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[Symbolical violence in the access of disabled persons to basic health units]
Inacia Sátiro Xavier de França1, Lorita Marlena Freitag Pagliuca, Rosilene Santos Baptista
1Universidade Estadual da Paraíba, Departamento de Enfermagem,Grupo de Estudos e Pesquisas em Atenção em Saúde Coletiva, Campina Grande, PB. isxf@oi.com.br
Abstract:
A descriptive study which aimed to characterize the conditions of people with disabilities (PD) in the Basic Health Units-UBS. Data were collected in January 2009 in 20 UBSF. It was used digital camera and check list based on the 9050-NBR ABNT. The results showed: Access town - no traffic lights (100%) of lanes for pedestrians (100%), bumpy sidewalks (90%); Access in UBS: non-standard ports (30%) staircases without banisters (20%); floor outside the standard (75%), in disagreement with standard mobile (20%), drinking at odds with standard (55%), making it difficult to people with disabilities to use a filter (30%), has no drinking or filters (15%); telephones installed inadequately (55%); inaccessible restrooms (96%). Access to UBS of PD is permeated by the symbolic violence.
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