Desenvolvimento e implementação de um chuveiro itinerante para pessoas em situação de rua: os pressupostos da Engenharia do Produto como ferramenta de reintegração social

Abstract

The city of Rio de Janeiro has, according to the last survey of 2018, 4,628 people in a street situation. The purpose of this article is to develop and implement a model showerhead so that some of these people are able to perform basic hygiene. This equipment in addition to facilitating access to water also helps in preventing diseases from the accumulation of dirt. The proposed model has a significant contribution to society, since it can be applied in different neighborhoods and used by different governmental institutions or not. It is hoped that this article will contribute to the stimulation of weights that will lead to the creation of public policies that will complicate the access to the hygiene of street people and facilitate the development of similar equipment specifying all the necessary information for the creation of itinerant showers.