Health care for people living with HIV/AIDS accompanied by Centro de Testagem e Aconselhamento

• Autor(a) principal: Beltrão, Renata Paula Lima
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: da Silva, Augusto César Beltrão, Mouta, Alba Angélica Nunes, Nogueira, Francisco Jander de Sousa, Mouta Neto, José Ângelo
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Research, Society and Development
• Texto Completo: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/6312
• topic: Assistance; HIV; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; COAS; Asistencia; VIH; Síndrome de Inmunodeficiencia Adquirida; COAS.; Assistência; HIV; Síndrome de Imunodeficiência Adquirida; COAS.

Introduction: Socio-political transformations require a reappraisal of the demands of people living with Human Inmunodeficiency Virus (HIV)/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) (PLHA). Objective: To know the reality of health care provided to PLHA. Methods: qualitative-quantitative research, applied in PLHA accompanied at the Centro de Orientação e Apoio Sorológico/ Centro de Testagem e Aconselhamento (COAS/CTA) de Parnaíba-PI. Participants were 51 subjects, randomly selected, over 18 years old, registered for more than 6 months in the service; submitted to semi-structured questionnaires and interviews, with content submitted to discourse analysis, and to software SPSS, version 21, and Iramuteq. Result: the subjects preferentially use the health service of COAS, without other established itineraries; 96% state satisfaction, but they report difficulties regarding completeness and centralization. They recognize the importance of pharmacotherapy and complain of disrespect and social exclusion. Conclusions: PLHA develop marginal behavior in the health system; despite satisfaction, related to pharmacotherapy, face restrictions of access and completeness; and are victims of prejudice and stigmatization.