Revista Gestão & Saúde (Feb 2014)

PERCEPTION OF WOMEN IN PRISON ABOUT THE WOMEN'S HEALTH ATTENTION

  • Luciano Chaves Dutra da Rocha ,
  • Danusa da Silva Cabral,
  • Elana Maria Ramos Freire,
  • Christianne Alves Pereira Calheiros4,
  • Mônica Maria de Jesus Silva

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 113 – 136

Abstract

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In the history of public health , the women’s health care has been considered as priority area for assistance and is discussed thinking in the woman who enjoys physical and legal freedom, ignoring the reality of women convicts . Objective: This study aimed to understand the prisoners perception about Women's Health attention in the southern Minas Gerais state. Method: This is a qualitative research descriptive exploratory, conducted in June 2010 in a penitentiary located in the Southern Minas Gerais state. It was conducted a pre - interview, in order to know the place and the subjects of the study and subsequently the data were collected through interviews with semi - structured questionnaire. Results : All the prisoners participated in the survey, being 07 women older than age 18. The material obtained allowed to identify the context in which inserts the prisoners’ health and other needs during incarceration, as well as the social reality which they live.

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