Funding for this research was provided by:
Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior
Article History
Received: 4 June 2018
Accepted: 27 February 2019
First Online: 8 March 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical approval was obtained from the Rene Rachou Institute ethics committee under protocol CAAE 49209515.0.0000.50.91. the homeless population gave signed consent for participation in the study as a whole, including the interviews. Information about the study, potential harms and benefits, the purpose of the study and the right to withdraw were emphasized, both in the written material and directly to the homeless population before the interviews started. Anonymity and confidentiality on the audio-recordings and the transcripts were secured by using subject identifier codes instead of names.
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