Barreiras arquitetônicas e de comunicação no acesso à atenção básica em saúde no Brasil: uma análise a partir do primeiro Censo Nacional das Unidades Básicas de saúde, 2012
Mara Lisiane de Moraes dos Santos, Janainny Magalhães Fernandes, Daniela Pereira Vicente, Jaqueline Simionatto, Vinícius Santos Sanches, Albert Schiaveto de Souza, Gustavo Christofoletti, Leila Foester Merey
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: to analyze the results of the National Census of Primary Health Care Centers with regard to architectural and communication barriers in Primary Health Care throughout Brazil. METHODS: this was a cross-sectional study based on data from the first National Census of Primary Health Care Centers conducted between May and October 2012. RESULTS: the Northern region had the lowest rates of adequacy; although the Southeast region had the best rates when compared to the country's other regions, they were nevertheless unsatisfactory, since for many items adequacy was still below 50%; the items relating to accessibility by people with disabilities (5.7 to 34.2%) and/or the illiterate (0.1 to 27.4%) had very low scores. CONCLUSION: the majority of services evaluated had architectural and communication barriers, hindering access to health services by disabled, illiterate or elderly people; the importance of allocating resources to reduce iniquities and improve access is stressed.