Comprehensive health care for transgender people and travestis in the Brazilian Unified Health System: an integrative review

• Autor(a) principal: Lucena, Marcelle Medeiros
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Ferreira, Guilherme Gomes, Floss, Mayara, Melo, Diego Azevedo Conte de
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por; eng
• Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Medicina de Família e Comunidade (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://www.rbmfc.org.br/rbmfc/article/view/2964
• topic: Transsexualism; Gender identity; Sexuality; Primary health care; Unified Health System.; Transexualidade; Identidade de Gênero; Sexualidade; Atenção Primária à Saúde; Sistema Único de Saúde; Transexualidad; Identidad de género; Sexualidad; Atención primaria de salud; Sistema Único de Salud.

Introduction: The institutional marginalization scenario to which transgender people and travestis are exposed is undeniable. Even healthcare services in the Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS) are part of this scenario. This situation, as suggested by the literature and social movements themselves, is mainly evidenced through disrespect regarding the social name, discrimination, the need for diagnosis to access services, and the unpreparedness of health teams. To reduce historical iniquities in the constitution of health care and in the implementation of public health policies it is necessary to characterize the health care provided to this population in the context of SUS. Objective: To analyze how comprehensive healthcare services have been constituted to transgender people and travestis in Brazil based on an integrative literature review. Methods: This is a qualitative and exploratory study. An integrative literature review was carried out, seeking to explore the current scenario of health care for transgender people in Brazil. The research was performed in LILACS, SciELO, and Portal de Periódicos CAPES databases, during July and September 2020. The inclusion criteria were topics concerning public Brazilian healthcare services for transgender people and travestis, regardless of the level of complexity. Results: A total of 22 studies were fully read. The scenario of health care for transgender people and travestis within the scope of SUS consists mainly of specialized care services and is concentrated in the south region of the country, in large urban centers. The health devices that already exist in the network are not sufficient and qualified to provide comprehensive health care, from a perspective other than heterocysnormativity and the biomedical pathologizing model of transidentities. Nevertheless, models of successful services in Primary Health Care (PHC) have been changing this scenario. Conclusions: Specific services for the population of transgender people and travestis are necessary, as they operate in the logic of remedying historical inequities faced by this population. PHC is a strategic scenario in this care, and public policies must operate from this perspective.