01743nas a2200277   4500000000100000008004100001260001700042653001100059653002900070653001600099653002100115653001100136653002300147653001200170653002600182653002600208653001600234653002700250100001800277245014000295300001000435490001500445050002000460520097100480022001401451       2007                            d  c2007 Sep-Oct10aBrazil10aCommunity Health Nursing10aForecasting10aHealth Promotion10aHumans10aLife Change Events10aPoverty10aRural Health Services10aSocioeconomic Factors10aUncertainty10aVulnerable Populations1 aLaperrière H00aCommunity health nursing practices in contexts of poverty, uncertainty and unpredictability: a systematization of personal experiences.  a721-80 v15 Spec No  aLAPERRIERE 20073 a<p>Several years of professional nursing practices, while living in the poorest neighbourhoods in the outlying areas of Brazil's Amazon region, have led the author to develop a better understanding of marginalized populations. Providing care to people with leprosy and sex workers in riverside communities has taken place in conditions of uncertainty, insecurity, unpredictability and institutional violence. The question raised is how we can develop community health nursing practices in this context. A systematization of personal experiences based on popular education is used and analyzed as a way of learning by obtaining scientific knowledge through critical analysis of field practices. Ties of solidarity and belonging developed in informal, mutual-help action groups are promising avenues for research and the development of knowledge in health promotion, prevention and community care and a necessary contribution to national public health programmers.</p>  a0104-1169