Vivendo com HIV/AIDS: estudos da ocorrência de discrimição nos serviços de saúde

• Autor(a) principal: Lelis, Ricardo Takeda [UNESP]
• Data de Publicação: 2012
• Outros Autores: Garbin, Cléa Adas Saliba [UNESP], Garbin, Artênio José Isper [UNESP], Soares, Gabriella Barreto [UNESP]
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNESP
• Texto Completo: http://periodicos.ufes.br/RBPS/article/view/5114; http://hdl.handle.net/11449/133356
• topic: Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; Discrimination; Patients; HIV; Seropositivity; Bioethics; Síndrome de imunodeficiência adquirida; Discriminação; Pacientes; Soropositividade para o HIV; Bioética

Introduction: The discrimination experienced by people with HIV / AIDS, not only by society but also by health professionals is one of the major problems observed relative the epidemic. Objective: To verify and to analyze the occurrence of discriminatory attitudes in the assistance to the health of people living with HIV/AIDS. Methods: It was a quantitative research was carried out with the participation of sixty-eight HIV-positive individuals from four Brazilian cities. The participants answered auto-administrate questionnaires that contained open and closed questions including the considered subject. Results: 41.2% of the total participants, HIV + people, said they had been discriminated against by health professionals. Among the discriminatory situations experienced by HIV patients, 34.2% nursing professionals were involved, in 34.2% dentists and in 31.6% doctors were involved. Those who have suffered discrimination, 78.6% said they had been discriminated against in public health service. Conclusion: The occurrence of discrimination in the assistance to the health of HIV-positive patients was high. The majority of discrimination situations occurred in the public health service. It is necessary the institution of strategies aiming at human attendance to these patients.