[Symbolical violence in the access of disabled persons to basic health units]

Rev Bras Enferm. 2010 Nov-Dec;63(6):964-70. doi: 10.1590/s0034-71672010000600015.
[Article in Portuguese]

Abstract

A descriptive study which aimed to characterize the conditions of people with disabilities (PD) in the Basic Health Units-UBS. Data were collected in January 2009 in 20 UBSF. It was used digital camera and check list based on the 9050-NBR ABNT. The results showed: Access town - no traffic lights (100%) of lanes for pedestrians (100%), bumpy sidewalks (90%); Access in UBS: non-standard ports (30%) staircases without banisters (20%); floor outside the standard (75%), in disagreement with standard mobile (20%), drinking at odds with standard (55%), making it difficult to people with disabilities to use a filter (30%), has no drinking or filters (15%); telephones installed inadequately (55%); inaccessible restrooms (96%). Access to UBS of PD is permeated by the symbolic violence.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Architectural Accessibility*
  • Health Services Accessibility*
  • Humans
  • Persons with Disabilities*
  • Primary Health Care*
  • Symbolism
  • Violence