Access to health by sex professionals in primary care: an integrative review

• Autor(a) principal: Oliveira, Raissa Reis de
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Silva, Karine Honório, Tavares, Seilla Siedler, Gonzaga, Márcia Féldreman Nunes, Almeida, Clayton Gonçalves de, Contini, Irineu César Panzeri
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Scire Salutis
• Texto Completo: https://sustenere.inf.br/index.php/sciresalutis/article/view/5663
• topic: Prostituição; Profissionais do Sexo; Acesso aos Serviços de Saúde; Assistência à saúde; Prostitution; Sex Professionals; Access to Health Services; Health care

The objective is to investigate the adherence of sex workers to primary health care services in Brazil. This is an integrative literature review. To execute the search for the articles, the following descriptors were used: prostitution, sex workers, access to health services and health care, in the databases: Latin American and Caribbean Literature in Health Sciences (LILACS), Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online (MEDLINE) and US National Library of Medicine (PUBMED). The inclusion criteria adopted were: year of publication, articles in Portuguese, English or Spanish language and scientific productions published from 2010 to 2019. Studies that did not approached the theme related to the review objective were excluded. Based on the method used, seven articles were selected. Studies expose that sex workers constantly encounter difficulties when seeking assistance in public primary health care services. The most cited causes that hinder access are predominantly related to social and institutional barriers. It is understood that sex workers have low adherence to primary health care services in Brazil. The presence of barriers makes access difficult and provides detachment of these women from public health services, reducing the adherence to the primary care system.