Health care: the transvestites of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

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Autor(a) principal: Souza,Martha Helena Teixeira de
Data de Publicação: 2015
Outros Autores: Pereira,Pedro Paulo Gomes
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Texto & contexto enfermagem (Online)
Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-07072015000100146
Resumo: The general purpose of this paper is to present the health care of transvestites from Santa Maria, central region of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Field research was conducted in 2012, between January and November, with transvestites originated from different cities of this State, who were living in Santa Maria at that time. Qualitative methodology was adopted through ethnographic research. The results showed that the interlocutors avoid the institutionalized health services, choosing other forms of care. The interlocutors indicated their choice for "houses of african religion" by identifying them as places that, without questioning the bodily changes and sexual orientation, were able to afford forms of care and protection. Therefore, this article can help to provide some visibility to care transvestites looking for health.
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title Health care: the transvestites of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
spellingShingle Health care: the transvestites of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Souza,Martha Helena Teixeira de
Health services for transgendered persons
Anthropology, cultural
Patient-centered care
Religion and medicine
title_short Health care: the transvestites of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
title_full Health care: the transvestites of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
title_fullStr Health care: the transvestites of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
title_full_unstemmed Health care: the transvestites of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
title_sort Health care: the transvestites of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
author Souza,Martha Helena Teixeira de
author_facet Souza,Martha Helena Teixeira de
Pereira,Pedro Paulo Gomes
author_role author
author2 Pereira,Pedro Paulo Gomes
author2_role author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Souza,Martha Helena Teixeira de
Pereira,Pedro Paulo Gomes
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Health services for transgendered persons
Anthropology, cultural
Patient-centered care
Religion and medicine
topic Health services for transgendered persons
Anthropology, cultural
Patient-centered care
Religion and medicine
description The general purpose of this paper is to present the health care of transvestites from Santa Maria, central region of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Field research was conducted in 2012, between January and November, with transvestites originated from different cities of this State, who were living in Santa Maria at that time. Qualitative methodology was adopted through ethnographic research. The results showed that the interlocutors avoid the institutionalized health services, choosing other forms of care. The interlocutors indicated their choice for "houses of african religion" by identifying them as places that, without questioning the bodily changes and sexual orientation, were able to afford forms of care and protection. Therefore, this article can help to provide some visibility to care transvestites looking for health.
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