Living conditions and access to health services by Bolivian immigrants in the city of São Paulo, Brazil
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Resumo: | Bolivian immigrants in Brazil experience serious social problems: precarious work conditions, lack of documents and insufficient access to health services. The study aimed to investigate inequalities in living conditions and access to health services among Bolivian immigrants living in the central area of São Paulo, Brazil, using a cross-sectional design and semi-structured interviews with 183 adults. According to the data, the immigrants tend to remain in Brazil, thus resulting in an aging process in the group. Per capita income increases the longer the immigrants stay in the country. The majority have secondary schooling. Work status does not vary according to time since arrival in Brazil. The immigrants work and live in garment sweatshops and speak their original languages. Social networks are based on ties with family and friends. Access to health services shows increasing inclusion in primary care. The authors conclude that the immigrants' social exclusion is decreasing due to greater access to documentation, work (although precarious), and the supply of health services from the public primary care system. |
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Living conditions and access to health services by Bolivian immigrants in the city of São Paulo, BrazilEmigration and ImmigrationSocial ConditionsHealth Services AccessibilityBolivian immigrants in Brazil experience serious social problems: precarious work conditions, lack of documents and insufficient access to health services. The study aimed to investigate inequalities in living conditions and access to health services among Bolivian immigrants living in the central area of São Paulo, Brazil, using a cross-sectional design and semi-structured interviews with 183 adults. According to the data, the immigrants tend to remain in Brazil, thus resulting in an aging process in the group. Per capita income increases the longer the immigrants stay in the country. The majority have secondary schooling. Work status does not vary according to time since arrival in Brazil. The immigrants work and live in garment sweatshops and speak their original languages. Social networks are based on ties with family and friends. Access to health services shows increasing inclusion in primary care. The authors conclude that the immigrants' social exclusion is decreasing due to greater access to documentation, work (although precarious), and the supply of health services from the public primary care system.Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz2013-10-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-311X2013001000018Cadernos de Saúde Pública v.29 n.10 2013reponame:Cadernos de Saúde Públicainstname:Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ)instacron:FIOCRUZ10.1590/0102-311X00113212info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSilveira,CássioCarneiro Junior,NivaldoRibeiro,Manoel Carlos Sampaio de AlmeidaBarata,Rita de Cássia Barradaseng2013-10-08T00:00:00Zoai:scielo:S0102-311X2013001000018Revistahttp://cadernos.ensp.fiocruz.br/csp/https://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.phpcadernos@ensp.fiocruz.br||cadernos@ensp.fiocruz.br1678-44640102-311Xopendoar:2013-10-08T00:00Cadernos de Saúde Pública - Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ)false |
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Living conditions and access to health services by Bolivian immigrants in the city of São Paulo, Brazil |
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Living conditions and access to health services by Bolivian immigrants in the city of São Paulo, Brazil |
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Living conditions and access to health services by Bolivian immigrants in the city of São Paulo, Brazil Silveira,Cássio Emigration and Immigration Social Conditions Health Services Accessibility |
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Living conditions and access to health services by Bolivian immigrants in the city of São Paulo, Brazil |
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Living conditions and access to health services by Bolivian immigrants in the city of São Paulo, Brazil |
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Living conditions and access to health services by Bolivian immigrants in the city of São Paulo, Brazil |
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Living conditions and access to health services by Bolivian immigrants in the city of São Paulo, Brazil |
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Living conditions and access to health services by Bolivian immigrants in the city of São Paulo, Brazil |
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Silveira,Cássio |
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Silveira,Cássio Carneiro Junior,Nivaldo Ribeiro,Manoel Carlos Sampaio de Almeida Barata,Rita de Cássia Barradas |
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Carneiro Junior,Nivaldo Ribeiro,Manoel Carlos Sampaio de Almeida Barata,Rita de Cássia Barradas |
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Silveira,Cássio Carneiro Junior,Nivaldo Ribeiro,Manoel Carlos Sampaio de Almeida Barata,Rita de Cássia Barradas |
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Emigration and Immigration Social Conditions Health Services Accessibility |
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Emigration and Immigration Social Conditions Health Services Accessibility |
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Bolivian immigrants in Brazil experience serious social problems: precarious work conditions, lack of documents and insufficient access to health services. The study aimed to investigate inequalities in living conditions and access to health services among Bolivian immigrants living in the central area of São Paulo, Brazil, using a cross-sectional design and semi-structured interviews with 183 adults. According to the data, the immigrants tend to remain in Brazil, thus resulting in an aging process in the group. Per capita income increases the longer the immigrants stay in the country. The majority have secondary schooling. Work status does not vary according to time since arrival in Brazil. The immigrants work and live in garment sweatshops and speak their original languages. Social networks are based on ties with family and friends. Access to health services shows increasing inclusion in primary care. The authors conclude that the immigrants' social exclusion is decreasing due to greater access to documentation, work (although precarious), and the supply of health services from the public primary care system. |
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Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz |
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