Experience in managing action research on hepatitis C survey in the prison community

ABSTRACT

We aimed to report the experience in managing action research on hepatitis C investi-gation in the prison community in the Triangulo Mineiro region, Minas Gerais, Brazil. The proposal was developed from March 2019 to March 2020, reaching 240 people to contain the spread of the disease through a survey, testing, and mo-nitoring of positive cases. We adopted intersecto-ral action with articulation between Universities, Medical Society, Teaching Hospital, and State Secretariat for Justice and Public Security. Strategies for the management of action research are descri-bed study settings and stakeholders, registration and formalization of the activity, application of tests, and management of reagent inmates. We identified difficulties regarding the accommoda-tion of routines among the research team and the proper functioning of the penitentiary, which required extensive training between the parties and managerial articulations. We consider that the report collaborates with the organization of future research aimed at accessing this still invi-sible population, the prison community when it highlights the strategies adopted to conduct the research. Copyright © 2022, Associacao Brasileira de Pos - Graduacao em Saude Coletiva. All rights reserved.