Abstract

SANTOS, Christian Eduardo Andrade Resende; VECCHIA, Marcelo Dalla  and  PAIVA, Fernando Santana de. Intersectoriality in Drug Public Policies: Relations between Healthcare and Welfare Resources. Estud. pesqui. psicol. [online]. 2021, vol.21, n.3, pp. 929-949. ISSN 1808-4281.  http://dx.doi.org/10.12957/epp.2021.62691.

Policies, programs and services in the field of alcohol and other drugs (AOD) must be based upon the principles of integrality and intersectoriality, ensuring social participation. These aspects might guide Brazilian psychosocial care network. In this direction, the present study aimed to understand the relationship between health networks and social assistance regarding the health care of psychoactive substances users in a city at Minas Gerais, Brazil. Individual interviews were conducted with the managers of these sectors, as well as a focus group with professionals working in Brazilian National Systems of Healthcare and Social Services. The results were organized in the following axes of analysis: (1) (dis)articulation of the network: challenge for intersectoral work; (2) networks in movement: professional practices in daily care; (3) tensions between different actors in the alcohol and other drugs (AOD) network. These results express the reality of most Brazilian municipalities, in which public policies occur in a disjointed way, and the principle of intersectoriality is a horizon to be constructed.

Keywords : intersectoriality; drugs; healthcare networks; psychosocial care.

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