APPROACH TO HOMELESSNESS VULNERABILITY AND THE IMPACT AS ONE HEALTH INITIATIVE

Autores

  • Mara Lucia Gravinatti Pós Graduação em Ciências Veterinárias da Universidade Federal do Paraná
  • Jorge Timenetsky Universidade de São Paulo
  • Alexander Welker Biondo Universidade Federal do Paraná

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/avs.v22i4.56797

Palavras-chave:

domestic animals, homeless, zoonosis

Resumo

Homeless has been considered a worldwide public policy problem and may demand a multi-professional intervention with social assistance and health care approaches. Some of these homeless may have close and companion interactions with domestic animals in their environment.  Although pets may provide emotional stability, may also contribute to human sheltering refusal and homeless persistence, as pets may not be allowed on most human shelters. Pet presence and environmental exposure may aggravate co-infections in such vulnerable population. Therefore, veterinarian inclusion in such network care frame has been crucial to insure animal health and reduce zoonosis and related risk factor. 

Biografia do Autor

Mara Lucia Gravinatti, Pós Graduação em Ciências Veterinárias da Universidade Federal do Paraná

Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Veterinárias da Universidade Federal do Paraná. Curitiba, PR, Brasil.

Jorge Timenetsky, Universidade de São Paulo

Departamento de Microbiologia, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Universidade de São Paulo. São Paulo, SP, Brasil.

Alexander Welker Biondo, Universidade Federal do Paraná

Departamento de Medicina Veterinária. Universidade Federal do Paraná. Curitiba, PR, Brasil.

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Publicado

2017-12-22

Como Citar

Gravinatti, M. L., Timenetsky, J., & Biondo, A. W. (2017). APPROACH TO HOMELESSNESS VULNERABILITY AND THE IMPACT AS ONE HEALTH INITIATIVE. Archives of Veterinary Science, 22(4). https://doi.org/10.5380/avs.v22i4.56797

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Seção

Doenças Infecciosas e Zoonoses