COMMUNITY SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY AND HOMELESS POPULATION’S HEALTH: EXPERIENCES FROM PSYCHOLOGY TO HARM REDUCTION

Abstract

This article is an experience report, developed from the practice of a Specific Internship in Psychological Interventions, within a Psychology degree, from a University in the city of Salvador/BA, focused on the work of the Community Social Psychologist, along with the Corra Pro Abraço Program. The Corra Pro Abraço Program is a device in the capital of Bahia, financed by the Secretariat of Justice, Human Rights and Social Development (SJDHDS), of the Government of the State of Bahia, whose activities are directed at people living on the streets and/or in abusive use of psychoactive substances, being an important strategy for qualifying care and assistance to these same populations. Thus, this article aims to describe the experience of carrying out a Specific Internship in Psychological Interventions, in a remote model (online), based on the performance of a set of interns in Psychology in Psychology and Media actions, along with the Corra Pro Abraço Program. Being a descriptive study, which reports an experience developed by interns in the Program, in an objective, descriptive and observational manner, we believe that it can contribute to the sharing of knowledge and practices in the areas in question, as well as serving as a bastion which underlies other training practices to come. Finally, we highlight the effects of the pandemic of the COVID-19 on the training process of psychologists, an element that we will score in the outcome of this study.