos de tratamento para o usuário de drogas e na redução de danos aplicada a usuários de drogas injetáveis. Porém, poucos estudos são encontrados acerca do trabalhador em RD. Neste contexto, o presente artigo propõe uma reflexão a respeito do trabalho dos redutores de danos, questionando como as formações discursivas sobre aids e drogas, na sociedade contemporânea, atravessam a subjetividade e o trabalho dos redutores, bem como sobre as possibilidades de inserção e sustentabilidade das ações em redução de danos.