“I Really Dreamed of True Love”: An Ethnography on Gender‐Based Violence and Its Effects on the Healthcare of Women Experiencing Homelessness

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Public Health Nursing
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2026-09-21
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https://doi.org/10.1111/phn.70182
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Homelessness and Social Issues
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“I Really Dreamed of True Love”: An Ethnography on Gender‐Based Violence and Its Effects on the Healthcare of Women Experiencing Homelessness

Luciane Miranda Guerra, Disete Devera, Luiz Francesquini Júnior, Vitor Rafael Gomes et al.
Public Health Nursing
Homelessness and Social Issues
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“I Really Dreamed of True Love”: An Ethnography on Gender‐Based Violence and Its Effects on the Healthcare of Women Experiencing Homelessness

Luciane Miranda Guerra, Disete Devera, Luiz Francesquini Júnior, Vitor Rafael Gomes, Julia Marino Sanches, Bárbara Martins
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Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To understand how affective bonds and experiences of gender-based violence intersect the trajectories of women experiencing homelessness and influence their relationship with the Psychosocial Care Network (RAPS). METHODS: A qualitative study with an ethnographic approach, conducted between August and December 2025 in Campinas, Brazil, alongside "Street Clinic" (Consultório na Rua) teams. Participants were 11 adult women experiencing homelessness. Data were produced through participant observation, semi-structured interviews, and field diaries, and subjected to Thematic Content Analysis. RESULTS: The study identified the centrality of intimate partner and institutional violence in the participants' trajectories and their impacts on care. It highlighted the ambivalence of heterosexual affective-romantic bonds, which operate paradoxically as sources of protection, belonging, and emotional support, but also as spaces for reproducing inequalities, restricting autonomy, and creating barriers to healthcare access and continuity. CONCLUSIONS: Romantic bonds occupy a central position in these women's daily lives, placing them between protection and vulnerability. Care experiences are intersected by multiple social markers, reinforcing the need for public policies guided by intersectional, gender-sensitive perspectives capable of recognizing the complexity of care itineraries for this population.

Public Health Nursing
Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) (BR), Governo do Distrito Federal (BR)
Gender equality
Openalex Percentile: Top 6%
Homelessness and Social Issues
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