Home visit experiences in practical theoretical teaching

Abstract

This article aims to report experiences lived during home visits to residences in the city of Niterói, located in the State of Rio de Janeiro, considering the social, structural and health specificities of each household investigated. Objective: to describe home visiting activities carried out by nursing students in the practical dimension of the collective health discipline offered to the undergraduate nursing course, with a view to highlighting possible risk factors for the illness of the studied public. Method: three visits were made in two different neighborhoods, two of them in the Atalaia neighborhood and one in Ingá, to collect information regarding the health of the residents of these neighborhoods. Conclusion: a series of elements potentially harmful to the health of individuals was found, including clean filters, infiltrations, and exacerbated dust, which were observed in the visited homes. The presence of these factors ends up validating the importance of the practice of home visits, reflecting positively on maintaining the population's health and well-being.